Biography:
Mark has studied painting and drawing in college and at The School of Light and Color in Fair Oaks, CA. He has also studied landscape painting in Italy. His work has been shown in a number of juried exhibitions and in galleries all over the United States. His awards include BEST of SHOW at the Diamond National Art Competition in Hot Springs, AR, an HONORABLE MENTION for "The Guitar Player in San Gimignano", and an EMERGING ARTIST SPECIAL AWARD for "Michael" at the X-Power Gallery in Beverly Hills, CA. 2009 International Art Competition http://www.xpgallery.com.tw/news/en/news6_en.html .
Currently Mark is represented by DailyPainters.com, the Daily Painters Marketplace, Daily Painters International, and Daily Painters Abstract Gallery.
Artist Statement:
I wanted to convey the depth of motion of the human figure, landscape, or still life both active and at rest. The result became a form of sculptural abstract imagery of not only the subject itself, but rather the time and space that it occupies in a single moment, or several single moments reducing the form into less complicated shapes. After several drafts I begin developing areas to gain the effect of either greater tension or greater flow. This combined with an edge on edge effect is what gives my work a dimensional depth. The result is a juxtaposition of organic and artificial forms giving my work a sculptural presence.
Extended Biography:
I got into painting after a number of years of drawing and/or inking for comic books. This was about 10-12 years ago. All of the comic books were independent and I don't think that any of them ever saw the light of day. After a while I had decided that comic book illustration wasn't working out for me and I had decided to go back into painting (which I hadn't done since college about 5 years earlier). I had studied a number of different artists' styles and ultimately started dabbling in cubism and futurism. I found that I wanted to paint like Umberto Boccioni sculpted. I particularly enjoyed the sculpture "Unique Forms of Continuity in Space". I've done a painting of it called "Ode to Boccioni". Over time I have fused these ideas as well as several other styles into my own style of painting which is not really cubism, and not exactly futurism, but these descriptions will do for the time being. Last year I had started a painting blog http://blog.websterwebart.com after completing "Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days", a project for a local art gallery. Since then I have joined the Daily Painters International Art Gallery http://dailypaintersinternationalartgallery.blogspot.com/, the Daily Painters Marketplace http://marketplace-daily-art.blogspot.com/, the Daily Painters Abstract http://dailypaintersabstract.blogspot.com/ the best known of the daily painters galleries DailyPainters.com.
Shows And Exhibitions
2013
"Renewal 2013"
Drift Studio
March - April
103 South Second St., Mount Horeb, WI 53572
608-237-1769
"Postcard Art Show"
ArtLink Gallery - Auer Center for Arts and Culture
March - April
300 E. Main St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802
260-424-7195
UFORGE Gallery
January
767 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-553-4480
"NVAL National Show"
North Valley Art League
January
48 Quartz Hill Drive, Redding, CA 96003
530-244-7138
2012
“Diamond National Art Competition”
BEST of SHOW AWARD
The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs
September - October
626 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, AR 71902
501-624-0489
"Small Works 2012"
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences
December - January
120 Long Beach Boulevard, Loveladies, NJ 08008
860-581-8332
"Illumination of Imagination"
Six Summit Gallery
December
6 Summit Street, Ivoryton, CT 06442
860-581-8332
"Art Brownie GALAXY 2012"
December
50 Gladstone Ave., Toronto, ON M6J 3K6
773-276-4420
"Posted! Artist Postcard Exhibition"
One Strange Bird
November
2515 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL 60647
773-276-4420
"No Big Heads - 27th Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition"
University of Alaska Anchorage
October - November
#3211 Providence Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508
907-786-1052
RosevilleArts’ – 4th Annual Lottery for the Arts
Blue Line Gallery
October
405 Vernon St, Ste. 100, Roseville, CA 95678
http://www.rosevillearts.org/
“FIVE by FIVE”
Arts Council of Hillsborough County
October
707 N. Franklin St., Tampa, FL 33602
813-276-8250
“4by6 and 6by4”
Grace Albrecht Gallery - Sauder Fine Arts Center
August
1 University Place, Bluffton Ohio 45817
800-488-3257
2012 National Juried Exhibition
ACCI Gallery
July-August
1652 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
510.843.2527
Old Town Framing - Nudes Downtown
February - March
1287 Commercial St., Astoria, OR 97103
503.325.5221
4x6/6x4 Postcard Legacy Campaign Exhibit
Colorado Mesa University
February - March
1100 North Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501
27th Annual International Exhibition
Meadows Gallery
January
3900 University Blvd., Tyler, TX 75701
North Valley Art League - National Art Show
January
48 Quartz Hill Rd., Redding CA 96003
916.812.7595
2011
RosevilleArts’ – 3rd Annual Lottery for the Arts
Blue Line Gallery
October
405 Vernon St, Ste. 100, Roseville, CA 95678
http://www.rosevillearts.org/
D'arte Centre Art Gallery - Robots
September - October
115 E Jackson, Harlingen, TX 78550
956.425.4030
http://harlingenartforum.com/
Pagus Gallery @ the Norristown Arts Building
“Color, Geometry, & Abstraction”
January - March
619 W. Washington Street, Norristown, PA 19401
610.272.8484
http://www.pagusgallery.org
Lexington Art League - 25th Annual QX.net Nude Show
January - March
209 Castlewood Drive - Lexington, KY 40505
859.254.7024
http://www.lexingtonartleague.org/
2010
X-Power Gallery
November-December
70-72 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012, U.S.A.
X-Power Gallery
-Juried Exhibition-
X-Power Gallery
July-October
Taipei City 10682, Taiwan
X-Power Gallery
RosevilleArts’ – Lottery for the Arts
Blue Line Gallery
October
405 Vernon St, Ste. 100, Roseville, CA 95678
http://www.rosevillearts.org/
MARCO FUOCO GALLERY
April 2008 – September 2010
6764 Folsom Blvd. Sacramento, Ca. 95819
climate/gallery - April 2010
37-24 24th Street, Ste. 406
Long Island City, NY 11101
NEVER THINK small - Redux
2009
Artworks in Progress Studio – January - Locke, CA
Self Portrait Show
-Juried Exhibition-
X-Power Gallery – April - Beverly Hills, CA 90210
**EMERGING ARTIST SPECIAL AWARD FOR "MICHAEL"
-Juried Exhibition-
Art Prize
September - October
80 Ottawa NW Suite 101 Grand Rapids, MI 49503
-Juried Exhibition-
-Annual Small Works Invitational Exhibition-
Arts West Gallery – December - Elon, NC, 27244
2008
Sofia Restaurant and Bar
May - August
815 11th St. Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 558-1580
-Juried Exhibition-
New Artworks Gallery
August
**HONORABLE MENTION for "The Guitar Player"**
10239 Fair Oaks Blvd., Fair Oaks. CA 95628
http://www.thenewartworksgallery.com/
-Juried Exhibition-
re.Action at AnnMarie Garden
May 31-August 31
Dowell, MD 20629
http://www.annmariegarden.org/
-Juried Exhibition-
Red, White, or Blue at Sixth Street Gallery
July
Vancouver, Wa
2007
-Juried Exhibition-
Spring-Summer Show
American Juried Art Salon
-Juried Exhibition-
Bold Expressions
October
Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Inc. / Sacramento, CA
2006
-Juried Exhibition-
Driven to Abstraction
August-September
Long Beach Arts / Long Beach, CA
-Juried Exhibition-
August-September
Tag, The Artists' Gallery / Santa Monica, CA
-Juried Exhibition-
September
Art League of Northern California / Navato, CA
-Juried Exhibition-
31st Annual Open Show
August-September
Roseville Arts' / Roseville, CA
2005
May
Massa Peal / Sacramento, CA
August - October
Pin Ups Photo / Sacramento, CA
