Mark Elsmore RI
Artworks
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"A successful painting is an enduring painting. The completed work is never truly finished because the viewer continues to explore their own interpretation.”
Methodology
I work best when I have a reason to paint. If I can find or make-up an accompanying story all the better, it keeps me interested. I like to transform ‘the ordinary’ into ‘the epic’. The Potteries continues to fascinate me but I’m not a slave to my locality, Hanley or Alderney, Burslem or Berlin, I’m searching for the story and a way to paint it
Bio
Born in The Potteries, North Staffordshire, Mark has a six-generation family connection with the Pottery Industry. “Stoke-on-Trent has always been a place of artistry, to continue that tradition is a privilege. I think the techniques of those pottery painters must influence a style.” A self-taught artist, Mark is based in the Staffordshire Moorlands and has been painting professionally since 1994.
Memberships
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Wirral Society of Arts