Mark Baker 4 pieces Oil & Acrylic 100x50cm each

Descriptions: Bono, Larry, Adam, The Edge
Artist: Mark Baker
Medium: Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 100cm x 50cm each
Artist Information: Mark Baker is a rising Irish artist from Dublin. At the young age of 23 Mark has emerged as one of the most prominent portrait artists in Ireland. He has been painting and sketching since he was a child. His talent was recognised early on, when at just 5 years old he won an art competition to have one of his paintings displayed in the National Art Gallery in Dublin. Since he began to draw and paint Mark has focussed on producing high quality detailed portraits. His paintings are exhibited around Ireland and many of these paintings are snapped up before they are on view to the public.Mark has an honours BA Degree in Arts from University College Dublin. He first exhibited his work in the Trinity Gallery in February 2006 for six months. Mark was selected as their artist of the month on several occasions, with his work selling out completely. From August 2006 to present Mark has been exhibiting his work in The Green Gallery, St. Stephens Green. Mark works extremely hard to keep up with the demand for his work. He feels extremely lucky to be so successful at such a young age.Mark's work is instantly recognisable by his extremely detailed style of painting, his unique mode of expression within his portrait paintings, and likeness of his subject. Mark's exhibited works are predominantly from his own life's passions, music, sport and film and the interesting personalities within these areas. So far his work can be categorised in three styles ('Live', 'In III', 'In Black'), which have all proved equally popular among art collectors. Bono, Colin Farrell, Phil Lynott, Christy Moore, Luke Kelly, Sinead O'Connor, David Bowie, Shane MacGowan, and Johnny Cash are among the numerous subjects that Mark has painted. A huge fan of U2 from an early age, he is lucky enough to have some of his works signed by both Bono and The Edge. Other well known fans include Debbie Harry, Christy Moore and Philomena Lynott.Popular with many art-collectors, Mark's paintings now command a price tag of several thousand euros each, and are represented in numerous private collections. Mark's painting Johnny Cash In Black was nominated for the final of the Irish Art Awards 2007.