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I'm a traditional artist from Liverpool working mainly with acrylic paints and charcoal. I specialise in portraits and have provided artwork for various local companies and have sold dozens of paintings across the world. I have exhibited artwork at Liverpool's Albert Dock and also the Maritime Museum as well as contributing live artwork to the Liverpool International Music Festival. Among my many influences are artists such as Alex Ross, Norman Rockwell, Alan Lee and William Kentridge.

I sell original artwork through my online art shop on Etsy and I am also available for commissions, for more information please get in touch via;

Etsy Art Shop; http://www.etsy.com/shop/MarcDLewisArt?ref=search_shop_redirect
Facebook Page; https://www.facebook.com/MarcDLewisArt
Find me on Twitter @MarcDLewisArt

Here's a selection of artwork from the year so far..

Sir Winston Churchill

Acrylic on canvas, 20 cm x 20 cm

Davros of Skaro

Acrylic on canvas, 20cm x 20cm

Wolf Creek - Mick Taylor

Acrylic on canvas, 25cm x 30cm

Friday the 13th; The Final Chapter - Jason Voorhees

Acrylic on canvas, 20cm x 20cm

Friday the 13th 2009 - Jason Voorhees

Acrylic on canvas, 20 cm x 20 cm

Boba Fett

Acrylic on canvas, 25cm x 30cm

Sunset at the Albert Dock

Acrylic on canvas, 25cm x 30cm

Anglican Cathedral

Acrylic on canvas, 25 cm x 30 cm

Stevie G

Acrylic on canvas, 25 cm x 30 cm

Big Dunc

Acrylic on canvas, 25 cm x 30 cm





This next painting was a birthday present for my 4 year old nephew who loves Captain America!



Captain Zion America

Acrylic on canvas, 20 cm x 20 cm

The past couple of years have been spent working on short animated films for use in schools across Merseyside to highlight children's awareness of potential online dangers such as bullying, grooming etc. Below are several examples of the type of illustrations required for this project inc frames from one of the films plus storyboards which will be used as the basis for role-playing exercises within the classroom, the final frame being left blank to encourage the children to add to the sequence.

  

A selection of recent commissions..

Flatline

Acrylic on paper

Cianan's Selfie

Acrylic on canvas, 1 & 1/2 ft x 2 ft

Here's a selection of paintings some of which are currently for sale on Etsy! https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MarcDLewisArt



BANE

Acrylic on canvas, A4



The Bride

Acrylic on canvas, 20cm x 20cm

Imperial Stormtrooper

Acrylic on canvas, 20cm x 20cm







Portrait of a Bounty Hunter

Acrylic on canvas, 20cm x 20cm

Another medium I love to use regularly is charcoal which I find to be a wonderfully expressive way to create art! Without the shackles of colour charcoal opens the door for exploring and exploiting the natural tonal contrasts within our visual grasp. The following two pieces show examples of this in two completely different aspects.

Family portrait

Charcoal, A3

(This piece was a wedding present for my sister who got married earlier this year, congratulations sis!)

Cthulhu in the Outback

Charcoal, A4

For further examples of my charcoal work click on CHARCOAL GALLERY; http://marcdlewisart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/charcoal-portraits.html

My little nephew Zion :D

Acrylic on canvas

'Heroes'

Acrylic on Canvas, 2 x 2 1/2 ft

This was a private commission for a customer who wanted his son dressed as Superman surrounded by his favourite heroes as they face down a couple of Daleks. For a superhero fanboy like me this was a dream commission and exactly the sort of thing I would've loved to have had done for me when I was a child!

'Matchbox Man'

Acrylic on wood

This is another private commission and was also a lot of fun to paint but in a different way, the challenge this time was to re-create the image of an old Pilot matchbox onto a piece of wood but with a three-dimensional look to it.

Jordi & Sherlock

A commission from a client who wanted a painting featuring his daughter Jordi alongside Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock.

All images © Marc D Lewis 2015

>LIVERPOOL INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

Last year saw the launch of the Liverpool International Music Festival and featured artists from all around the world perform live here in Liverpool often free of charge. As well as the live performances the festival also marked the launch of the LIMF Pop-Up Gallery at Liverpool's Albert Dock which was open free of charge to the general public for a limited time last year.

The brief was to deliver artwork featuring a montage of performing artists based on the LIMFestival outline to 'Celebrate greatness, discover the new, inspire the next.' I provided three linking canvas panels for the exhibition entitled 'It's a Sound City'. The panels feature a linking montage of artists performing at the festival against a back-drop of some of Liverpool's great and famous landmarks The children dancing in the foreground represent the next generation of potential singers, dancers and artists being inspired by the current generation of artists.

'It's a Sound City' 

Acrylic on Canvas Panel 1

'It's a Sound City'

Canvas Panel 2

'It's a Sound City'

Canvas Panel 3

'It's a Sound City'

LIMFestival Pop-Up Art Gallery 

Albert Dock, Liverpool

The following year I was commissioned to produce a piece of live art to publicise the second music festival. Portraits of the artists performing at that year's festival were drawn in charcoal onto large scale letters spelling out the LIMF abbreviation. The work was carried approximately 24 hours before being unveiled to the local media and press outside Liverpool's St George's Hall. The mural was then completed inside St George's Hall on full view to the visiting public over the next two weeks before being placed on display next to the main stage at the actual festival itself in Sefton Park.

"Liverpool International Music Festival commissioned Liverpool illustrator Marc D Lewis to represent some of the key artists and themes of Liverpool International Music Festival 2014. In fitting with our focus on collaboration, Marc worked to bridge the world's of music and art by doing a piece using charcoal.

Filmed by Mark McNulty in St.George's Hall over a 12 hour day, this piece went from conception to realisation in under 24 hours."

https://vimeo.com/95367481

LIMF Mural outside St George's Hall, Liverpool 

Ian Broudie meets Ian Broudie

LIMF Mural on stage inside St George's Hall

LIMF Mural on display at Sefton Park

All images © Marc D Lewis 2015

>RIOTS REVISITED

2013 kick-started with a project entitled 'Riots Revisited' which is intended to be a reflection of the 2011 Riots as seen particularly from a community perspective. Seven pieces of music have been recorded incorporating poetry, singing and rap, all of which revolve around the riots. 

I was commissioned by the Playmaker Group to create 8 pieces of artwork to accompany each piece and the results are currently on exhibition at the Liverpool Maritime Museum here in Liverpool. 

'Riots Revisited'

Mixed- media on Paper

'The Flame'

Acrylic on Canvas

'Stand Off'

Acrylic on Canvas

'Anita'

Mixed- media on Paper

'Curtis'

Mixed- media on Paper

'Calm After the Storm'

Charcoal on Paper

'Wrong or Right'

Acrylic on Canvas

'Fly Away'

Acrylic on Canvas

All images © Marc D Lewis 2015

>CHARCOAL GALLERY

Charcoal is probably my first love as it's such an expressive medium to use. I'm a huge fan of the old classic Universal horror films mainly for their atmospheric moods and charcoal allows me the opportunity to recreate these strong tonal contrasts in my artwork. 

Mick Taylor - Outback Legend

Halloween - The Shape

Wicked Witch of the West








Bane Rising

Harry Potter - Death Eater Mask

Count Dracula

Currently for sale on Etsy; http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/151070084/christopher-lee-as-count-dracula?ref=shop_home_active

Frankenstein's Monster

The Bride of Frankenstein

The Wolf Man

Doctor Who 'Blink'

Charcoal on paper

Currently for sale on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/166597631/doctor-who-art-blink-david-tennant-as?ref=shop_home_active

"Trust me, I'm The Doctor"

Currently for sale on Etsy; https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/161066499/doctor-who-art-matt-smith-as-the-11th?ref=shop_home_active

The 12th Doctor

Soul of a Cyberman











Cyber-Scarface

All images © Marc D Lewis 2015