Mark Kelso’s Apocalypsis

We don’t often blog about other people’s work here at the Brickwares Blog. One of the things we strive for here is to provide content that non AFOLS (and if you don’t know what an AFOL is, you’re probably not one) can enjoy alongside the hardcore bricksters. We hope to be a place of conversation and rational thought about issues surrounding Lego and the building thereof.

We even consider ourselves to be pretty decent at creating things with everyone’s favorite bricks. Today, we’d like to introduce you to a work that verges on the sublime, from one of our favorite builders.

Mark Kelso (Amhakia Visions) has made many fantastic creations, and works with bricks as well as canvas, and many things in between. Mark is one of the most diverse artists in the genre of wildlife art today. His work runs the gamut from abstraction to photorealism, to installations. He paints and draws in numerous mediums, and is just as comfortable painting 14 x 48 foot murals as working on 8 x 10 inch canvases. His subjects range from common animals to such oddities as Kinkajous and Binturongs. Please visit his website at Amhakia Studio

Mark has created a series recounting the spiritual journey of a young man, called Apocalypsis: A Journey Inward.
It’s a multimedia work, incorporating music into the work. In fact, the music inspired Mark to create the work, and says that it will continue to do so for the remaining chapters. The first chapter can be seen at the above link, and Mark hopes to have the second chapter posted around the beginning of August. I’ve provided a couple of my favorite shots from the work, but please visit the page itself, as the work should be experienced as a whole.

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And a preview shot for Chapter 2 (remember, this is all made from Lego):

Simply magnificent.

Thanks again to Mark.

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