MARK TALBOT ROBERTS was born in Cambridge, England and moved to Hong Kong over 30 years ago to pursue his legal career.  He retired in 2004 to become a full-time artist.  He is mostly self-taught, painting almost exclusively in watercolour, which is the medium he believes best portrays the essence of landscapes and seascapes in Hong Kong.  Mark has held three one-man shows in Hong Kong and recently exhibited in London.  Mark joined Artists Abroad in 2009.

"I have either drawn or painted for as long as I can remember.  The act of painting satisfies a creative urge which I believe slumbers in most of us.  It simply needs a catalyst to bring that crative urge to the surface.  In my case the catalyst was sparked by seeing  J.M.W. Turner's work.  I love the translucent quality that watercolour lends to painting.  By building up layers of watercolour washes and combining these washes with varying tonal values, a feeling of depth can be achieved.  I also try to convey a sense of movement when portraying skies and sea by the use of brush strokes and by placing warm and cool colours in juxtaposition."

Website: www.watercolourmjr.com                                                     Email: watercolour2382@hotmail.com   

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Hong Kong Club 1979, Watercolour on Paper, 33.5x24cm

Wong Family Compound, Shangxi, Watercolour on Paper, 33.5x24cm

Monastery on Lantau, Watercolour on Paper, 23x30cm

Tsui Shing Lau Pagoda, Watercolour on Paper, 23x30cm