BOOK: Mark Hearld's Work Book

Mark Hearld is a painter and printmaker with a passion for tapestry. This summer he will spend time in Scotland working alongside Dovecot Studios’ Master Weavers as he prepares to create a tapestry cartoon for his exhibition at The Scottish Gallery in 2025. 

The artist finds his inspiration in the flora and fauna of the British countryside: a blue-eyed jay perched on an oak branch; two hares enjoying the spoils of an allotment; a mute swan standing at the frozen water's edge; and a sleek red fox prowling the fields. Hearld admires such twentieth-century artists as Edward Bawden, John Piper, Eric Ravilious and Enid Marx, and, like them, he chooses to work in a range of media - paint, print, collage, textiles and ceramics. Work Book is the first collection of Hearld's beguiling art.

The works are grouped into nature-related themes introduced by Hearld, who narrates the story behind some of his creations and discusses his influences. He explains his particular love of collage, which he favours for its graphic quality and potential for strong composition. Art historian Simon Martin contributes an essay on Hearld's place in the English popular-art tradition, and also meets Hearld in his museum-like home to explore the artist's passion for collecting objects, his working methods and his startling ability to view the wonders of the natural world as if through a child's eyes.

Hearld is a graduate of both Glasgow College of Art and the Royal College of Art. He has produced a range of etchings, screen prints and linocuts that have become widely known through book covers, wallpaper and fashion. His incredible creativity and enthusiasm for the printed image has led to commissions from Faber & Faber, Tate and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park among others.

Publisher: Merrell Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9781858947099
Number of pages: 192
Dimensions: 225 x 192 mm

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