Mark Grieves

Mark Grieves was born in North Shields in 1971.  He is attracted to interesting shapes and shadows, light and contrast.  He is inspired by dreams from childhood and a love of comic book art.

Working exclusively in oils, he applies the paint directly onto the canvas without making preliminary sketches.  Once he is happy with the layout of a painting, he will start building up layers of colour.  He paints the figures last, as he feels they ultimately bring his paintings to life.