Water Art?

Mark Mawson has a new twist on an established idea. Splashing paint around has been a standard artistic approach ever since Jackson Pollock made his name with it in the 1950s. But by dropping the paint into water instead of onto a canvas, Mawson has arrived at a startlingly new look.


The 41-year-old, from London, has been taking pictures for 22 years but only recently came up with the eye-catching way of creating stunning and beautiful abstract forms at random. His work has concentrated on underwater scenes and people, but now he takes different kinds of paint and drops them into a tank before snapping the outcome with his camera and using a strobe to light up the weird and wonderful forms. Different paints have different weights so a combination of paints creates differing effects. They are mysterious and beautiful.



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