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MARK ENTWISLE
Mark Entwisle’s paintings have a casual and uncomplicated honesty of observation, coupled with an emotional directness, which is reminiscent of Nick Hornby’s writing. He treats his canvases as the pages of a diary, and so the subjects are his family and their friends and the settings are north London or beauty spots explored on day trips. This is an ordinary family life, not one transfigured by the angst of art, quietly observed and recorded. A mother and her baby looking out of the window of a French stately home whilst on holiday, children swinging on the branches of a willow by a canal, applying mascara in the hall mirror before heading out for the evening. Transient moments are preserved, and in their consequent stillness they acquire a tender and gratifying melancholy. Mark Entwisle has lived in North London since the 90s. He began his career illustrating book covers, with great success (for Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Vintage edition of P.G.Wodehouse, Somerset Maugham, Aldous Huxley amongst others). Gradually he moved towards painting without agenda, although the graphic edge to his realism is a clue to the beginnings of his career. Out of the Woods is Mark Entwisle’s sixth solo-show with Long & Ryle. He has previously had exhibitions in Amsterdam, Bath and Bristol. For more information on the exhibition or additional images, please contact Sarah Long or Tom Juneau on 020 7834 1434. |