Welcome to MARKEL'S WORLD

Art is about making a statement.

For MARKEL, it’s about provoking thought and inspiring others to pursue their passions. 

His art escapes the trappings of decoration; it’s a monument to the enormity of his vision. And impudent expression. 

Taylor Hart, known professionally as MARKEL, is a visual artist from Saskatoon, Canada, whose work defies the pretentiousness often found in contemporary art galleries. He creates large-scale pieces that are as bold in their emotional impact as they are in size. MARKEL’s art isn't about fitting in; it's about standing out and making viewers feel something real.

MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST

MARKEL transmutes philosophical rebellion into monumental mixed-media landscapes, wielding spray paint and acrylic like alchemical weapons across increasingly massive canvases. Each work becomes a battleground where totemic figures rise through layered pigments—spray paint's raw urgency colliding with acrylic's deliberate depth. He's not just creating art; he's expanding a visual universe that grows more intricate and immense with each iteration. Totemic figures rise from his work like primordial memories; primordial archetypes erupt from his canvases like spectral memories; ancestral shadows materialize, bleeding through the membrane between myth and perception. With each new project, MARKEL's vision threatens to consume entire walls, entire rooms, entire perceptual boundaries—a relentless expansion of artistic consciousness that refuses to be contained.

These aren't paintings to match your living room decor—they're unflinching cartographies of inner wilderness, designed to crack open whatever fragile narratives you've constructed about reality.