~MarkSheeky
Mark Sheeky
Artist | Professional | Varied
United Kingdom
I am a full time artist, a surrealist oil painter, watercolourist, computer game designer and developer, musician of pop songs, electronic and orchstral music with my label Cornutopia Music, poet and writer of short fiction, sound effects recordist and library owner at IndieSFX, web developer and game reviewer, film maker and animator, maker of cabinets and occasional scupltures and product designer. An artist. Since starting painting in 2004 I have exhibited in Manchester, Birmingham, London and New York and have one painting in the national art collection.
Interests
Favorite visual artist
Occasionally myself.
Favorite movies
Departures, From the Life of the Marionettes, Wings of the Dove, Brazil, Grave of the Fireflies, The Seventh Seal, Slipstream, Brief Encounter, Alfie, Life Story, When Harry Met Sally, Theory of Flight, The Whole Wide World, Awakenings, Blue Velvet.
Favorite TV shows
Star Trek TNG.
Favorite bands / musical artists
Beethoven, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd, Carpenters, Renaissance, Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Beatles, Jean-Michel Jarre, Queen, Bucks Fizz, David Bowie, Messiaen, Rush, Roxette, Furniture, Aneka, A-Ha, Enya, Neil Diamond, Brian Protheroe, The Dooleys
Favorite books
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes.
Favorite writers
Derren Brown.
Favorite games
Airbourne Ranger (C64), Project Stealth Fighter (C64), Frontier Elite II (Amiga), UFO: Enemy Unknown (Amiga), Nethack (IBM-PC), Half Life (IBM-PC).
Favorite gaming platform
Living room tabletop and/or inside head.
Tools of the Trade
Brain.
Other Interests
Physics, molecular biology.