Mark John Maguire Cardiff, United Kingdom Artist

Mark John Maguire

I was born in Liverpool and was educated at the University of Manchester, Swansea University and the Polytechnic of Wales where I studied History, Philosophy and Intellectual and Art History (MA). I have lived and worked in Ireland, Germany, Holland and the UK as a barman, labourer, soldier, Aircraft sealer, Trade Marks Examiner, Ministerial Policy Adviser in Trade & Industry (London), Head of International Relations at the Welsh Office and Principal Private Secretary to the Presiding Officer at the National Assembly for Wales. I left the Civil Service in 2005 and dedicated myself to art and writing. My large, vibrant and luminous paintings are metaphysical in approach and, as with my writing, personal and intense. They frequently convey contemporary urban realism in a ruined, isolated or detached landscape. The figures in them are always captive watchers of their environment or circumstances, trapped by their inability to communicate. I call these works "narrative" because what is important in the paintings is what happens before or after the moment depicted - the viewer must move beyond the canvas to ascertain this. My smaller paintings are "etudes", conceived as intimate studies of the mood and condition of individuals. They are almost always painted in blue. The Night Traveller (MJ Maguire) was my first novel and was published in 2010 and I have published and recorded many poems which are widely available in numerous publications and online sources. I regularly publish articles in journals on a diverse number of subjects from International Affairs and Ethics to Metaphysics, the Theory of Knowledge and Modern Art.  

Education:

BA degrees in History and Philosophy; MA degree in Intellectual History and Art History at Manchester University, Swansea University and the Polytechnic of Wales. 

 Lady Midnight
Painting, 28 H x 39 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

On a Lilac Morning Where Mermaids in Silence Die
Painting, 20 H x 30 W x 0.7 in
sold
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Night Blossoms

Painting, 20 H x 30 W x 0.7 in

Mark John Maguire

United Kingdom

Out of Darkness

Painting, 16 H x 20 W x 0.7 in

Mark John Maguire

United Kingdom

 The Dream Catcher
Painting, 36 H x 24 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Contrition - Etude in Blue
Painting, 20 H x 16 W x 0.5 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 The Calm

Painting, 24 H x 36 W x 0.5 in

Mark John Maguire

United Kingdom

Rapture - Etude in Blue No. 3
Painting, 18 H x 14 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 Requiem

Painting, 35 H x 60 W x 2 in

Mark John Maguire

United Kingdom

 Music when soft voices die...Etude in Blue, No.4
Painting, 18 H x 24 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

The Kite Flyer's Dream

Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.6 in

Mark John Maguire

United Kingdom

 Never Again, Etude No.5
Painting, 20 H x 16 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

The Woman on Platform One

Painting, 40 H x 30 W x 0.5 in

Mark John Maguire

United Kingdom

 A Table for One
Painting, 30 H x 20 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

The Virtuoso of Street Corners

Painting, 24 H x 36 W x 0.5 in

Mark John Maguire

United Kingdom

 Sensibilite - A woman recalls the girl who wept over a dead bird, Etude in Blue, No.6
Painting, 20 H x 16 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Closed Until Further Notice
Painting, 35 H x 52 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Solitude
Painting, 20 H x 16 W x 0.5 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

A Lost Moment
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.5 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 At First Sight
Painting, 35 H x 48 W x 0.5 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

The Memory of Night Rain
Painting, 16 H x 24 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Solstice
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Different Journeys
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 Another Time, Another Place
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Reacquaintance of Immortal Souls
Painting, 20 H x 30 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 Perfect Strangers
Painting, 20 H x 30 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

November Rain
Painting, 20 H x 30 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Morning Shadows
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Cat in the Rain
Painting, 24 H x 36 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

The Moonlight Party
Painting, 20 H x 30 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Waiting for the Last Train
Painting, 30 H x 36 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 Endgame
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 The Balloon Seller
Painting, 30 H x 48 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Umbrella People
Painting, 20 H x 30 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

From Small Beginnings the World is Born
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

The Cat's Paradox
Painting, 30 H x 60 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Night Consequences
Painting, 24 H x 36 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Amnesia
Painting, 20 H x 30 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Perfect Recall
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Elegy for Lost Illusions
Painting, 30 H x 60 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

End of the Affair
Painting, 36 H x 52 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 

 A Small Box
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 

 A Chance Meeting
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 

A Passage to Distant Places
Painting, 19.5 H x 29.5 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 

 The Persistence of Dreams
Painting, 36 H x 52 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

The Impossibility of Knowledge
Painting, 38 H x 55 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

A Bridge of Sighs
Painting, 40 H x 30 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

Cardiff Rain
Painting, 40 H x 30 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 

 Night Illusions
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 

Saturday Night
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.8 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 

 A Last Farewell
Painting, 24 H x 31 W x 1.5 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom

 

 Mark John Maguire  Cardiff, United Kingdom Artist

 

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