Director of exclusive A/F APG Music (an independent record label) in New York. 1996 Begin as a painter and exhibits in New York, London, Barcelona, St. Tropez, Aix-en-Provence, Hambourg. South of France After 3 years painting in Spain, Mark Ashton moved to Nice, French Riviera. His love for this famous Mediterranean light has inspired his creations. And in parallel to his painting career he formed in 2012 his new "Mark Ashton project" with French musicians. Mark Ashton Vey exhibited in New York, London, Nice, Berlin etc. His paintings are on permanent display in various galleries around the world. Since 2015, he changed the style of his music more acoustic using Hurdy Gurdy. Discography 1968: Turnstyle: Riding a wave (Pye Records) 1969: Rare_Bird: Rare Bird, Charisma Records, London 1970: Rare Bird: As Your Mind Flies By, Charisma Records, London 1974: Headstone: Bad habits (John_Anthony) EMI, London 1975: Headstone: Headstone (John Anthony) EMI, London 1976: Mark Ashton L.A. (Chris Bond) 20th Century Records, L.A. 1979: Solo (Alan Callan) Ariola Records, London 1988: Modern pilgrims (Paul Rothchild), RCA Records, L.A. References Living people People from Bridge, Kent 1949 births People from Herne Bay, Kent Musicians from Kent