Mark Elsmore RI

Statement

"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