Artist Biography
Mark Heng is an American artist living in Limerick. After studying painting at Boston University, he worked as an illustrator and caricaturist, specializing in quick sketches of guests at parties and events. He took part in The Sky Portrait Artist of the Year competition, painting actor Colm Meaney in 2014, and author Ben Okri in 2016. Mark divides his time between traveling around Ireland drawing caricatures, undertaking studio commissions, running Limerick Life Drawing, and spending time with his family.
Portrait of a Lady in Victorian Dress is from a series of live drawing sessions featuring models wearing historical costumes from the Hunt Museum’s collection. Mark wanted to indulge his nostalgic yearning for the elegance and mystique of the past by time traveling to a place where people dressed in their finery, lounged about in grand rooms with tall windows, and talked about precious things.
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