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Mark Jenkyns enjoys a unique career in Art. His allegorical detailed drawings, semi-cubist pastels and stylized ink works have been exhibited in Canada, USA, and France. His illustrations, bendable characters, and bronzes have been widely circulated through commercial end-users throughout Canada. He is currently working on new work in each of the three categories outlined and now that ‘the kids are gone’ is enjoying a new period of serious production.
Artist Statement
In art school under Ivan Eyre, I started with very detailed allegorical graphite drawings exploring physicality, emotive gestures. and philosophy. Around this time I met with other artists and formed the Subway Group of Artists.
The then current retail availability was very limited so I took it upon myself to start marketing our work through arranging studio visits as well as lobby exhibits at The Manitoba Theatre Centre. This need to exhibit evolved from MTC to shared space in Perrin Subway Galleries after the Subway Exhibit in The Bay in Winnipeg. This grew into Subway Gallery on Osborne Street which evolved to include a summer gallery in East Hampton. New York, and a franchise gallery in Calgary, incorporating Canada’s first art leasing company.
Still working on my art, I formalized my imagery with very detailed graphic executions which evolved to naturally simplify and abstract these more prominent evolved shapes (a form of cubism) and marry these with colour. With this evolution, I moved from the principal media of graphite and ink to the color executions in gouache, acrylic and pastels.
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This guoache painting, produced in Mark Jenkyns's Calgary Cubism Style, celebrates the introduction of a Dutch Paper (Barella Gloss) to the Canadian market featuring Dutch masters Piet Mondrian, Vincent van Gogh, Theo van Doesburg and others at a celebratory gathering.
This fellow is the life of the party at any occasion and as he does attract the women, he is shown here with not one but two women on the side. The guoache painting in the Calgary Cubism stylization explores shape and rhythm as well as pastel coloration in this downtown character.
This fellow is the life of the party at any occasion and as he does attract the women; he is shown here with not one but two women on the side. The pastel drawing in the Calgary Cubism stylization explores shape and rhythm as well as pastel colouration in this charismatic downtown character.
Theo van Doesburg is listening to the Advisor at the celebration of the Barella Gloss North American Introduction. The guoache painting is in the Calgary Cubism style.
Ink on illustration board. This character was created in my Calgary Cubist period celebrating this classic character which evolved from my design business that served restaurants, bars and my Shenanigans Gallery Dining Room undertaking in the vibrant after hours community of Calgary before the devastating NEP (National Energy Policy) took effect.
The Minstrel is entertaining the Ladies who are represented by a formal sculptural presence at the celebratory gathering.
This guoache painting exploits the famously severed ear of Vincent van Gogh and was used as a call to action mail piece headed as “Lend Me Your Ear” to announce Barella Gloss to the market.
This pastel drawing portrays the traditional Power Couple commonly found at these high profile gatherings accompanied with their Banker no less.
Guoache painting. Walter Gropius was the founder of the Bauhaus School of modernist architecture and was a strong influence on Theo van Doesburg seen here whispering in Theo’s ear.
Guoache painting. This cubist character is impeccable in his attire and lends a quiet sense of dignity to this event.
uoache painting. Piet Mondrian was the founder of the De Stijl movement promoting Neo-Plasticism– minimalist aesthetic abstract art.
Guoache painting. This dignified character personifies the necessity of finance in the success that this gathering celebrates.
Guoache painting. This fellow was first created for “The Park Bench”- an ink drawing in the Calgary Cubism style, who is now a young executive unwinding in “Club Barella”.
Guoache painting. Theo van Doesburg was a principal contributor to the De Stijl movement and designer of the Dance Hall in Strasburg which served as the influence for my “Club Barella”.
Guoache painting. A rather risqué depiction of the a female fertility embodiment commonly perceived in these celebratory events at Club Barella.
Guoache painting. This pastel drawing portrays the traditional Power Couple commonly found at these high profile gatherings.
Graphite drawing integrating 6H,F, and 2B leads depicting the legion of characters webbed into the veins of the head. Drawn while studying under Ivan Eyre at the University of Manitoba School of Art in 1971.
Graphite drawing characterization of a man objecting to wrongful accusations ( i.e. being wrongfully crucified) and ripping himself off the cross.
Graphite drawing exploring head spaces and shifting of the mind as it morphs freely and untethered through various freespace concepts. Early developmental.
This graphite drawing depicts the control of the woman over the prospective spouse. There is a little character in his temple desperately trying to escape, but this is not to be. This is actually of my wife Kris and I.
One graphite drawing cropped in three images highlighting the head, torso and full body. The horse was to be on the right side but my 4 year old son thought he would help me by drawing on the horse with his felt pens and only the Horseman survived!
One graphite drawing cropped in three images highlighting the head, torso and full body. The horse was to be on the right side but my 4 year old son thought he would help me by drawing on the horse with his felt pens and only the Horseman survived!
One graphite drawing cropped in three images highlighting the head, torso and full body. The horse was to be on the right side but my 4 year old son thought he would help me by drawing on the horse with his felt pens and only the Horseman survived!
Graphite line drawing incorporating my Calgary Cubism as the man morphs his pectoral area into suit lapels and his head also becomes more stylized into this cubism genre.
Pastel drawing incorporating my Calgary Cubism as the man morphs his pectoral area into suit lapels.
Pastel drawing incorporating my Calgary Cubism as the man morphs his pectoral area into suit lapels.
Ink on Troya. Again from the Calgary Cubism period depicting characters in a bar taking note of the Calgary Centaur passing in front of them at what will become Club Barella.
Ink drawing of a classic Calgary cubist man observing a sculpture celebrating the female form.
