Heavy Rainbows
Heavy Rainbows are showcasing artwork highlighting contemporary issues.
Inspiring Change Through Art
Mark Cawood, Artist/Illustrator
Heavy Rainbows showcases contemporary themed collections of art such as the BeeFree Gallery which raises issues related to animal welfare, and the Nature's Revenge Gallery focuses on climate change and subsequent rising sea levels. Other themed subjects can be viewed in the Rainbow Gallery.
Images are a form of communication capable of evoking intense mood and feeling that can leave a lasting impression on the soul.
The background stuff
Born and raised in Liverpool, I moved to London aged twenty-four where I studied Art. After graduating with a BA hons in Fine Art at the University of East London in 2000, I freelanced in Illustration, specialising in advertising, and developed art projects focusing on contemporary issues. From 2011-18 I concentrated on teaching, incorporating Art into the English curriculum to help students with special needs gain recognised qualifications (through the provider AIM).
I published my art book entitled Heavy Rainbows in 2024, and presently live in a quaint suburban village in Lincolnshire that serves as a base for showcasing artwork at public events, examples can be viewed on the heavyrainbows.com website.
The Heavy Rainbows website produces collections of themed artwork to raise awareness concerning contemporary issues such as environmental conservation, animal welfare, and the post-pandemic mental health crisis. The relationship between art and current social affairs offers an alternative way of seeing that can broaden our minds, and challenge preconceived norms.
Art can open our minds to new and alternative ideas. An image can be thought-provoking, challenging, beautiful, or intoxicating with the power to change preconceived perceptions or beliefs.
An image can remain at the forefront of our conscience (or sub-conscience) for the rest of our lives. Through art I aspire to create unique and visually stimulating images that are difficult to ignore.
Lynne Cawood, Photographer
I compile photographic records of Marks art projects and events such as exhibitions. I also take studio quality photographs suitable for limited edition prints.
Over the years I've built up a comprehensive portfolio of personal work consisting largely of natural phenomena including plants, wildlife and environmental scenes involving rainbows, sunsets and storms. Mark is intrigued with balancing abstraction with reality to convey contemporary social issues, whereas I aspire to capture the wonders of nature through pure photographic realism. However our creative differences are narrowed completely by one common denominator ... art!
Several examples from my series of work entitled Bloomin' Afrca
