ART BY MARK VOORTALLEN

Mark Voortallen (aka Vulture) was born in the Netherlands in 1966. He started drawing at young age, inspired by Tarzan comics. Growing up in a boring Christian village, he was attracted to all things not normal. When he came in contact with the phenomenon surrealism he started to incorporate surreal elements in his drawings. Other influences are horror comics, acid and underground music.

He grew up with the underground subculture of the eighties, punk, primitive metal, experimental music and low budget horror movies. He started his musical project in 1987 called Vulture. It was a mix of industrial, noise and soundscape, that would later evolve into ritualistic dark ambient. He was active in various bands during the 90s, and still active today with Vulture and many side projects. His only jobs are part-time jobs, necessary evil to pay the rent; all his free time is dedicated to the creation of art and music.

The internet in 2009 was a big change for him. Publishing work on websites was finally a possibility to show his work to likeminded people when it comes to art and music. Coming into contact with other artists was a very inspiring experience. He embraced the possibility of collaborating with artists from all over the world. In the last few years, Vulture's style developed into a more balanced art style, combining symbolism, horror and surrealism, with the abstract. Atmosphere, form and ideas remain more important to him than skill and technique.

In the future, Mark’s art style will develop further into a universal visual language of dreams, dark desires, strangeness and apocalyptic visions.

You can see more of his work HERE