Mark Baker Art BLOG

London Exhibition Tuesday 25th October 2011

2011-09-18T06:54:00.000-07:00

Press Release and details

Acclaimed Irish artist Mark Baker will be exhibiting his portrait paintings for the first time in London at 3 Bedfordbury, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4BP from Tuesday Oct 25th to Monday Nov 7th. Open daily: 12-8 (closed Monday 31st October).

Featuring portraits of ‘Biker Boris’ Johnson, JFK, Russell Brand (All in Jest), Muhammad Ali, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, U2, Phil Lynott, and many others, this promises to be an outstanding exhibition.

The exhibition is accompanied by the launch of a new book 'mark baker portraits' from art-n-stuff press, in what promises to be an outstanding exhibition of this young up and coming artist's finest work so far.

Painting and sketching since he was a child, Mark’s talent was recognized as a child prodigy when, aged 5, he won a competition to have a painting hung in the National Art Gallery, Dublin. Now 26, Mark is already the most celebrated portrait artist in Ireland.

Mark’s work is instantly recognizable for its extreme detail, powerful expression, and likeness to the subject. Working from his life passions of music, sport and film, Mark was a fan of U2 and Thin Lizzy from a young age. Paintings have already been approvingly signed by Debbie Harry, Liam Gallagher, Dave Grohl (ex-Nirvana and Foo Fighters), Bono and The Edge (U2), and Philomena Lynott (mother of Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott).

Mark’s portrait ‘Johnny Cash - In Black’ was a finalist in the Irish Art Awards 2007. Mark has exhibited in many group exhibitions and alongside artists such as Ronnie Wood and Niall O'Loughlin and was part of the Hotpress Phil Lynott Exhibition in Dublin in April 2011 and at a special exhibition backstage at Oxegen ‘11.

mark baker portraits exhibition in collaboration with art-n-stuff.com.
Private view 6-8pm, 25th October 2011. All welcome.
RSVP : David Marks - Email: art@art-n-stuff.com or tel: +44 0208 342 8296 or +44 07930753206

Me and Dave Grohl on Saturday.

2011-07-12T16:23:00.000-07:00

Myself & Mr. F-in' Rock n' Roll....Dave Grohl!

Hotpress Phil Lynott Exhibition

2011-03-04T03:24:00.000-08:00

Phil Lynott - The Boy is Back in Town (60x90cm oil & acrylic on canvas).

I did this painting at the request of Philomena Lynott for the Hotpress Phil Lynott Exhibition which will open tonight (6pm, Friday March 4th) in Stephens Green Shopping Centre, Dublin. It will run into April.

It will be the biggest ever collection of memorabilia, song lyrics, exhibits, paintings, tributes and photographs of the late rock legend. http://www.hotpress.com/news/7419451.html

Good article on it here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/8357213/Phil-Lynott-almost-forgotten-rock-god.html#

Hope everyone likes the painting.

Fairytale of New York - 30 x 24 inches oil on canvas

2010-12-14T14:49:00.000-08:00

Website

2010-08-26T05:48:00.000-07:00

Having a few problems with google ranking system for my website.
To visit my website for full catalogue of my work please click www.markbakerart.com

Kurt Cobain

2010-08-11T16:10:00.000-07:00

Recent commission

2010-08-11T16:03:00.000-07:00

Cooliris Photo Wall (very cool gallery when viewed in full screen)

2010-02-10T12:58:00.001-08:00

Heath Ledger/ The Joker

2010-02-05T07:15:00.000-08:00

The Lizard King

2010-02-05T07:11:00.000-08:00

The Rolling Stones In III

2010-02-05T07:09:00.000-08:00

Lennon/McCartney

2010-02-05T07:01:00.001-08:00

Bono and Bowie

2009-11-16T12:03:00.001-08:00

Phil Lynott 60th Birthday Tribute Exhibition

2009-08-17T08:23:00.000-07:00

Phil Lynott 60th Birthday Tribute Exhibition

On Thursday August 20th at 6p.m. Philomena Lynott will open an exhibition to commemorate the 60th birthday of her son Philip Parris Lynott who passed away after a short illness on January 04th 1986. To help commenorate this event The Green Gallery and Roisín Dubh Trust will have a vast selection of original works of art, limit edition prints on display and available for sale. There will also be an amazing selection of precious memorabilia on display.

On the band stand on the middle level of the Stephens Green Center we will have 2 amazing Thin Lizzy Tribute Bands to help us celebrate this momentus occasion.

'The Rockers' and 'Glyder' will be rockin away on stage from 7p.m. to 8.15p.m.

Admission is free, though a contributation to the Roisín Dubh Trust would be appreciated.

The exhibition continues until Saturday August 29th.

Click here to see some of the paintings on show on Ireland AM this morning.

Muhammad Ali!

2009-08-13T07:04:00.000-07:00

My tribute to the partly Irish Muhammad Ali, who will be visiting Ireland next month. Article on this can be found here.

New Michael Jackson painting

2009-07-31T07:19:00.000-07:00

28 x24 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas board.

New painting of Luke Kelly!

2009-05-12T17:17:00.000-07:00

New painting of blues/soul singer Solomon Burke

2009-05-12T17:11:00.000-07:00

Phil Lynott Exhibition Opening night

2009-05-12T16:06:00.000-07:00

Philip Lynott Art & Photographic Exhibition

2009-04-06T02:12:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday April 4th was the press photo call for the First Ever Philip Lynott of Thin Lizzy Art & Photographic Exhibition to be held at The Riverside Gallery in the Bridgewater Shopping Centre Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

It takes place on Monday April 27th to Friday May 8th 2009. Admission is Free. Up to a dozen or more artists are involved, varying from caricaturists to cartoonists, from the National Press, The Beano, Walt Disney also local artists, Thin Lizzy fanatics etc.

Some of the artist involved are: Mark Baker, Niall O'Loughlin, Tom Mathews, Terry Willers, Smiley Bolger,Peter McMorine UK, Greg Hart UK, St. Pauls Gallery Birmingham,Local artists Rod Coyne, Robert Tyrell, Michael O'Connor, Peter Rees, Patrick Power and Ray Wright Photographer (Dublin).

Impressions of Philip from various artists will be on show for sale and display purposes only, also photographs of Thin Lizzy from early 1970's to 1980's. Artwork for sale will have 50% of proceeds to charity and 50% to artist.

The Gallery is Arklow newest and modern visual display area overlooking the river Avoca and Arklow town. Charities for 2009 are The Sri Lankan Orphanage Appeal, Arklow Drugs Awareness and The Roisin Dubh Trust.

Exhibition opening night 21/10/08

2008-10-27T05:12:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from the opening night of the exhibition 21/10/08.

NEW EXHIBITION Oct 19th -31st

2008-10-13T15:42:00.000-07:00

An exhibition of over 20 new pieces of work will be taking place in The View Gallery, 80 Francis Street, Dublin 8, from October 21st - 31st, and will coincide with the new gallery's official opening. A map of Francis Street is here.

The official opening night of the exhibition will is Tuesday 21st of October in the Green Gallery's brand new View Gallery. Guest speaker is Martin Cullen TD. Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you would like any more information on the exhibition please contact me at mark@markbakerart.com

Here are some samples of the new work that will be on display. Other new works include Luke Kelly, Shane MacGowan, George Best, Roy Keane, Bowie, Heath Ledger and more...

Christy Moore Signed Painting

2008-10-13T15:25:00.000-07:00

During the summer, a good friend of mine, and patron of the arts, Graham Merrigan, had the good fortune of meeting his idol Christy Moore. On the day, Christy kindly signed the painting that I did for Graham a while back. Here's some photo's of the painting.

Phil Lynott Painting

2008-06-09T11:53:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I was invited over to the lovely Philomena Lynott's house where I donated some prints of my latest painting of Phil Lynott to the Roisin Dubh Trust. Both myself and Philomena signed the prints which will be auctioned and raffled off at various future fund raising events. As a big Thin Lizzy fan it was great to meet Philomena and to see all the memorabilia. I'd like to thank Philomena and her nephew Graham for their kind hospitality, and David Howlett for all his help. Here are some pics from the day.

Eyes of a Tiger

2008-03-22T08:49:00.001-07:00

Just finished this painting of a Bengal Tiger. Its my first attempt at any type of animal.

New Maradona

2008-03-17T13:56:00.001-07:00

Just finished this commission of Diego Maradona.

New Phil Lynott

2008-03-07T10:08:00.000-08:00

Phil Lynott Live, oil on canvas, just finished 2 days ago.

Johnny Cash In Black II

2008-03-07T10:06:00.001-08:00

New Johnny Cash In Black portrait. Oil on canvas March '08.

Elvis

2008-03-07T09:57:00.000-08:00

New Elvis painting 1st March '08, oil on canvas board.