"Waiting For The Sun" by Mark Harrison (now sold 25/1/15)

£2,250.00

A rare opportunity to acquire an incredible original painting 

  "Waiting For The Sun"

 

"Waiting For The Sun"  by Mark Harrison

 

I managed to get this started just over a week after my eye operation, it has taken a bit longer than normal to finish but I am glad that I was able to be productive in this time! A naked Dryad stands in a boulder-strewn canyon by a waterfall strewn with driftwood. She looks towards the rising sun, a promise of warmth in the golden glow of the sunlight as it penetrates the chill morning of the canyon. It is another of my paintings that is hopefully destined for Illuxcon later this year; a straightforward landscape in many ways but with the addition of the Dryad it takes on a more mythological feel which is accentuated by the design and lighting. Based on a red orange/ blue green complementary axis I have warmed it up by keeping most of the greens tinged with orange and yellow. By painting over a strong red brown underpainting this has a richer feel to the colour due to the red brown showing through all the painting in some way or other. When the painting is seen in the flesh as it were I am pleased that one squints one's eyes to look at the sun due to careful control of values over the whole picture and therefore mimicking how it would be in reality. The title references an album by The Doors but has no visual connection with it any way, I just like titles that reference songs etc!

 

 

 

............. BY THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED AWARD WINNING ARTIST MARK HARRISON!!!!

 

 

 

Stunning Atmospheric Oil paintings by Award winning Artist Mark Harrison of British landscape, Venice, London, New York, S.E Asia, Bali and beyond. Mark Harrison was an extremely successful professional illustrator painting nearly 500 book jackets for most major UK & USA Publishers and winning a number of Awards!! Mark is well known in science fiction and fantasy genres!!

 

Over 500 Book cover illustrations!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feeling constricted by the demands of  illustration in 2003 Mark devotes all his time to painting  for sale in fine Art Galleries!!!!

 

 

Mark Harrison now paints mainly in oil on board. Many paintings focus on atmospheric landscapes and cityscapes, mainly London, New York and Venice, but he has also developed a more idiosyncratic style and content, reflecting an interest in more elusively symbolic and surreal subject matter. Most recently Harrison has developed an interest in plein air painting: landscapes started in acrylic on location and finished in oil in the studio.

 

 

Mark Harrison exhibits regularly at the London Affordable Art Fair, Art in Action and at various UK galleries. His paintings have been accepted for the Pastel Society Open Exhibition (2005 & 2006), the Royal Society of British Artists (2008) and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (2008 & 2010).

 

 

His work is often featured in magazines, including Artists & Illustrators (2009) and International Artist (2006 & 2011). He was a finalist in the International Artist Landscape Challenge (Feb/Mar 2011) with his plein air painting, ‘Flax field from Cissbury Ring’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Measurements; 15 3/4 inches x 39  inches   (40 cms x 99 cms)   

 

Large Oil on Canvas

 

 

 

 

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