Over the Christmas period I had the joy of visiting Yorkshire Sculpture Park with my family where Mark Hearld was exhibiting his latest works. Mark is an illustrator from my home town, York and he just so happened to tech me when I was a student at York college, so it was especially nice to see all of his work.
As a student I didn’t get to see much of the work my tutors created but I do remember that Mark’s distinctive drawing style would always be evident whenever he was illustrating a point (literally) or explaining something to me. He introduced me to dip pens, collage and expressive mark making! Basically everything that makes his work so appealing and unique.
Mark studied Natural history illustration at the Royal College of Art, a subject that remains the focus of his work. The beautiful setting of the Sculpture Park worked very well with the illustrations, collages and prints of British wildlife in all its glory.
It was interesting to see how Mark creates 3D structures or assemblages in a similar way to his collage works. I wanted to see a whole scene created in this way – it would be magical to walk into a ‘world’ created by Mark Hearld!
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