Mark Bowen

Having trained in filmmaking, photography, mixed media and painting – principal visual artist Mark Bowen sees the world in a different light. I don’t have one visual artist style. I view art from all over the world and appreciate different artist’s styles. I have learned that I see things differently.

As is similar with musicians or actors I borrow influences from different genres. If there are some commonality in my work it’s that I see the beauty in things around me and I notice that some aspects of our world need to change. I consider myself to be at the intersection of painting and photography with a dash of journalism thrown in Every landscape and every scene has its own energy just like people do. I’ll visit landscapes at different times of the day in different light and look at different vantage points and details. I try to see things that most won’t notice.

Sometimes I walk around in a place for hours just to get a sense of the place. Photography is just my starting point and I professionally capture a composition and lighting that is pleasing to me. But it’s only that – a starting point. I will combine various images which I consider raw material and completely alter the colour palette, combine images and sometimes I will paint them. I alter images in many different ways to suit my taste.