Mark Sofilas
Member of Roundhay Artists Open Studios art trail
As well as creating original oil paintings which are exhibited in galleries across Yorkshire, the north of England and also in London, I produce limited edition prints of my paintings.
I am proud to be an exhibiting member of Leeds Fine Artists (founded in 1874).
My paintings are very heavily guided by the emotions a particular scene or moment evokes in me. It’s this feeling that I try to convey to the viewer.
It might be something as simple as smoke drifting from a chimney pot or silhouette created by a particular light source. It may be the strength or history, which emanates from an everyday object or piece of architecture.
Over time I’ve discovered that I can best achieve this by exaggerating/characterising colour, manipulating perspective slightly & pushing shape & form to arrive, hopefully, at a nicely balanced place, where the image created has not only captured the physical qualities of the scene, but more importantly, the feeling of the occasion.
I’m a self taught painter & not locked into approaching my work with any particular procedure or direction in mind.
However, I take photographs of my subjects, but like to rely on memory & imagination, the ultimate goal being, to recreate exactly what I’m feeling onto a flat surface.
I don’t do preliminary drawings, instead I prefer to adopt a more organic approach & design the paintings as I go. This helps the end product retain a freshness & feeling of spontaneity.
I always have an image & mood in my mind’s eye that I’m trying to put down and I find that working this way allows me to be flexible & go with any happy accidents that more than likely will occur. It’s these little surprises that I can adopt & learn from & take into my next painting.
I enjoy the journey that this direct & unstructured approach takes me on & find that it enables me to either get close to achieving what I had in mind & heart or on occasion, arrive somewhere unexpected but as rewarding.
Some images about me
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"My paintings are very heavily guided by the emotions a particular scene or moment evokes in me. It’s this feeling that I try to convey to the viewer."
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A few of my favourite places
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'A few of my favourite places' Solo Exhibition at Atrium Gallery, Bexley Wing, St James Hospital Featuring 13 new paintings as well as framed & unframed giclee prints February 4th 2020 until April 30th 2020 35% of all proceeds will be donated to Leeds Cancer Centre, the fundraising arm of St. Ja...more
Date:
From 17/12/2019 To 30/04/2019
Location:
St Jame's Ct, Beckett St, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
cycle race
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Date:
From 21/10/2019 To 22/10/2019
