About | markdraiseyportraits

BIOGRAPHY:

From 1986, I worked as a freelance cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator. One of my first jobs on leaving art college was as a caricaturist and puppet sculptor on Central TV's Spitting Image. Since then, I have provided humorous illustrations for many book and magazine publishers around the world, advertising agencies, designers, and TV companies including:

Country Life
Punch
BBC
Channel 4
Tatler
Oxford University Press
The Week (Australia)
Comic Relief

However, I made the decision to focus my attention on portraiture in 2016 to renew my passion for creating fine art.

AWARDS & EXHIBITIONS:

2017 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
2018 Oxford Art Society open exhibition.
2018 Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
2019 Solo exhibition, Oxfordshire Art Weeks.
2019 Awarded membership of the Oxford Art Society.
2020 BP Award, National Portrait Gallery, London. won 3rd place in the Visitors' Choice Award.
2020 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
2021 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
2021 New English Art Club, Mall Galleries, London.
2021 ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London. Regional winner.
2022 Solo exhibition, St. John's College, Oxford.
2023 Galerie Bonnard, Netherlands.
2023 Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London.
2023 Steward's Enclosure Art Gallery, Henley Royal Regatta.
2023 BBC Extraordinary Portraits featured artist.
2023 Finalist in The Art Prize, London Graphics Centre.
2023 Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London.