Mark Petty - Based in the East End, Mark Petty is a multimedia artist who pokes fun at the serious, boring parts of life.
Completely self taught, Mark has spent twenty years in the creative industries before committing to becoming a professional artist.
Mark’s multifaceted pieces feature an incredible range of materials including gold leaf, concrete and diamond dust. Specialising in reverse hand-pulled screen printing, his pieces primarily consist of mirror and glass, Mark works in reverse, screen printing and hand painting each edition meticulously.
Screen-printing is the oldest form of printing and often artworks today are giclee printed by machine, screen printing involves printing completely by hand. To ensure continuity between each edition, Mark must be meticulous in aligning the screen with the glass. This can end in mistakes and is difficult to rectify often resulting in starting the piece from the beginning again.
Marks work is steeped in contemporary pop art and saturated by the culture we live in.
Mark is environmentally conscious. With his ‘Sea Life’ collection he used recycled and upcycled materials to create his artworks leading to a greener planet and a cleaner ocean. Glass is locally sources and frames are made with onetreeplanted.org neutralising the carbon for every frame made.
