مجموعة: Mark Curryer
Creed Gallery in Ascot, Berkshire, represents Mark Curryer, the British artist known for Tail Lights and Indicators, NYC and Tonight The Lights Are Bright, London, for collectors from Ascot to Sunningdale, across Surrey and London, and internationally. Recent pieces have sold in the £1,650 to £1,975 range — get in touch to hear about upcoming availability. Our team will talk you through provenance, condition and framing on any work.
About Mark Curryer: London and New York After Dark
Mark Curryer is a British artist whose atmospheric cityscapes have made him one of the most distinctive painters of urban life currently working in the UK. Based in a dedicated studio in Eastbourne, he paints London and New York at their most visually dramatic — after dark, in the rain, when artificial light multiplies across wet surfaces and the familiar city becomes something genuinely spectacular.
The Technique: Rollers, Scrapers, and Newsprint
His technique is as unconventional as his subjects demand. He works with almost no conventional brushwork, instead using rollers, scrapers, and a wide range of improvised tools — literally any object that produces the mark he needs — to build the atmospheric textures that characterise his surfaces. Newsprint is incorporated into the paint layers, adding a further dimension of texture: some of the exposed paper is intentional, some occurs naturally where the rollers lay paint unevenly, the unpredictability of the process mirroring the unpredictability of urban life itself.
Two Modes of Looking
The paintings read as impressionistic at distance — all atmosphere and light and the blur of movement — but reveal on closer inspection areas of precise detail that anchor the eye and confirm the specific setting. The tension between these two modes of looking is central to his practice: the city experienced at speed from the outside, and the city observed in its specific particulars from within.
Collecting Mark Curryer at Creed Gallery
Trained in three-dimensional design at Eastbourne Art College, Curryer built a successful career before returning to painting full-time. He has exhibited across the UK with work selling worldwide, was named a finalist for Best Up and Coming Published Artist in 2018, and has shown at the Edinburgh Fringe. Both of Creed Gallery's current Mark Curryer pieces are sold out — get in touch to be notified of the next release, for collectors across Berkshire, Surrey and London.
Why Collect Mark Curryer
Curryer's unconventional tool-driven technique gives his cityscapes a genuine formal identity — recognisable at a glance, and rewarding close inspection in a way few atmospheric painters achieve. As with any artist, individual pieces vary in demand and value — our team is happy to talk you through the specifics of any work you're considering.