Darren Lynde Mann grew up in the small village of Monewden in Suffolk. Estranged from his adoptive parents at an early age, a grey area in the benefits system forced him to leave school without completing his A-Levels. Having secured a studio space on an old American Air Force base in Suffolk, Lynde Mann was able to start experimenting with large canvases. Inspired by the Renaissance painters as well as the likes of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, Lynde Mann painted on stretched calico, using charcoal and emulsion.
