Featured Demonstration

Date: February 14, 2012
Location: Mission Viejo City Hall, Saddleback Room
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 PM
Members and Guests welcome

Mark Kerckhoff - Abstract realist in oil.

A 6th generation Californian, Mark Kerckhoff was born in Covina in 1959 and studied at California State University Long Beach. Mark considers himself an abstract realist.
The base of his interest stems from growing up in rural Los Angeles County hiking amongst the Sycamore-lined gulleys, the South Hills, and the views of the snow-capped San Gabriel Mountains. These early childhood memories continue to be a presence in his paintings.

Inspired by artists like Hermann Herzog, Thomas Moran, and William Keith, Mark executes paintings that embrace love of color, high aesthetics and craftsmanship.
Mark's favorite quote is by John Ruskin the great Victorian art critic, "All great schools enforce delicacy of drawing and subtlety of sight: as of yet, found without exception respecting art is that all great art is delicate".

"I have long admired Mark Kerckhoff for his excellent paintings. They show his superb ability to draw, his solidity of form and perspective, and most of all his unfailing facility with color. His paintings are always characterized by a unique and convincing sense of outdoor light, and like few other artists, he succeeds at producing the true effect of the fluidity of natural light."  Jean Stern, Director – Irvine Museum

Website: www.kerckhoffpaintings.com
Email: mark@kerckhoffpaintings.com
Phone: (949) 226-1111

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Spring Reflections 2012
13th Annual All-Media Juried Fine Art Exhibition

March 4 through April 6, 2012

Mission Viejo Library
100 Civic Center Drive
Mission Viejo, CA 92691

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