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:
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
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
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
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
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
The Woman on Platform One
Painting, 40 H x 30 W x 0.5 in
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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
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
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
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United Kingdom
A Lost Moment
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.5 in
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United Kingdom
At First Sight
Painting, 35 H x 48 W x 0.5 in
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United Kingdom
The Memory of Night Rain
Painting, 16 H x 24 W x 0.7 in
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United Kingdom
Solstice
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United Kingdom
Different Journeys
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United Kingdom
Another Time, Another Place
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United Kingdom
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
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United Kingdom
Perfect Strangers
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United Kingdom
November Rain
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United Kingdom
Morning Shadows
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
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United Kingdom
Cat in the Rain
Painting, 24 H x 36 W x 0.7 in
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United Kingdom
The Moonlight Party
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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
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United Kingdom
The Balloon Seller
Painting, 30 H x 48 W x 2 in
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United Kingdom
Umbrella People
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United Kingdom
From Small Beginnings the World is Born
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United Kingdom
The Cat's Paradox
Painting, 30 H x 60 W x 2 in
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United Kingdom
Night Consequences
Painting, 24 H x 36 W x 0.7 in
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United Kingdom
Amnesia
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United Kingdom
Perfect Recall
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United Kingdom
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
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United Kingdom
Elegy for Lost Illusions
Painting, 30 H x 60 W x 2 in
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United Kingdom
Painting, 30 H x 60 W x 2 in
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United Kingdom
End of the Affair
Painting, 36 H x 52 W x 2 in
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United Kingdom
Painting, 36 H x 52 W x 2 in
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United Kingdom
A Small Box
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
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United Kingdom
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.7 in
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United Kingdom
A Chance Meeting
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United Kingdom
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.8 in
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United Kingdom
A Passage to Distant Places
Painting, 19.5 H x 29.5 W x 0.8 in
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United Kingdom
Painting, 19.5 H x 29.5 W x 0.8 in
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United Kingdom
The Persistence of Dreams
Painting, 36 H x 52 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom
Painting, 36 H x 52 W x 2 in
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United Kingdom
The Impossibility of Knowledge
Painting, 38 H x 55 W x 2 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom
Painting, 38 H x 55 W x 2 in
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United Kingdom
A Bridge of Sighs
Painting, 40 H x 30 W x 0.8 in
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United Kingdom
Painting, 40 H x 30 W x 0.8 in
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United Kingdom
Cardiff Rain
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United Kingdom
Painting, 40 H x 30 W x 0.8 in
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United Kingdom
Night Illusions
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United Kingdom
Saturday Night
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United Kingdom
Painting, 30 H x 40 W x 0.8 in
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United Kingdom
A Last Farewell
Painting, 24 H x 31 W x 1.5 in
Mark John Maguire
United Kingdom
Painting, 24 H x 31 W x 1.5 in
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United Kingdom
Mark John Maguire Cardiff, United Kingdom Artist
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