Mark BeresfordMark Beresford is a UK artist with a gift for pulling the viewer intohis canvas. As you gaze down a New York city street you can feel thecold damp fog against your face; you can hear taxis honking as theydart in-and-out of traffic, and you can smell the rain as it washes awayweeks of city life. Viewing Beresford’s oil paintings is a multi-sensory experience.Born in Germany while his father served with a British tankregiment, Beresford grew up in Northern England where he stilllives today. Mark said, “I recall standing outside the cinema withmy father when I was a young boy. Our city of Sheffield was wellknown for Steel and Cutlery manufacturing. During the coldwinter months fog would fill the streets, leaving buildings, peopleand cars as silhouettes against the grey skies. Lights would shinelike beacons through the grey bringing colors and reflections tolife. It’s this combination of shapes, light and depth that gives myart a sense of place, a story on canvas.”Mark studied building design and technical drafting in college,which is where he learned to create incredible visual depth in hisart. The strong vertical orientation of buildings are created withpalette knife, trowels, squeegees and credit cards, leaving thicktextures on the canvas. His unique style is immediatelyrecognizable, whether it’s a city scene or a landscape/seascape.Beresford’s passion for painting allows him to express manyemotions through the canvas. His main artistic influences areJ.M.W. Turner for expressionistic lighting and atmosphere,Claude Monet for Impressionism and colors, and Pablo Picassofor the non-conformity of Cubist art.You can find Beresford’s art exhibited in multiple UK galleries and art shows, including the Cotswolds,London, Cornwall, Peak District, Manchester, The Fine Art Show at Battersea, the Fresh Art Show, and theCheltenham Race Course, known as the Home of Horse Jump Racing. In 2024, Mark expanded with newrepresentation by exclusive fine art galleries in Florida, Hawaii, California and Las Vegas NV.Mark lives in Sheffield England with his wife Mandy and their Fox Terrier Daisy.