Mark Dresh
Mark Dresh was born in Hemel Hempstead in 1965. He studied graphics for four years at Watford College of Art and then pursued a career in graphic design. In 2018 he moved from London to Cavendish, near Sudbury in Suffolk, where the vastness of the open countryside and the constantly changing colour and light led him to begin painting the landscape.
He works in acrylic on canvas, and has exhibited with Art in East Anglia and at W Gallery in Woodbridge.
Artist Statement
My art is created with unique hand-made brushes fashioned from twigs, stalks and anything I can harvest that represent the landscape that I am painting. In a way, I'm using the landscape to paint the landscape. The brush is an integral part of the story, so the brush is sold as part of the artwork and should be displayed with the painting.
With my hand-made brushes it creates unpredictability which is expressed by the spontaneous scratching, dragging and dabbing of the paint as the brush dances with energy on the surface as I strive to capture the sensitivity, drama and mood of a place that I want the viewer to feel connected to. The natural colours must feel bonded together through unifying colours of shifting light creating a spirit of optimism.