Mark Parkinson

I document municipal estates,referencing memory and change through drawing, these drawing map boundaries, events and narratives before any trace is lost.

[Rory Bremner 💙🇺🇦 @rorybremner]

Did you know this? #railstrikes

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

The Path we Choose, from a series based on the 3 Parks on the edge of Avenham estate, Frenchwood Recreation Park (The Reck)… #avenhampark #theharris #preston #urban #urbansketchers #bas21 #thedrawingroom #artelagunaprize #haus_a_rest #drawing #inkdrawing #fineliner #blogpreston

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

Boundary Line, from a series based on the 3 Parks on the edge of Avenham estate, Frenchwood Recreation Park (The Reck)… #avenhampark #theharris #preston #urban #urbansketchers #bas21 #thedrawingroom #artelagunaprize #haus_a_rest #drawing #inkdrawing #fineliner #blogpreston

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

Soda Syphons & What Are Looking At are included in this exhibition. #avenham #theharris #preston #urban #urbansketchers #bas21 #thedrawingroom #artelagunaprize #haus_a_rest #drawing #inkdrawing #fineliner #blogpreston

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

One of my Drawings “Free Bread Rolls (Lajkonik) now on show at Arte Laguna Prize 14 & 15, Arsenale of Venice until 21 November. https://t.co/zUvoT4Kbbi

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

The Way Out” series of 15 drawings documenting routes to Preston town centre from Avenham estate, well trodden paths of my youth. 13-15 St John’s Place, Manchester Road & Grimshaw St #prestonlancashire #theharris #artelagunaprize #urban #bas21_art #thedrawingroom #contemporaryart

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

The Way Out” series of 15 drawings documenting routes to Preston town centre from Avenham estate, well trodden paths of my youth. 10-12 Turks Head Yard, Boltons Court & Stoneygate. #prestonlancashire #theharris #artelagunaprize #urban #bas21_art #thedrawingroom #contemporaryart

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

The Way Out” series of 15 drawings documenting routes to Preston town centre from Avenham estate, well trodden paths of my youth. 7-9 Mein Sprit Weind, Old Cock Yard & Avenham St. #prestonlancashire #theharris #artelagunaprize #urban #bas21_art #thedrawingroom #contemporaryart

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

The Way Out” series of 15 drawings documenting routes to Preston town centre from Avenham estate, well trodden paths of my youth. 4-6 Guildhall Street, Cannon Street & Glovers Court. #prestonlancashire #theharris #artelagunaprize #urban #bas21_art #thedrawingroom #contemporaryart

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

“The Way Out” series of 15 drawings documenting routes to Preston town centre from Avenham estate, well trodden paths of my youth. 1-3 Mount Street, Chapel Street & Winckley Street. #prestonlancashire #theharris #artelagunaprize #urban #bas21_art #thedrawingroom #contemporaryart

[Mark Parkinson @MParkinsonArt]

Turks Head Yard, 10 x 15 cm fineliner on paper, part of a series based on Avenham Estate, Preston #estates #architecture #curator #contemporaryart #pendrawing #urbanlandscape #urbansketchers #avenham #preston @HarrisPreston @artelagunaprize

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Jubilee Park & Euston Street. 2018. Mark E Parkinson. #pencil on paper. The artist's work reappraises the landscapes of his youth. Here we view modern playgrounds - the almost obligatory apology to modern estates.

@MParkinsonArt #contemporarydrawing #estates #pencildrawing #art

[BAS21 - The British Art of Suburbanism in the 21c @bas21_art]

Heatwave. 2020. Nicholas Middleton #oiloncanvas. The #WansteadFlats is one of urban #London's largest common lands. The artist revisits July 2018 when 200+ firefighters had battled a huge grass fire. The tower blocks & arid terrain form an unexpected vista.

@itsnotaphoto #paint

[BAS21 - The British Art of Suburbanism in the 21c @bas21_art]

"Suburbia" by Esther Jeanes (Oil on board).
A quintessential example of British suburbia at the rural fringe (seen here at the Somerset/Dorset border). The artist paints rural and rural-urban landscapes.

@EstherJeanes #somersetart #dorsetart #landscapes #landscapepainting #art

[BAS21 - The British Art of Suburbanism in the 21c @bas21_art]

Teenage dreams. 2019. Francis McCrory. #Oiloncanvas. A semi dystopian patina colours what might become of teenage optimism and casts an emotional spell across the scene and plane beneath.

#BelfastArtists #Belfast #NorthernIrelandArt #UrbanlandScapePaintings #FrancisMcCroryArt

[BAS21 - The British Art of Suburbanism in the 21c @bas21_art]

Dawn & The bend in the lane. 2020. Kate Fraser #Watercolourpainting. From the artist's book of #paintings showing "the over looked places & buildings on the edges of the city. [...] I am interested in the interplay between man made structures & nature"

#katefraserart #bristolart

[BAS21 - The British Art of Suburbanism in the 21c @bas21_art]

House of Commons. 2019. Adrian Coleman. #Watercolor & #gouache on paper. The blank expression of gabled end walls are a regular draw for artists but here the white painted band exacerbates the featureless detail. On this street the building denies its presence.
#londonart #urban

[BAS21 - The British Art of Suburbanism in the 21c @bas21_art]

Homesick. 2013. George Shaw. Humbrol enamel on board. The artist's oeuvre revisiting the estate of his childhood brings mixed emotions. A tree's gnarled and crooked demeaner appears to struggle and becomes emotionally emblematic.

#GeorgeShawArt #notgrim #georgeshaw #coventry

[BAS21 - The British Art of Suburbanism in the 21c @bas21_art]

"A few drawings of the area round our house". 2018. John Shakespeare RBSA. Various materials.
A rich jumble of styles and views pinning down the many familiar ad hoc views from around the homes of everyday suburbia.

@jshakart @RBSAgallery #urbansketch #drawings #drawing #artist

[BAS21 - The British Art of Suburbanism in the 21c @bas21_art]

Common Road dog. 2010. Tony Noble. #oilonboard. Retail outposts amidst #housingEstates provide a vital service and form anomalies to the landscape. Here the artist is free of sentimentality and is rooted in reality.

#urbanlandscape #painting #kirklees #yorkshireartist #urban