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Mark 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’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.