Mentorship is the fastest way to go from where you are today, to where you want to be! Learn How Mentorship Works or join this mentors group below. Not sure what stage you are? Click here for descriptions.
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MEDIUMS: Oil | Acrylics | Mixed Media | Collage SPECIALTY: ✔ Composition ✔ Color ✔ Artistic Process & Mindset
As a painter I’ve always enjoyed looking at the world in all its richness and complexity…then giving expression to those glimpses. However in recent years I have turned to photography as well – to exercise and strengthen another muscle for seeing.
To capture a specific moment in time that no one else sees, or will ever see, is rewarding beyond words. Whenever I travel with the camera, I feel alert, awake, and aware of all that is before me.
My painting process consists of many layers…time and material. When I’m in the studio nothing else matters. Time is irrelevant. No plans for the future, no past regrets. I’ll put on some great tunes turn it up loud and break out the color, the tubes, brushes and rags. Then enter a new piece with ferocity and abandon.
After awhile….I’ll sit back and just look. Turn the piece upside down, then dive in again. I enjoy moving from knowing to not knowing. From reckless abandon to careful consideration. It is never boring or tedious for I feel as though I am always betting the house on the final outcome.
My favorite moment is when the conversation is over. And that can take days, weeks, even months. But to know there is nothing more to be done, that everything I could possibly say has been said, and at last I can step away and think to myself, it works.
Mark’s EXPERTISE
Listed below are this Mentor’s specialty skills. Join this group if you want to grow in these areas.
Specialty: ✔ Composition ✔ Color ✔ Artistic Process & mindset
Technical:
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Color and Composition
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Teaching How to Self Critique
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Providing Art Critiques
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Studio setup for art production
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Technique Demos
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Supplies and tools – what to use, where to save, and
where to spend
Marketing:
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Shows & Exhibits
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Artist Statement & CV
Business:
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Studio Time Management
“Mastrius has done wonders for my confidence. I have managed to step way outside of my comfort zone which has in turn given rise to so many more opportunities to further my art career.” ~ Deb, Emerging Artist
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Your Membership Includes (click here):
Mentorship Session: Meet via video conference for a monthly 2-hour session with your Mentor and small group. You choose the mentor, we provide the group!
Mid-Month Session: Meet via video conference for a 1-hour session with your small group and Navigator to connect, share progress, encouragement, and support.
Weekly Events: Attend LIVE weekly events online, on hot topics like Finding Your Style, Composition & Critiques, plus master DEMOS. Access event recordings!
MyStudio: Access your private online studio space equipped with business tools and Mentorship Session Recordings.
Chat Group: Access your private online chat group to connect with your small group and Navigator (group facilitator) anytime.
Discounts: Enjoy member discounts on LIVE and ON-DEMAND courses, art supplies, and more!
Emerging
Mentorship Membership
$ USD87/Month
Next session: December 14, 2024
On the 2nd Saturday of every month 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM MST Sat
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MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST
Mark Eanes is a painter, printmaker, photographer, curator, and educator who currently lives and works in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to living in Virginia, Mark lived in the Bay Area of California since 1970. He holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from Mills College in Oakland, California.
Eanes is Professor Emeritus from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, where he taught drawing and painting courses for over thirty three years. Mark also taught at other art institutes in California including San Francisco State University, the Academy of Art University, Dominican College in San Rafael, College of San Mateo, and other community colleges.
Mr. Eanes taught figure drawing at the California State Summer School for the Arts ( a pre-college arts program at CalArts in Los Angeles) for twelve years, and was the Chair of the Visual Arts Department for three years. Mark has also conducted numerous private drawing and painting workshops throughout California and Italy, and has recently created online courses (Color, Design and Drawing) through the Mark Eanes Academy website.
Eanes has exhibited his artwork throughout California as well as nationally and internationally. His past solo and selected exhibitions include the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA., the Parsons School of Design in Paris, the Applied Arts Museum in Belgrade, Serbia, the Cumberland Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee, the Documenta Galeria de Arte in San Paulo, Brazil, Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, CA, Pence Gallery in Davis, CA, Hanford Center for the Arts, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, and many more venues.
Education:
Master’s Degree at Mills College in Oakland, California
Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts at the University of California at Santa Barbara,
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