MARK ADLINGTON

Mark Adlington is one of the UK’s most skillful and collectable wildlife painters. Born in 1965, he grew up in Ireland and was captivated at a young age by Joy Adamson’s books about raising lion cubs. He went on to study art history at the University of Edinburgh and fine art at City & Guilds of London Art School.

Mark has been staging solo exhibitions since 1999. In recent years, projects have included visiting the Arctic Circle to paint polar bears and spending three months in East Africa studying elephants. His latest three-year project, Lion, culminates in a book from Unicorn Publishing Group and an exhibition in conjunction with Pride Lion Alliance, which runs from 7-22 December at John Martin London.

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