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Artist Biography |
Using clues such as color, contrast, and texture, your mind structures the visual world into surfaces that, when necessary, you recognize as familiar objects. My work plays with these clues to influence how your mind assembles this visual information into a meaningful scene. |
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Mark Marrara is best known for his works that examine and tease the rules that our minds use to make sense of the visual world. His philosophy and approach combine training in the visual arts with training and research in Cognitive Psychology. Mark received his B.F.A. (1994) from the University of Kansas and his M.S. (1996) and Ph.D. (1999) in Cognitive Psychology from Penn State. While considered an emerging artist, his works are in several private collections, and he is beginning to exhibit nationally. Recent Exhibitions
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Blue grimace
Acrylic on canvas 60" W x 48" H 2008 Sold |
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Silver and copper
Acrylic on canvas 48" W x 48" H 2008 Not for sale |
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Red chromed
Acrylic on canvas 48" W x 40" H 2007 Sold |
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chrome study A
Photography 2006 chrome for more size and print information |
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chrome study B
Photography 2006 E-mail for more size and print information |
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chrome study C
Photography 2006 E-mail for more size and print information |
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chrome study D
Photography 2006 E-mail for more size and print information |
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chrome study E
Photography 2006 E-mail for more size and print information |
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Untitled
Photography 2005 E-mail for more size and print information |
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Untitled
Photography 2005 E-mail for more size and print information |
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Untitled
Photography 2005 E-mail for more size and print information |
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Untitled
Photography 2005 E-mail for more size and print information |
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Handshake
Carbon & Graphite on Paper 40" W x 48" H 2005 Sold |
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Tupelo
Graphite on Paper 30" W x 22" H 2004 $2000 E-mail for more information or to purchase |
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In/Out (Sketch)
Pen & Ink 24" W x 18" H 2004 $400 E-mail for more information or to purchase |
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Cascade in blue
Pen & Ink 18" W x 22" H 2004 $500 E-mail for more information or to purchase |
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Nirvana on '61
Graphite and Carbon on Paper 28" W x 20" H 2003 $2000 E-mail for more information or to purchase |
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In & Out
Graphite and Carbon on Paper 28" W x 20" H 2003 $1500 E-mail for more information or to purchase |
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Untitled
Acrylic on canvas 42" W x 36" H 2003 $800 E-mail for more information or to purchase Notes: Uses graphical elements to force your attention and gaze to a certain area in the composition. |
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Chaos in Blue
Acrylic on canvas 44" W x 44" H 2002 Notes: Explores how your mind separates the foreground and background in an ambiguous scene. You will notice that different layers of color will move from foreground to background depending on where you focus your attention within the composition. Private Collection. |
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Reflection
Acrylic on canvas 42" W x 36" H 2002 Notes: Based on a pattern produced by light reflecting from water, this abstract investigates how grouping by color influences how a composition is organized into differing depths. Private Collection. |
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Implosion
Graphite on paper 36" W x 24" H 2003 $1000 E-mail for more information or to purchase Notes: Macro textures from a house plant create the basic surfaces for perception. Studies the way in which these abstract surfaces direct our eyes through the composition. |
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Plant (Two)
Graphite on paper 36" W x 24" H 2002 $600 E-mail for more information or to purchase |
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Grass
Acrylic on canvas 48" W x 42" H 2003 $800 E-mail for more information or to purchase Notes: Based on a mapping of similar colors in grass, this abstract investigates how the mind assembles and organizes graphical elements into differing depths from background to foreground. |
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texture 44-55
Acrylic on canvas 48" W x 36" H 2002 $500 E-mail for more information or to purchase |
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Occlusion
Acrylic on canvas 42" W x 36" H 2002 $800 E-mail for more information or to purchase Notes: Investigates both how the mind separates surfaces into several different depths and how the mind assumes that partially hidden surfaces continue behind other surfaces. |
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Occlusion (Sketch)
Acrylic on canvas 24" W x 20" H Not for sale. |
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Death Valley
Acrylic on canvas 42" W x 36" H 2001 Not for sale. |
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Weave (Blue)
Oil on canvas 42" W x 36" H 2001 Not for sale. |
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Apparent Motion (within weave 4)
Oil on canvas 42" W x 36" H 2001 $400 E-mail for more information or to purchase Notes: Explores how to create the perception of motion from layers of color. |
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Attentional Matrix (Blue)
Acrylic on canvas 48" W x 42" H 2000 $500 E-mail for more information or to purchase Notes: Exploring how much of a multi-dimensional pattern can be attended to at one time. A secondary goal was to create a pattern that makes it difficult to focus on any one piece in particular. |
All artwork © 2000 - 2009 by Mark Marrara
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