Mark Spray
unearth

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In this flood of earth
80 x 80cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

Unearth
 
“The influence and inspiration for this collection emanate from the Penwith moorlands, with which my fascination continues to develop and deepen. Within my work I currently have no desire to capture the fleeting moment. The paintings are intended to conjure with the internal essence of place. The ephemera of soil and granite that find their way on to the canvas are collected directly from the site that inspires the piece, starting the process of understanding the locations elemental nature.
 
“The secondary influence but by no means any less relevant to this project is a collection of poems of the same title ‘Unearth’ by the American author and poet Paul Auster. Before each drawing trip (much to the annoyance of Rupert my dog) I would read a poem from the collection. Words and phrasing somehow stimulated the selection of location and choice of composition, later finding their way into the titles of the finished paintings.
 
“The paintings, as the environs that inspired and the poetry that informed them, start to have their own voice. You just have to listen.”

Mark Spray

“Each syllable is the work of sabotage.” Paul Auster

Mark Spray was born in Derbyshire and moved to West Cornwall in 2000. He was a student at Manchester Metropolitan University (1992-95) and Goldsmiths College, London (1998-99). He is now a dedicated artist living and working in the St. Just area.

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40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas £495

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100 x 100cm oil and mixed media on canvas £1,995

From one stone touched
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas £495

Unravelled
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas £995

The blind way is etched on your palm
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas £995

Flowers of the promised land
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas £995

Frail the boundary
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas £495

Along with your ashes
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas £995

Ground in the afterlight
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas £995

Barren world
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas £995

Remnant grief
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

Gathered in the eye
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas £995

Radiant from the moment
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

On this crust of field
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

Out of you
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

These spasms of light
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

Blunt Earth, when crows come to Maruad
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

Margins rehearse
80 x 80cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

We lie in the Earth’s deepest Marrow
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas £995

The mute one
60 x 60cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

Other of 1
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

Nomad
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

We would sleep side by side
40 x 40cm oil and mixed media on canvas SOLD

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