Marcus Campbell (artist)

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Marcus Campbell (2018)

Marcus Campbell (born August 24, 1951 in Taihape , New Zealand ) is a writer , painter and visual artist .

family

Marcus Campbell grew up in Napier . His parents are Barbara and Harry Campbell. He has two sisters, Greta (Brenman) and Claire (Clausen).

life and work

Art object by Marcus Campbell

Marcus Campbell studied English literature and drama, set design and directing, including in California , from which he graduated with a master's degree. He then began a theater career. His plays have been performed in Auckland , Seattle , Juneau and New York . In 1977 he received a Commonwealth Scholarship , with which he studied directing in Canada and which he completed with a Master of Fine Arts . He published a number of short stories.

After twelve years at the theater, he withdrew, dealt intensively with Christian orthodoxy and spent a decade in a monastery on Mount Athos . In terms of art and craftsmanship, he dealt with horticulture and the production of the liturgical vestments worn in Orthodox worship . He then spent five years in Scotland , mostly in Edinburgh , and has lived in France ever since , now near Tarbes . There he devotes himself to art and earns his living as a caretaker. In recent years his focus has been on the art of objet trouvé .

Honors

Works

  • The Lady of Yesterday . In: Lydia Wevers (ed.): Cabernet Sauvignon with my Brother. New Zealand short stories . Fourth series. 1st edition 1984. 2nd edition 1986. 3rd edition 1989. ISBN 0-19-558109-1
  • A blue forest . Austin Macauley, London 2015. ISBN 978-1-78455-657-0
  • Death of the Hawk: and other stories . CreateSpace, 2017. ISBN 978-1-5396-3520-8
    • Death of a Hawk
    • The Sheep Without
    • Slaves to Beauty
    • A Fire at Culverden
    • The Salt of the Sea
    • Midnight Clear
    • Ruby Chips
    • A Crown of Thorns
    • The Hour of Need
    • The Devil You Know
    • Flamin 'giraffes
    • The C Change
    • Grandma's Gift
    • Revolting
    • Black Pearls
    • Stancie and the Stylobate
    • Alverine

literature

  • Marcus Campbell: Biografical Note . In: Claus Reisinger (Ed.): Marcus Campbell. Works and Days . Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2015. ISBN 978-3-88462-361-9 , p. 6.
  • Claus Reisinger (Ed.): Marcus Campbell. Works and Days (catalog). Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2015. ISBN 978-3-88462-361-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reisinger: Marcus Campbell , p. 8.
  2. ^ NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forrest , p. 1.
  3. ^ Campbell: Biografical Note .
  4. ^ NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forrest , p. 1.
  5. ^ Campbell: Biografical Note .
  6. ^ NN: About the Author. In: Marcus Campbell: A Blue Forrest , p. 1.
  7. ^ Campbell: Biografical Note .
  8. ^ Claus Reisinger: A wizard . In: Reisinger: Marcus Campbell , p. 5.
  9. ^ Campbell: Biografical Note .
personal data
SURNAME Campbell, Marcus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand author, painter and visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Taihape , New Zealand