Heavy Rainbows are showcasing contemporary artwork that highlights social and environmental issues, aiming to raise discussion and awareness from viewers around the world.

Inspiring Change Through Art

Mark Cawood, Artist/Illustrator

I'm presently showcasing a selection of themed artwork on the Heavy Rainbows website. Food for Thought raises the contentious issue involving animal welfare within agriculture. Nature's Revenge focuses on our carbon footprint and the ever increasing carbon emissions, and subsequent global warming. I welcome all related feedback and queries by email: mark@heavyrainbows.com

Images can be a powerful form of communication and are capable of leaving a lasting impression on the soul, some have an intoxicating effect and can potentially influence our outlook on life. We remember an image far more vividly than any written word.

I graduated with a BA hons degree in Fine Art, specialising in visual communication, at the University of East London in 2,000. I have since exhibited and sold collections of artwork focusing on contemporary social issues, such as bacterial epidemics within our farming industry, entitled Food For Thought, highlighting how animal welfare is compromised for economic profit. Another series of work exhibited around the UK during the noughties highlighted the catastrophic effects of global climate change.

From 2011-2018, I concentrated on teaching art to adults including students with special needs, incorporating art into the English curriculum to enhance confidence, improve functional skills, and help students gain recognised qualifications.

I am presently working on projects with organisations involved with the global mental health crisis that appears to have evolved from the COVID-19 pandemic. And the ongoing climate-change crisis that is creating unprecedented weather conditions involving severe wild fires, rising sea levels & submerging land.  

The Heavy Rainbows website produces collections of themed artwork to raise discussion and debate concerning worthwhile causes involving contemporary social issues. Each piece is designed to convey emotion, inspire action, and encourage viewers to contemplate various initiatives such as environmental conservation, animal welfare, and mental health well being. The relationship between art and current affairs offers an alternative way of seeing in order to highlight the positive impact of creativity can have on society.