My creations are a combination of my years in advertising with a strong passion for branding, travel, coaching and art, blended together to create Subliminal Story Art.
Acrylic on Canvas
Voices of Central Oregon was born from a warm summer evening a night filled with prayer, music, and heartfelt words shared in faith. Guests contributed their personal messages, verses, and hopes onto the canvas, with ...
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Acrylic on Canvas
Zero Point was born from a love of simplicity, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s words: “Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication.” What began as a single hand-painted circle became the origin of something much...
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Acrylic on Canvas
Connection was created after a powerful conversation with a friend from the International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF.org) about the foundation’s mission...Empowerment, Advocacy, Education, and Awareness. While I haven’t...
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Acrylic on Canvas
A Place Called Home was inspired by the incredible people I met in Bend, Oregon, outdoor adventurers, artists, and kind souls who make this place truly special. I began by hand pressing metal letters to capture the sp...
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Acrylic on Canvas w/ Mixed Media
Comparison to Compassion was created during a season of struggle and deep reflection. For months, I had been comparing my life...my home, car, business, and journey to others. That quiet inner voice reminded me to ret...
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Acrylic on Canvas w/ Mixed Media
Create Momentum was inspired by a class I taught on building momentum, just hours before picking up my brush. As the 10th creation for my solo exhibit at Blick Art Materials in Tempe, it carried special meaning. I lay...
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Acrylic on Canvas
Intersection began as a simple solution to fill a wall in my bedroom and became a powerful meditation on movement, color, and meaning. Starting with three thick vertical and three horizontal gray lines, a nod to Nikol...
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Acrylic on Canvas
Indigenous Wisdom was inspired by my 2019 journey deep inside the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest with the Pachamama Alliance. Over ten days, we were welcomed by the Sapara and Achuar tribes, who generously shared their ...
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Acrylic on Canvas
The World is one of my earliest creations, painted in 2012 during the beginning of my art journey. Using soft blues and vibrant greens, I explored color and flow without the Subliminal Story Art process I use today. I...
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Acrylic on Canvas
Surrender was created in Flagstaff during the early months of my new life of travel. I was deep in the process of building out my van, exhausted and behind schedule, when I realized I needed to pause...not to work har...
Read the storyFind a new internal world and in the process you’ll find that in the external world, familiar items will be now seem different. Mark flips the script on the “starving” artist concept. Take a glimpse into the multi-layered process of Mark’s Subliminal Story Art as a way for you to discover your own “inner” artist.
