maxrock art

Cold World - Harvest Time

2012-01-17T14:57:00.000-08:00

Drawn on a postcard for an Exhibition at the Surface Gallery, Nottingham UK.
Title and colours inspired by freezing my extremities off. Ink and coloured pencils.
Copyright mark cox 2012.

In Vitro - Final Exhibit 'Terrain'

2012-01-12T09:20:00.000-08:00

Sadly this will be the last exhibition held at Lincolns 'In Vitro' gallery.
Come along to the preview on the 14th if you're around that day.

A Special Kind of Love

2011-12-29T11:53:00.001-08:00

The Cherub Tattoo 2011

2011-12-22T14:00:00.000-08:00

The line drawings I custom designed to fit around my friends fore-arm.
Copyright mark cox 2011.

The Tattooist worked their magic and so far have shaded two of the cherubs.
It's a great buzz to see some of my designs inked on someone!!!

Xmas Super Sale @ Switch Studio's

2011-12-07T09:50:00.001-08:00

December Exhibition @ 'In Vitro' Lincoln.

2011-12-05T12:04:00.000-08:00

Exhibition now on!!! Several very different artists currently on Display at 'In Vitro' Gallery in 'The Mall' in Lincoln.
Ends at the end of the year. Special viewing night with music, drinks and nibbles on 17th Decemeber. See you there!!!
Max.

Chapter 06 - In the dawn of a new forest the Succubus awaits.

2011-11-05T05:53:00.001-07:00

Chapter 05 - The grand transmogrification marks a new beginning.

2011-11-01T13:15:00.000-07:00

Pencils and inks on paper. Size A4.

Chapter 04 - A scene of unearthly deceit and mans foolishness turn the sky dark.

2011-10-25T11:16:00.000-07:00

Drawn with various pencils and ink. Size A4.
Copyright Mark Cox 2011.

Chapter 03 - With dim recollections of the past i awoke in lower earth.

2011-10-23T12:26:00.000-07:00

Acrylic, ink and pens on paper. Size A4.
Copyright Mark Cox 2011.

Chapter 02 - As our bodies joined the earth we thought our journey had come to an end.

2011-10-22T12:06:00.000-07:00

Size A4, drawn with ink and pencils on paper.
Copyright Mark Cox 2011.

Chapter 01 - In the shade of our decaying grandfathers we created something of our own.

2011-10-19T10:14:00.000-07:00

New artwork I created for a contemporary exhibit shown at Seaview Art Gallery on
the Isle of Wight. The exhibit, titled 'The New Republic', shows work inspired by
Sam Taylor's book 'The Republic of Trees'.
My own depiction of Sam's story has (as usual) taken on a twisted, gloomy path.
More images to follow soon...

Size A4, drawn with ink and pencils on paper.
Copyright Mark Cox 2011.

Live art @ Isle of Wight, Sea View Gallery 14/10/11

2011-10-17T12:19:00.000-07:00

'The Overlord Encounters the Forest Guardians'.
Emulsion, ink and markers on wooden board. About 5 foot tall.
Drawn at the opening night of a contemporary exhibition, 'The New Republic'.
All work done by artists was inspired by Sam Taylor's book The Republic of Trees.

Live drawing @ Nottingham Castle - 'Open' Exhibit 7/10/11

2011-10-10T09:12:00.000-07:00

On Friday 7th October I had the pleasure of painting on the walls inside
Nottingham Castle as part of Nottinghams 'Open' Exhibition 2011.
It was a busy day (and night) at the castle, I got to talk to lots of
interesting people.

SNES Tribute EP artwork - Atari Blitzkrieg

2011-09-27T12:45:00.000-07:00

Graphics by Atari B. Artwork by Maxrock.

EP Artwork for 'Atari Blitzkriegs' Super Nintendo Tribute.
Check out his music!

The Amusement of Rivalry

2011-09-05T11:13:00.000-07:00

The Master keeps a watchful eye over his 'pets'. A little bickering never did much harm, but give them teeth and they'll devour the world.
Size A2. - Markers, biro, pencil and brush work.
Copyright Mark Cox 2011.

Live Drawing @ The Loft - Music Vs Art 21/08/11

2011-08-22T11:59:00.000-07:00

After doing the pencil lines I began to add diluted ink...

...more and more grey...

...now for some defining marker lines...

...the finished piece. Time for a sit down and a kipper.

'Music Vs Art' took place in Nottingham at The Loft.
Organised by Krookz inc & Ant Sacco in association with The Loft.

Featured in Left Lion Issue #42

2011-08-02T10:50:00.002-07:00

Chameleon

2011-07-19T13:22:00.000-07:00

Biro and marker pen.
Size 21 x 14cm

Started drawing this at the Chameleon on Friday night whilst waiting for the bands to begin. I thought the title 'Chameleon' would fit nicely with its birth place and the concept within the image.

Nameless One

2011-07-12T14:29:00.000-07:00

Hand Painted Schnauzer Birthday t-shirt for Bennie Sinclair!

2011-07-05T13:44:00.000-07:00

My Dads hand painted Birthday T-shirt!

2011-06-25T02:54:00.000-07:00

Larry's Hand Painted Birthday T-shirt!

2011-06-03T13:30:00.000-07:00

Worlds Collide

2011-05-21T10:36:00.001-07:00

Prince Rot - Early years

2011-04-21T00:06:00.000-07:00

Drawn with markers and fine-liners.
Size A3 42 x 30 cm
Copyright mark cox 2011

Growing Pains

2011-03-27T06:42:00.000-07:00

Drawn with fine-liner on paper.
Size 21 x 30 cm.
Copyright mark cox 2011.

'Rebirth' and 'It won't stay dead' #1 and #2

2011-03-19T01:24:00.000-07:00

Live Drawing @ Switch Studios opening night March 2011

2011-03-14T14:48:00.000-07:00

New work - Keeping it dark.

2011-01-15T01:44:00.000-08:00

'London Below' Sea view art gallery 15th - 22nd October 2010

2010-10-17T06:30:00.000-07:00

Artwork I created for 'London Below'. A group of works inspired by the darker more sinister side of London and inparticular Neil Geimens novel NeverWhere.
Follow the link below to see more work that is currently on show at the Sea View Art Gallery.
http://www.seaviewart.co.uk/The-New-Babylon-London-Below/

Acrylic, ink, water colour, marker and ink pens. 20 x 16 inches.
All SOLD.
Copyright mark cox 2010.

Dark Light 2nd Ocotber 2010

2010-10-17T05:14:00.000-07:00

All the lights were turned off for this months live drawing and art/gallery event named 'Dark Light'.

Special thanks to Kid30 and all those involved in organising.
See link here for many more photos on 'In a State'.
http://inastate.tumblr.com/post/1241512908/darklightevent#notes

Sherwood art week - June 2010

2010-09-07T12:36:00.000-07:00

Hand painted t-shirts - 'We are not them'

2010-07-17T02:46:00.000-07:00

See more at http://wearenotthem.blogspot.com/

OR follow them on http://www.myspace.com/wearenotthem_uk

Part 1 - In the beginning it wasn't perfect... but it was good

2010-06-13T03:38:00.000-07:00

This is where the story starts to unfold.
Acrylic and ink on vinyl record.

Copyright mark cox 2010.

Part 2 - Raping the land

2010-06-13T03:22:00.000-07:00

Acrylic, emulsion and ink on vinyl record.
Copyright mark cox 2010

Part 3 - New pollution

2010-06-13T03:10:00.000-07:00

Acrylic and ink on vinyl record.
Copyright mark cox 2010.

Part 4 - Impaled on progress

2010-06-12T12:58:00.000-07:00

Acrylic, emulsion and ink on vinyl record.
Copyright mark cox 2010.

Part 5 - Arrivals and departures

2010-06-12T10:03:00.000-07:00

Acrylic, emulsion and ink on vinyl record,
Copyright mark cox 2010.

Part 6 - O Great consumer

2010-06-12T09:30:00.000-07:00

Acrylic, emulsion and ink on vinyl record.
Copyright mark cox 2010.

Part 7 - Ripe for the picking

2010-06-12T08:48:00.001-07:00

Part 8 - Rusty Boulevard

2010-06-12T04:03:00.000-07:00

One of the vinyl series I did for 'Exit through the record shop'.
Acrylic, emulsion and ink on vinyl.
Copyright mark cox 2010.

Live drawing @ Golden Fleece

2010-04-21T13:09:00.000-07:00

Some live art that myself and good friend 'Cocoa Koala' did last year. See the progress for yourselves :)

6 plus hours later of none stop drawing....

Chaos Thrives

2010-03-15T11:16:00.000-07:00

www.etsy.com/shop/Maxrock

Corrosion City

2010-03-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

This once proud metropolis is left to ooze maggots and bile
until nothing but dust remains. Enjoy ^^

Copyright mark cox 2010

Finished commission (text removed)

2010-02-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

Another illustration, another happy client.
Lines drawn by hand, coloured digitally.
Copyright mark cox 2010.

Undead Warrior

2010-02-25T10:06:00.000-08:00

Wrong Tree

2010-02-12T14:16:00.000-08:00

Prints Avaliable to buy, leave a comment or email me please.
Size A3, 29 x 42 cm
Price £10 + postage.

Copyright mark cox 2010.

Into the Wilderness #6

2010-01-17T07:18:00.001-08:00

Smokey stacks

2009-12-30T15:59:00.000-08:00

Biro on paper.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Magpie city

2009-12-21T12:49:00.001-08:00

One-of-a-kind hand painted t-shirt.
Christmas present for a friend of a friend.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Great Consumer

2009-11-28T15:31:00.000-08:00

Acrylic, ink and emulison on canvas 21 x 29 cm.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Tide's out...

2009-10-15T13:24:00.000-07:00

Another day at the shore line, just waiting around for
something to happen. Biro on paper.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Windows Art project. Sherwood, Nottingham Sept 2009.

2009-10-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

The top image is the art I did the other week down in Sherwood along side the old bus depot.
Over a dozen artists turned up to create something for the huge windows...
CocoaKoala, Smallkid, Deems, Alex R, Billy and lots of others (sorry, I can't remember all your names ).
It was a great day, the sun was out and mucho fun was had.

Goodbye Cutie o_0 Butchers laboratory

2009-10-05T10:59:00.000-07:00

Time to kiss you ass goodbye (and other appropriate sayings).
It's not gonna be pretty, better close your eyes and pray it's quick.

Copyright mark cox 2009.

Birthday portrait

2009-09-04T08:58:00.001-07:00

A friend commissioned me to do a portrait (maxrock style) of their sister and husband as a birthday present.
Photo's were used as reference to capture their likeness.
Acrylic and ink on canvas.

X-orcism

2009-08-29T08:19:00.000-07:00

I did the line drawing for this a few months ago.
Finally got around to colouring it... enjoy :)
Lines by hand, colours by computer.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Daily Sketch

2009-08-23T09:50:00.001-07:00

Some more dark s**t comes this way. Drawn with biro on paper.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Daily Sketch

2009-08-13T14:14:00.001-07:00

Partly inspired by several dreams i've had this week.
Biro on paper.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Seen better days

2009-08-01T00:21:00.001-07:00

Soiled biro on demoted paper.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Blind Greed

2009-07-19T13:30:00.001-07:00

Get that sh!t down ya!
Just tell yourself you're lovin it.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Sickly Sweet Vinyl

2009-07-12T13:08:00.000-07:00

Why do all the bad things taste sooo good!?!
Acrylic and ink on vintage vinyl single.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Dead Cute Vinyl

2009-07-08T12:37:00.001-07:00

It's a messy job but someone's gotta do it.
Acrylic and ink on vintage vinyl single.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

O' Great Corrupter

2009-06-25T09:25:00.000-07:00

All what we once valued so highly, lost now in the race for consumption.
Spewing forth deceit and vile, it decimates the last bastion of hope.
Acrylic and inks on cardboard.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Featured on Redbubble YEY! :)

2009-06-22T12:33:00.000-07:00

I'm so pleased! I just got featured on the art page of Redbubble. This has made my day, which so far has consisted of tidying the house...
Visit redbubble.com to see it in the flesh, so to speak.
Link on the right hand-side.

Into the Wilderness #5

2009-06-20T10:09:00.000-07:00

They stand their ground, tall and proud.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Into the Wilderness #4

2009-06-18T11:49:00.000-07:00

Deeper we delve into the water, far from mankind.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Into the Wilderness #3

2009-06-14T11:00:00.000-07:00

Deep beneath the grass and roots...
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Into the Wilderness #2

2009-06-13T08:36:00.000-07:00

Further into the wilderness we travel...
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Into the Wilderness #1

2009-06-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

Don't be afraid. Their bark is worse than their bite.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Live art @ The Moog, Nottingham

2009-05-30T02:31:00.000-07:00

This is one I drew on the day, and what a day it
was! To see all the photos I took (and a video)
go to my FlickR page, there's a link
to the right.

Another Day

2009-05-12T12:39:00.000-07:00

Mega Splatter Overlord

2009-05-10T02:10:00.000-07:00

Passing over dreaded city

2009-04-26T09:37:00.000-07:00

The journey started with such a yearning. How did it get to this?
Acrylic and ink on canvas board 20 x 20.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Vomit Heart

2009-04-23T13:41:00.001-07:00

Too much crap built up inside. Time to let it all out.
Acrylic and ink on canvas board 20 x 20.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Passing over mountains of despair

2009-04-14T11:57:00.001-07:00

Onwards it travels, to where, it does not care anymore?
Acrylic and ink on canvas board 20 x 20.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

The feeding begins

2009-03-29T13:02:00.001-07:00

Consume, consume! Oh aren't we beautiful.
Acrylic and ink on canvas board 20 x 20.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

High Place

2009-03-14T05:32:00.001-07:00

Eating the poisoned head

2009-03-13T16:08:00.001-07:00

Nightmare

2009-03-08T17:04:00.000-07:00

Heads in the Clouds

2009-03-06T11:08:00.001-08:00

Where is my mind?

2009-02-21T09:09:00.001-08:00

An experi'mental' background.
No light bulb involved here folks.
Acrylics and ink.
Copyright mark cox 2009.

Spiralling into Madness

2009-02-18T13:16:00.000-08:00

January Live Illustration @ The Above Gallery

2009-01-29T12:40:00.000-08:00

As usual I met up with a load of other creative folks for several hours of serious fun. Wasn't feeling too good on this day, poorly sick.. cough cough... Still, I'm fairly happy with my effort this month :)

December Live Illustration @ The Above Gallery

2008-12-31T05:18:00.001-08:00

My second Live illustration event at the Above Gallery in Nottingham. This one was even better than the last, so many people turned up, it was a blast!
My biggest drawing ever!!! I'm pretty sure another one is happening January 2009. I'll be there :D

November Live Illustration @ The Above Gallery

2008-12-31T05:12:00.000-08:00

Spent the day at 'Above gallery' in Nottingham drawing with some other artists. This is what i came up with on the day. See my FlickR gallery for some photos of other artists work on the same day!

Disformity #1

2008-12-29T04:18:00.000-08:00

No Escape

2008-12-14T15:23:00.001-08:00

Victor

2008-11-14T14:22:00.001-08:00

Clive and Daisy

2008-11-12T08:50:00.000-08:00

Barry Haddock

2008-11-08T15:53:00.000-08:00

Shaun Liver

2008-11-07T11:06:00.000-08:00

First one in the Deformity series.
There are more to come...
Copyright mark cox 2008.

Little Virus

2008-10-19T04:55:00.001-07:00

Zombie Cake Girl Sticker Set

2008-09-20T05:07:00.001-07:00

Stick em' anywhere you want. Available at my Etsy shop.
Ink-jet printed onto 100gms chlorine free sticky-backed paper.
Hand cut. Cake Girl approx size: 4 x 3.5 inches.
Copyright mark cox 2008.

Howie - New paper clay model/toy

2008-08-30T04:16:00.001-07:00

One of a kind, hand made from strengthened paper clay.
Painted with acyrlic and finished with a matt varnish.
Howie is his name. A big softy who likes to roam around.
Sometimes called a 'Greater stripped Three Horn'.

Copyright mark cox 2008.

Dark Souls

2008-07-19T11:10:00.001-07:00

Dark souls contained in a pitch black vessel.
Made from paper clay.
Approx 2.5 inches.
Copyright mark cox 2008.

Lesser stripped three horn

2008-05-18T13:18:00.001-07:00

Often found wandering around duvet covers and
in-between pillows. My first paper clay model.
Original design. Copyright mark cox 2008.

Regurgitate - art print

2008-04-11T06:02:00.000-07:00

The result of too many things crammed into one place.

Art print.
Fineliners and pencils.
Approx size - 10.5 x 8 inches.
Printed on 200gsm Epson Durabrite photo paper.

Available on my Etsy shop. Link top-right.

Copyright mark cox 2008.

Big Bang - art print

2008-04-11T05:43:00.000-07:00

Art print.
Hand drawn with fine liners, ink pens.
Approx size - 8 x 8 inches.
Printed on 200gsm Epson Durabrite photo paper.

Available at my Etsy shop.
Link top-right corner.

Copyright mark cox 2008.

A little of everything - art print

2008-04-11T05:23:00.000-07:00

Graffiti inspired object overload, I couldn't stop!
The rabbit should be careful though.

Art print.
Lines drawn with pen, digitally coloured.
Approx size - 11.7 x 8.2 inches (A4).
Printed on 200gsm Epson Durabrite photo paper.
See my Etsy shop for more like this.
Link Top-right corner.

Copyright mark cox 2008.

Virus - art print

2008-02-24T05:21:00.000-08:00

Graffiti inspired brain drooling.
Original art print.
Fineliners, pencils and brush work.
Approx size - 10.5 x 8 inches.
Available to buy at my Etsy shop. Follow the link, top right hand side.

Copyright mark cox 2008