Heavy Rainbows
Heavy Rainbows are showcasing contemporary artwork that's designed to blow your mind.
Inspiring Change Through Art
Mark Cawood, Artist/Illustrator
I'm presently showcasing a selection of themed artwork on the Heavy Rainbows website. Sub-headings include Fur Feather Friend which raises issues related to animal welfare within agriculture. The Nature's Revenge collection focuses on the ever increasing carbon emissions. And the Climate Change collection consists of seascapes focusing on rising sea levels.
Images can be a powerful form of communication and are capable of leaving a lasting impression on the soul, indeed some evoke intense mood and feeling. We remember an image far more vividly than any written word.
The background stuff
I paralysed my dominant left hand in a motorcycle accident, and subsequently learned to use my other hand before graduating with a 2/1 degree in Fine Art at the University of East London in 2000. I have since exhibited and sold collections of themed artwork involving animal welfare and climate change. For several years I focused on teaching, incorporating Art into the English curriculum to help students with special needs gain recognised qualifications (through the provider AIM). I wrote my autobiography entitled Heavy Rainbows published in 2024, and have recently returned to showcasing artwork in public galleries.
Please contact me regarding any queries at: markcawoodart@gmail.com
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 artwork usually involving events such as exhibitions. I also take high quality studio photographs of his work suitable for developing into 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 Bloomin' Afrca series of work:
