Marc Potts

Marc Potts (born 1963, London) is a British artist and illustrator working within the fantasy, myth and folklore genres, using both traditional technique and digital art. He lives close to the edge of Dartmoor, Devon with his wife Kelly Potts Martinez who is a jewellery creator, sculptor and taxidermist. The art of Marc Potts is inspired by the landscape of Dartmoor and 25 years of spiritual exploration.[1] Marc Potts is also a writer, children's illustrator and natural history artist. His art has been featured in various magazines and books on fantasy art, art tutorial subjects, cards, T-shirts and licensed products.

Career

Marc Potts began his artistic career as a natural history artist due to his early work with various environmental organisations and his degree in Marine Biology from Swansea University. Subsequently his art took a path inspired by British mythology due to his spiritual development and keen interest in U.K. folklore.[2] From 1997 his art began to be used by publishers of magazines, such as Imagine FX[3] and books as both covers and internal illustrations. In 1999 he joined with other fellow artists to create BVAG (British Visionary Artists Group) which then exhibited as a group widely across Britain. BVAG disbanded some years later. For many years Marc Potts was represented by the USA-based Duirwaigh Gallery. In 2010 Marc Potts was one of 26 artists who exhibited as part of the Sir Lanval Shared Legends Project, a European funded project of Le Centre de l'Imaginaire Arthurien[4] and The Chagford Filmmaking Group. This brought together artists and sculptors, (thirteen French, thirteen British) to honour the connection, both historically and mythically between Devon and Brittany.[5]

In 2000 Marc Potts wrote his first book, The Mythology of the Mermaid and Her Kin, a study into the folklore, history and sightings of mythic sea and water creatures.[6] In 2011 he wrote his second book, a step by step tutorial, Dragons.[7] In 2012 and 2013 he worked with the Russian neo-classical band Caprice on their limited edition albums Girdenwodan 1 and 2, creating cover art and all internal illustrations for a collectable art booklet.[8] In 2013, 2014 and 2015 Marc Potts was accepted as an exhibitor at Illuxcon,[9] a juried annual exhibition of fantasy and imaginative realism art held in the U.S.A.

Books

Book covers

Magazines

Other works

References

  1. ↑ http://www.marcpotts.co.uk
  2. ↑ http://www.marcpotts.com
  3. ↑ Imagine FX
  4. ↑ Le Centre de l'Imaginaire Arthurien
  5. ↑ Magical Fairy Exhibition at Exeter Castle
  6. ↑ Potts, Marc. (2000) The Mythology of the Mermaid. Capall Bann Publishing ISBN 186163 0395
  7. ↑ Potts, Marc (2011). Dragons. Search Press. ISBN 978-1844486328.
  8. ↑ http://www.prikosnovenie.com/groupes/capricek.html
  9. ↑


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