Mark Antony Skirving

A Brush With The Blues - Like most eight year old boys with a love of drawing, I began by copying images of my favourite comic book heroes such as Spiderman, Batman and the great Superman himself. Now, after almost thirty years of singin’ and swingin’ The Blues, I find myself naturally making a return to the painting of heroes, though now of the musical kind.
As front man of King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys, I have been fortunate to meet some of the greats; legends such as BB. King and Ray Charles, both of which I’ve painted, together with many more of my personal favourite hipsters, innovators and general real cool cats.


About The Artist -

Mark Skirving is an established professional artist with a great love of the history of Western art. Mark began painting in 2003, yet in such a short space of time has become well established selling many works through galleries, exhibitions and commissions by private collectors in Great Britain, Europe, Russia, South Korea, Argentina, The USA and Canada. He has also created many large scale public murals for the Borough of Walsall and produces works in both digital photography and film.

As well as being an accomplished artist he is also a musician of international rep...

BA Fine Art Degree[ Hons] 1st Class – MA Fine Art & Philosophy- Commendation