GEORGE MARKS

George Marks sees contradiction in his environment. Geometrical foundations in his images provide space for human curves, spontaneous brush strokes, and singular flashes of color; creating a complex, familiar wholeness. Memory and engagement enable his holistic view. Images of motion, such as an abandoned house's crumbling stucco and trees glimpsed through a car window, inspire him to fully explore his personal, unique creative process that constitutes "mixed media on wood."

The warmth of Marks' colors develops this utilization of the past. The blues, browns, and reds of the swamp skies surrounding his native Arnaudville, Louisiana, fill his canvases. Marks' process reveals his human experience through textures, colors, and surfaces; delivering the viewer his or her own instinctual associations.

Marks is curator of Grand Contemporary in Lafayette. He has held solo exhibitions at Art for Arts Sake and White Linen Night in New Orleans, and at Ann Connelly Fine Art in Baton Rouge. His work appears regularly at group shows throughout south Louisiana, and he has exhibited in San Francisco, New York City, Dallas, and High Point, North Carolina. 

Marks is a resident of Arnaudville, Louisiana.  He received his degree from Louisiana State University. In addition to the exhibit with Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Frederick, his work may also be found at Grand Contemporary in Lafayette, Ann Connelly in Baton Rouge, Jenkins-Connelly in New Orleans, and Blue Gallery in Three Oaks, Michigan. 

George's artwork was featured at Darnall, Sikes, Gardes & Frederick for the Spring 2008 Season.  Please enjoy his architectural landscapes and silhouette forms which graced our Lafayette office corridor wall by clicking here.

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