Portraits
Each began as a person in a room, and is now a presence. Walk the wall slowly, see them all, or commission a custom portrait of your own.
A room full of souls
The paintings at true scale. Walk the corridor. Stand in front of one. Stay until it looks back.
Enter the 3D galleryA portrait is a way of staying with someone.
Fine art portrait commissions are most of what Marcus paints. A hand-painted oil portrait begins with a conversation about who it is for and where it will hang, and ends when the person is there in the paint. He works from sittings where possible and from photographs where not, which is also how a portrait can bring back someone who can no longer sit. He takes on a small number each year.
“A virtuosic demonstration of contemporary realist portrait painting.”
Dr Andrew Frost, Judge Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award 2018, Art Guide Australia
The artist
“Paint can capture the energy, emotion, and unspoken stories that connect us all.”
Winner of the Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize and the Black Swan Portrait Prize, three times an Archibald Prize finalist, and a finalist on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year, now painting in the UK.
Above, painting Claire Skinner on the show in 2018, with presenter Frank Skinner.
Featured in GQ Magazine, Vanity Fair, The World of Interiors and Tatler.