zoom demo

Cascading Stream

choosing visual elements and soft pastel techniques to create 

an emotional painting based on the natural world

with artist

Mark Ivan Cole

Wednesday, June 8,  2022

 * 1:00pm - 3:00pm Pacific *

 https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98009215926

As he paints an image of a tumbling creek, Mark will walk through his creative process, start to finish. He'll talk about selecting and arranging visual elements based on a photo reference and he'll discuss the choice of substrate and techniques. The painting will develop and evolve while he works, diverting from the photo to become a unique creation with its basis in reality, memory and imagination.

Mark Ivan Cole grew up in the Andes and considers himself fortunate to have lived in or near mountains for most of his life. He and his wife lived in Taiwan for more than eight years, exploring Asia, India, Europe and South Africa from that base. Cole has honed his painting skills in several media, creating his art on location around the world and in the studio. He is currently based in the Pacific Northwest, where he continues to explore the mountains and woods that inspire his art.

His paintings have been juried into and won awards in local, regional and international shows, and have been shown in the Triton Museum in Santa Clara, the Art Museum of Los Gatos, and the Haggin Museum in Stockton, California. His work has hung in galleries in Florida, Oregon, California and Taiwan, and is in the permanent collection of the MingART Gallery in Suzhou, China.

He is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America and has been teaching workshops under their auspices as well as on his own.

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