Mark Petty
Mark Petty. Mostly known as just Petty...
…Half Irish, half English, London-born and London-based self taught artist.
No pretences, no airs and certainly no graces. Addicted to the visual with a staunch creative curiosity, easy-going and down-to-earth attitude.
Specialising in reverse Hand-pulled screen prints onto glass, gold gilding with hand painting & hand applied Diamond dust/gold leaf featuring heavily.
Steeped in contemporary pop art and saturated by the culture we live in, Always work-in-progress.
‘Ocean Life, Limited Edition’
…series is made of recycled material or up-cycled waste plastic, which, comes straight from his heart.
‘The ocean is in my heART and I’m ready for love...”
Can art be a vehicle to encourage positive change?
Can you up-cycle waste plastic whilst making art you’d actually want on your walls? Petty believes you can, but please have a look for yourself.
Art that will be a timeless reminder to look after our oceans.
Ageless, with a positive anti-pollution message whilst upcycling waste plastic. Frames are made with onetreeplanted.org neutralising the carbon for every frame made. Resin and paint pots all gets blended and used in the art piece.
Sustainable art whilst giving back. Art that makes you hope that one day we’ll look back and think,
“Remember when we used to chuck plastic in our oceans...”.
Artist: Mark Petty
Limited Edition of 15
Medium A 3 colour hand-pulled screen print on glass and another 1 colour hand-pulled screen print onto mirror for the background, then all the colours hand painted with a hand applied 23ct gold gild and mother of pearl insert.
Image Size: H:65cm x W:45cm.