UNTITLED

Mark Geoffrey Muscat
April 2023

The current exhibition, titled ‘UNTITLED’, comprised of 24 watercolours that perfectly encapsulate Mark Geoffrey Muscat’s style and technique, one that has matured over the sixteen years in which he has exhibited his work. Each painting portrays a landscape in which Malta and Gozo feature emphatically. A bright palette remains an important feature of Muscat’s paintings with colours, however, becoming somewhat subdued in this collection of paintings. Earth and cold colours feature prominently, as does the black pen and a black wash that is a recurring feature in Muscat’s work. Muscat’s watercolours are executed in a loose and fluid, wet-on-wet technique which also contains a number of drawn lines. This alla prima technique is testament of a confident hand at work. His experience allows his hand to quickly move across the paper support achieving freshness of execution. This watercolour technique allows no room for error whilst also here being exploited to capture the desired atmosphere.

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/landscapes-watercolour.1026748

https://whoswho.mt/en/artist-mark-muscat-hosting-third-solo-exhibition-at-the-phoenicia