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Arts feature

'At last I wasn't worried about making pictures': an interview with Mark Shields

An artist who dreads unthinking habit seeks new inspirations in his childhood interests

1 March 2014

9:00 AM

1 March 2014

9:00 AM

Mark Shields is a painter of considerable versatility and skill who is unable to rest on his laurels. Born in 1963 in Northern Ireland, where he still lives, he developed a powerful realist style that owes much to the Old Masters, and scored early success with meticulous portraits and still-life paintings.

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The artist will be giving a talk about his work at the Grosvenor Gallery on 5 March at 5 p.m. All welcome but please RSVP to art@grosvenorgallery.com.

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