Mark Crofton Bell

Watercolours

From January 2001 until December 2011 I made watercolour paintings based on images I found in newspapers. These were done on 9”x 12” paper in black and white or colour depending on the original source image and of a scale similar to that of the original. Each one is titled according to the date of the newspaper in which the source image was found.      

  • A black and white painting of a sausage dog
    “17/07/02” (Dog) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2002.
  • A watercolour portrait of a man
    “30/11/05” (Man) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2002.
  • A watercolour painting of guitarist Link Wray
    “22/11/05” (LInk) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2005.
  • A watercolour painting of people holding hands around a fire.
    “19/06/05” (Circle) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2005.
  • A watercolour painting of man in front of a tank
    “12/02/05” (Man and tank) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2005.
  • A black and white painting of Edvard Munch's "The Scream".
    “23/08/04” (Munch) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2004.
  • A black and white watercolour painting of a person being held aloft by hundreds of balloons.
    “29/10/01” (Balloons) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2001.
  • A watercolour painting of a woman with a white star above her head on a red background.
    “07/05/02” (Star) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2002.
  • A watercolour painting of smoke rising from a densely crowed city.
    “07/04/02” (City smoke) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2002.
  • A black and white watercolour of a crowd of young men wielding sticks
    “29/08/02” Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2002.
  • A watercolour image of two police wearing masks
    “30/08/02” (Police) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2002.
  • A watercolour image of a crowd of disbelieving people
    “22/04/02” (Disbelief) Watercolour on Bristol paper 23 x 30 cm. 2002.