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Mark Dickson Original Pastel on Paper (Signed) - $1,500 (Port Washington)
condition:
excellent
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Image size 38" x 27"
Framed size 50" x 39"
About the artist:
Born 1946 in Boulder, CO
Lives and works in Denver, CO & Naples, FL
Mark Dickson’s paintings are abstract and reflect the artist’s reductive approach to art. He refines content presented by reducing the composition to the most essential of elements, and renders beautiful yet unsentimental color. The resulting paintings are evocative of the joy of the creative process and urge the viewers to participate on a visceral rather than intellectual level.
A fifth-generation Coloradan, Mark Dickson knows the impact of light and land on an artist. Therefore, his paintings interpret the region filtered through his acute understanding of the place in which he lives. The result is lyrical abstraction, works on paper and paintings that combine luxurious surface texture with bursts of color.
He further explains, One of the most provocative aspects of the word “landscape” is it’s openness to interpretation. It can be literal, a traditional reference to the world around us, or representational depictions of natural features. It can be metaphorical, alluding to the responses of the human heart and mind to the environment. And in some instances, landscape can describe the intersection of the physical and spiritual perception of a sense of place.
Mark Dickson began his studies at Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado and received his Bachelor Degree in Art and Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He received his M.F.A. from the University of Denver. He taught Art for ten years, and was the artist in residence at St. Thomas Theological Seminary in Denver from 1971 to 1975. Late in 1979 he made a full-time commitment to his personal career in art.
The majority medium is pastel and a mixed media of watercolors, oil washes, and graphite pencil. Color is of primary importance to his work. His work shows the influence of artists Milton Avery(who used large areas of color) and Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb (known for their work in the variations of color). Mark is fascinated with color and explores every aspect of its relationships. He feels his use of color is more intuitive versus analytical.
Mark Dickson’s paintings, prints and monotypes are represented in private, corporate and public art collections nationally.