the vibes

Spring prints at Mark Wallis Design

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Mark

Banish the tail end of winter with these colourful prints from Mark Wallis Design. Featuring wildlife and water, the world is waking up for spring.

Categories: Art, Design, Photography, Random | Tags: Alderney Edge, daffodils, Easter Bunny, Goose, Heaton Park, Manchester, Mark Wallis, Mark Wallis Design, prints, Spring | Leave a comment

New Valentine’s Greeting Card designs

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Mark

Featuring a weapons-grade cupid (sorry Michelangelo!) a vintage fairground sign, romantic sandy doodles and a mountainous tramp stamp, these are my new Valentine’s card designs available over at Mark Wallis Design, my new online art store. Each pack features 4 different hand made cards, 144 x 144mm, blank inside with square envelopes.

Categories: Art, Design, Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor | Tags: Cupid, greetings card, Mark Wallis, Mark Wallis Design, Valentine, Valentine's | 2 Comments

Mark Wallis Design – my new online store

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Mark

The Vibes has been a little quiet lately, as I went off into the world of E-Commerce to forge an empire. Or set up an online store, depending on how you look at it and how much coffee you’ve had. I’m selling my artwork in the form of colour prints and greetings cards on my new site which features the best of my photography, graphic design and painting. It’s very exciting to see the orders finally coming in after months of hard work, so I declare this shop well and truly OPEN! Step this way http://www.markwallisdesign.com

Categories: Art, Design, Photography, Vibe Monitor | Tags: art prints, colour prints, e-commerce, Graphic Design, Mark Wallis, Mark Wallis Design, painting, Website | 4 Comments

2014: Sun, Success and a Sorceress

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Mark

2012/13 were disasterous for me. But this year has been the charm. I saw Kate Bush live: the musical sorceress put on a show in London that blew us away in September – ‘There are no words’ said Panos. We travelled to Mount Olympus in sunny Greece and saw the most beautiful village in the world, Colmar in France. I exhibited my artwork in Manchester and London, set up my own online store and got a record 3,800 likes for my Tales of the City artwork via Armistead Maupin on Facebook. When I put it all together, I feel like Tigger.

Launching Mark Wallis Design took a lot of time and effort, but I also managed to remix Kate Bush and Goldfrapp, get back into oil painting, and meet Armistead Maupin! I might move slowly but I never keep still – Happy New Year to all.

Categories: Art, Design, Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor | Tags: Armistead Maupin, Before the Dawn, Colmar, Goldfrapp, Greece, Kate Bush, Mark Wallis, Sin in my Heart, Tales of the City | 7 Comments

December Will Be Magic Again – Kate Bush Christmas Cards

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Mark

I’ve been busy experimenting with digital paint and illustration, and this is a design inspired by the wonderfully baroque Christmas song December Will Be Magic Again by Kate Bush. It’s now available as a hand-made card from Mark Wallis Design, in packs of 4. For the Fish Person in your life, grab them now or stock up for next year!