My Portrait of Mark...

Was in the studio with Mark today, who is currently embarking on a project in which he asks people to do a portrait of him to be displayed at a later date (think this is also his idea for the exhibition too! Should be good!) Anyway...he asked me to do one and I agreed, for which I am pleased, it turned out quite well. It looks nothing like Mark but it was the words that excited me (as always! I looooove the words!)

I asked him to pick a book from the pile which jumped out at him or he felt represented him. He chose Braveheart! Mainly because of the Scottish family connection.

I began drawing straight onto the book cover, over the image of Mel Gibson. I transformed him into Mark but then felt it needed "something". So I searched through a few pages of the book and cut out some words I felt described or were just "Mark" and stuck them on the cover.

It just so turns out that Mark has written a song called "Piglord Cometh" so you can imagine my delight when I found the word PIG! Then, I found HE SANG OUT, THE REBEL...among others. This was the result...





We were also discussing a possible collaboration in the future...so watch this space!