Mark Adlington
Mark Adlington is a sculptor, painter and draughtsman of considerable ability. He has drawn animals since he was a small boy and has developed a fluent style that captures the movement and volume of animals in motion. His research has taken him from Spain to Gran Paradiso, from Arabia to the coastline of the British Isles. In 2018 his travels took him to the Arctic circle in search of polar bears, lovingly recorded, Mark captured the character of these magnificent creatures. From cub to adult Mark traced the subtleties of the bear, at once magnificent, endearing and at times fearsome. Most recently his travels have been to Africa, where he has joined researchers and rangers to explore the uniqueness of the fauna there. At first his focus fell on the life of the Elephants and most recently it has all been about the Lions. The beautiful rapid drawings and footage he takes of his chosen subject are then taken into the studio and absorbed into his finished paintings and large drawings.
Born in 1965, Mark originally studied History of Art at the University of Edinburgh and Italian at the Dante Alighieri School in Milan, before taking a BA in Fine Art at the City & Guilds of London Art School. He lives and works in London and France
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Night Swan, 2022Click to view more
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Red Running Bull, 2022Click to view more
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Running Bull II, 2022Click to view more
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Senseal, 2022Click to view more
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Vixen, 2022Click to view more
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Watching Me Watching You, 2022Click to view more
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Male Cub, 2016Click to view more
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Pillow, 2016Click to view more
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LionClick to view more
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Lion
Mark Adlington 10 - 28 May 2021Lion is the result of a three year project by Mark Adlington to study lions in six different habitats across Eastern and Southern Africa. The result is a superb series...Read more -
A Memory of Elephants
Mark Adlington 12 - 28 Sep 2018This exhibition is called “A Memory of Elephants” after their collective noun but unusually, most of the paintings are of individuals. Age, gender, size, beauty, character, eccentricity, boldness, or the...Read more -
Painting the Ice Bear
Mark Adlington 4 - 21 Dec 2016Having previously made something of a habit of pursuing rare, obscure, and little known animals, with this project I have found myself shoulder to shoulder with the whole human race...Read more
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Lion
Mark Adlington Mark Adlington, 2020Hardback, 176 pagesRead more
Publisher: Unicorn
ISBN: 978-1-913491-07-9
Dimensions: 22 x 2.5 x 27 cm -
Painting the Ice Bear
Mark Adlington Mark Adlington, 2016Hard Back, 160 pagesRead more
Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781910787366
Dimensions: 270 x 225 mm