MARK PRESTON
We are pleased to welcome Mark Preston back for his 6th solo exhibition at Red Rag Gallery. His latest collection of 40 new works painted in Derbyshire, Cornwall, the Lake District and Wales convey perfectly Mark’s fascination with the effects of changing weather and seasons on the landscape. His paintings capture these places in all their glory; sun, rain, snow, spring flowers, dramatic mountains and sunlit seas.
Mark develops a close connection with the places he paints, finding the more he gets to know an area the more he can see in it, the more able he is to capture the effects of weather and the seasons, ‘ it starts with a process and an endlessly fascinating struggle towards finding a painterly equivalent for what I see, feel and experience in the landscape. When I feel I’ve achieved this, or get a positive reaction from people, it gives me a sense of satisfaction that the hard work has paid off. ’
‘The challenge to adapt and improvise in changing conditions can be frustrating but it keeps me focused and stops me getting too comfortable or predictable. Hopefully, it gives the work more immediacy, and the emotions I feel at the time can go directly into the work.’
Painting en plein air requires dedication and persistence but it has rewarded him with images that are atmospheric and full of light and energy.
All paintings are for sale on receipt of this brochure.
Cover Image - May Morning, Treen Cliffs - 24 x 30 inches
Mark Preston Solo Exhibition
10 – 24 May 2025
We invite you to join us for drinks and meet Mark Preston a t the opening of his Solo Exhibition on Saturday 10 May
M ark will be in the gallery from 11am-2pm for those who w ould like to meet him and discuss his paintings
16 x 16 inches
Derwent Water from Applethwaite
8 x 10 inches
Pathway through the Bluebells, Clough Wood
Reflections, Wyedale
24 x 24 inches
Summer
Sunshine and Rain, Dovedale
16 x 20 inches
Right: Mayblossom, High Edge
30 x 36 inches
November Snow, Brailsford
12 x 12 inches
Sunlit Cottongrass, Longstone Moor
12 x 16 inches
30 x 30 inches
Low Tide, Porthmeor Beach
Elderflower Reflections, Wyedale 16 x 16 inches
Spring Evening, Clough Wood 10 x 10 inches
Autumn Hawthorn, Pilsbury
30 x 30 inches
Blue Reflections, Fleetworth Pike 18 x 20 inches
Through the Elms, Treen
24 x 24 inches
12
Springtime, Ashleyhay
x 14 inches
Yr Eifl from Porthdinllaen 8 x 10 inches
Meadow Flowers and Butterflies, Bonsall Moor
30 x 30 inches
Spring Light, Porthmeor Point
20 x 20 inches
Mayblossom, Buttercups and Wild Thyme, Pilsbury 24 x 24 inches
Clear Winter’s Day, Rookery Farm Lane 20 x 20 inches
Sunlit Lane, Lanthwaite 10 x 8 inches
Indian Summer, Crummock Water 14 x 20 inches
Trees, Derwent Water 12 x 12 inches
St Ives from Clodgy Point 12 x 16 inches
Alder
Cottongrass, Longstone Moor
30 x 30 inches
Spring Flowers, Clough Wood 12 x 12 inches
Autumn Sunlight, Dovedale 10 x 8 inches
Brilliant Clear Morning, Crummock Water
24 x 30 inches
Calm Autumn Day, Derwent Water 14 x 16 inches
Bardsey Island from Mynydd Mawr
8 x 10 inches
Sunlight and Distant Thunder, Ashleyhay 18 x 24 inches
Right: September Light, Crummock Water
30 x 36 inches
November Light, Miller’s Dale
18 x 20 inches
Red Hawthorn against Mellbreak 16 x 20 inches
Cornish Light, Morvah
8 x 16 inches
Morning Light, Mount’s Bay
12 x 20 inches
Sunlit Water, Calfclose Bay 12 x 20 inches
Red Hawthorn, Pilsbury 8 x 10 inches
Silver Birches and Heather, Froggatt Edge 20 x 20 inches
Trees in Evening Light, Crummock Water 12 x 24 inches
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