Collection: Mark Gibbs

Mark has exhibited nationally and internationally and has been shortlisted for the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the year 5 times. His artwork often has a Northern theme, evoking landscapes of forest, moor and tundra and its resilient animals. Deer, reindeer, wolves and European bison are frequent subjects; all icons of wilderness. There is a shamanic idea that the land remembers its creatures and the sculptures certainly reference cave art. However there is also an engagement with contemporary themes; an interest in environmentalism informs he work, particularly the unsustainable logging of Boreal forest, which in turn may affect climate change. Mark has a previous science career.