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Mark Hilltout Figurative Paintings

British, South African, b. 1947
Mark is a restless soul. He was born in 1948 to a middle-class family, ultimately graduating from Birmingham Art College. He has lived in Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Toronto, New York, Brussels and Madagascar where he learned to sew metal. He has driven through Africa, twice. In between he has also run a hotel in Seychelles and advertising agencies on four continents. When back in Cape Town, he designed and funded two photographic books, both on football in Africa. He has hand-drawn a comprehensive map and guidebook to Woodstock, Cape Town. Mark has been an artist all his life, except he was always called an art director. There is no single turning point that led Mark to do what he does now, but he has always been drawn to the discarded, the imperfect. He is fascinated by car dumps and has long been a collector of enamel commercial signs. Above all, he loves corrugated iron, for all its ancient blemishes and weather-beaten scars. He tolerates computers, but he prefers the happy accidents that can only occur by hand. He believes that true beauty comes from the close attention to craft, not the obsession with ideas. He now lives in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Artist: Mark Hilltout
Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "De Stahl Study 3"
Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "De Stahl Study 3"

Large Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "De Stahl Study 3"

By Mark Hilltout

Located in Cape Town, ZA

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Hilltout Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Large Red & Brown Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Matisse 2 Study 2"
Large Red & Brown Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Matisse 2 Study 2"

Large Red & Brown Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Matisse 2 Study 2"

By Mark Hilltout

Located in Cape Town, ZA

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Hilltout Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Abstract Figurative Rusted Metal Composition "Dancing Barbed Wire Study 1"
Abstract Figurative Rusted Metal Composition "Dancing Barbed Wire Study 1"

Abstract Figurative Rusted Metal Composition "Dancing Barbed Wire Study 1"

By Mark Hilltout

Located in Cape Town, ZA

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

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2010s Contemporary Mark Hilltout Figurative Paintings

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Metal, Steel, Iron

Large Pink, Cream & Red Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Razor Wire: Study 1"
Large Pink, Cream & Red Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Razor Wire: Study 1"

Large Pink, Cream & Red Abstract Rusted Metal Composition "Razor Wire: Study 1"

By Mark Hilltout

Located in Cape Town, ZA

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Hilltout Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal, Steel, Iron

Matisse in Corrugated Iron
Matisse in Corrugated Iron

Matisse in Corrugated Iron

By Mark Hilltout

Located in Cape Town, ZA

Mark Hilltout has always been drawn to the random, the discarded and the broken. Car dumps fascinate him - he is attracted to the broken edge, not the perfectly straight line. For th...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mark Hilltout Figurative Paintings

Materials

Iron, Metal, Steel

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