Wayne Markwort- artist.

Wayne is a mixed media artist, he's currently built a body of work where he's trying to balance the positive and negative influences in his life.

Wayne's work discusses the perpetuation of war and violence in a 21st century that seems to take no heed from the previous centuries of war and violence. He tries to balance things with philosophical ramblings and principles and perspectives he's picked up along fifteen years of travel and drawing. He uses ideas representative of his generation of thirty somethings- positive and hopeful through the abolition of apartheid, the fall of the iron curtain, the anti nazi league, the celebration of world cultures and music, music festivals without credit card facilities- from the early 90's. Surging forth into a new millenia full of hope and positivity, to crumble away into mass consumerism, rhetorical terror threats, continued privatisation, spin, lies, wmd's and a voyeuristic big brother megia style..

The world is full of fear and it doesn't have to be that way. Positivity beats negativity, there are always solution. This work is trying to make a start.

Children and love, escapism and reality, everyday things that run through your head

Characterisation of his mythologies and dreams, combined with metophoric incarnations are hewn in stone, resin, wood, steel, paper and spraycan.

This work is full off colour and life, the forms drawn from nature and travel. The materials each add their own vitality and quality. The nature of things. The ideas are narrative expressionism in the fullest.

"...his work is like battle of the planets meets burne-jones meets easter island man meets the beastie boys meets william blake meets eric gill...meets the gorrillaz..."