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| "True Love" A 16 x 20 acrylic painting by Mark Phillips |
I am a part time artist from the island of Barbados. I paint many in acrylics and I have been painting on and off for many years. In December 2017, I made a decision to concentrate on producing more art. Not just for myself but to share with the world.
The magic of the internet means that I can share my art with the almost everyone and this is an ideal opportunity for me to showcase the beauty of my island. Already, persons from around the world has purchased original works, prints and other products with my images from my website www.phillipsbajanart.com. and my online store https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/9-mark-phillips.html
Over the next few days I will be sharing snippets of my artistic journey and I invite you to join me in my process. Let me state up front that, unless it is a commission, I paint for myself. I paint what I like, what catches my eye, what makes me stop my car and cause me get out for a better look. Even some commissions I have been known to refuse because they did not appeal to me.
The piece shown above is entitled "True Love" and was a commissioned piece delivered on Valentine's day 2018. It is a 16 x 20 acrylic painting on canvas and was done from a 20 year old 5 x 7 photograph. The painting is of a couple that was married for over 30 years. The husband died in 2001 and the wife, after seeing another commission portrait that I had done asked me to paint this for her bedroom. She wanted it to be the first thing she saw in the morning and the last thing at night.
My first instinct, on seeing the photo was to say that I could not do it, but she pleaded with me until I consented to try. I told her that I would do a full sized sketch on canvas and only if I was happy with it, would I proceed. She finally agreed, I did the sketch, procrastinated a bit, decided to go ahead and 2 weeks later this was the result. She was ecstatic!
I usually will have 2 or 3 paintings in the studio working on simultaneously but this portrait did not leave my easel until it was finished. This painting made me feel very good about myself. Not because I did it but because of what it meant to an elderly lady that is basically confined to her home and, having no children, will most likely spend the rest of her days alone.
This painting reminded me of this quote:-
If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. —James O’Barr
Mark Phillips
Email:- mark@phillipsbajanart.com
Website:- www.phillipsbajanart.com
Online Store:- PhillipsArtStore
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