Marko switches from bold strokes of colour, valiant stripes and sharp shadows, giving a depth and assertiveness to his paintings, to then a soft unspoken merging of dreams into reality, faces with whom cannot be recognised but perhaps can be identified with, and landscapes that hint at familiarity whilst simultaneously nodding to their exclusivity. A club one wishes to be a part of but it drifts softly into the horizon, ever slightly out of reach, just as the sun slips away behind the ocean. The sun, the hero of Marko's collection, whilst never portrayed directly it is the through line of all his work. His portrayal of the shadows cast by the sun booms through his paintings, they ground, deepen and set off the tone in the artworks.
Marko's paintings offer a refuge against the sun's persistent power, demonstrated by his brilliant skill to emanate its heat and in return offer his viewers a seat in the light that these artworks emit. Marko's latest collection offers far more than a front row seat into the warm days of summers once been, his masterful interpretation of figures and their place amongst others, their place amongst memories, leaves the viewer with an imagination fulled and a feeling of sunburn on their cheeks.
Words by Bella McGoldrick
