Mark C Grant
Looking closely.
Making by hand.
Watercolour and photography, rooted in places, people and everyday life.
My work returns to Liverpool, Ormskirk and the docklands: streets, architecture, small encounters and the things that are easy to walk past. Painting and photography are two ways of paying attention.
The work and its making
Watercolour keeps a record of decisions, accidents and corrections. I am interested in that openness: a work made through its process, with room for restraint, surprise and imperfection.
This is the home of my human-authored practice, including urban sketching, abstract colour studies, photographs, original music and writing. The gallery centres on watercolour and photography; the Studio archive holds the broader body of work and research.
Music, writing and research
Original songs and performance sit alongside the visual work, drawing on lived experience and British social narratives. Writing explores art, technology and the questions that develop through making.
A separate collaboration
Kuwa Mashine is my separate, openly disclosed machine-collaborative practice. The projects share an artist, while keeping their identities and processes clear. Individual works carry their own context and credits.