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Biography
The early years
Mark Williams studied Fine Art at Newport Art College, South
Wales, from September 1979 to June 1983. Apart from the pre-degree
Foundation year it was not a happy experience for him and
as a consequence did not paint again for another ten years.
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1993 onwards
During the early nineties he was asked to produce some
architectural and technical illustrations as part of
his employment. The exercise reawakened his interest
in painting and he dug out his old easel and paintbrushes
and began again, picking up where he had left off ten
years earlier.
Little of his student work survives. It was destroyed
by a fire in 1989.
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 1993
onwards - artistic rebirth
The 2003 GPF Gallery exhibition featured work
from this last decade 1993 - 2003, the years either
side of the millennium celebrations in 2000. During
this time he admits to experiencing a certain
'millennial angst' or 'mid-life crisis' triggered
by the loss of several close friends and relatives.
It was a period punctuated by bereavements - a
sure sign, he thinks, of getting older and experiences
that are reflected in aspects of his paintings,
albeit in a subliminal way.
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2004
and the future
Mark will be exhibiting six paintings
in the Albany Gallery "New Artists" exhibition
in Cardiff 16th April - 8th May 2004. Link >>>
http://www.albanygallery.com/
He is also currently developing a themed
exhibition based on the landscape associated with the
Welsh mystic writer Arthur Machen, set in the very heart
of his native Gwent, contributing to the 'Reasons to
the cheerful' exhibition at Newport's GPF Gallery and
hsi working on a set of postcards depicting the history
and legends of various ancient monuments.
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