Alongside MIND THE MAP, Marc Craig has been developing his own collection of map paintings. Raw expressions of taking the inside outside, they have become a deeply therapeutic process and a continuing source of discovery. The works draw on Neo-Expressionism: while viewers often recognise echoes of Basquiat, Marc’s strongest influences include A.R. Penck and the expressive freedom of the Cobra movement.

Sudden bursts of creative energy have produced a considerable collection beyond the collaborative paintings of MIND THE MAP. These will be celebrated in the online exhibition  EYES WIDE OPEN opens online on 1 November, while other map artworks are on display at ANTIKULT GALLERY in Hamburg. Despite his efforts to focus on one project at a time, Marc keeps returning to these paintings, often at 3am, from self-portraits to surreal apparitions with always obscure electronica providing an appropriate backdrop to the starting point for another session.

These paintings offer a deeply personal view into Marc’s evolving creative world, where instinct, emotion and experimentation shape each work.