Untitled LS3, mixed media on paper, 15 x 10 inches , 31 x 23 inches matted
Untitled LS3, mixed media on paper, 15 x 10 inches , 31 x 23 inches matted
Untitled LS5, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Untitled LS5, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Untitled LS4, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Untitled LS4, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Untitled LS, mixed media on paper, 15 x 10 inches , 31 x 23 inches matted
Untitled LS, mixed media on paper, 15 x 10 inches , 31 x 23 inches matted
Nager dans une Piscine avec la Flore et la Faune, mixed media on mylar, 40 x 68,
Nager dans une Piscine avec la Flore et la Faune, mixed media on mylar, 40 x 68,
Space Inbetween #1, mixed media on wood, 24 x 24 inches
Space Inbetween #1, mixed media on wood, 24 x 24 inches
Landscape 2, mixed media on paper 4 x 4 in unframed, 15 x 12 inches framed
Landscape 2, mixed media on paper 4 x 4 in unframed, 15 x 12 inches framed
Landscape 1, mixed media on paper, 4 x 4 in unframed, 15 x 12 inches framed
Landscape 1, mixed media on paper, 4 x 4 in unframed, 15 x 12 inches framed
BOULE DE COTON EN BLEU OUTERMER, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN BLEU OUTERMER, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN BLEU OUTERMER 1, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN BLEU OUTERMER 1, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN BLEU OUTERMER 3, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN BLEU OUTERMER 3, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN VERMILLION 1, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN VERMILLION 1, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN VERMILLION 2, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN VERMILLION 2, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN VERMILLION 3, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
BOULE DE COTON EN VERMILLION 3, mixed media on paper, 22x30 inches
DIAGONAL SQUARE LENS 1, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
DIAGONAL SQUARE LENS 1, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
DIAGONAL SQUARE LENS 2, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
DIAGONAL SQUARE LENS 2, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
DIAGONAL SQUARE LENS 3, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
DIAGONAL SQUARE LENS 3, mixed media on paper, 30 x 22 inches
Space Between #2
Space Between #2
mixed media on panel, 24x24 IN
Space Between #3
Space Between #3
mixed media on panel, 24x24 IN
each box 9"h x 27"w x 9"d
The Swimmer
The Swimmer
mixed medium on board, 60" x 48"
The Poet
The Poet
mixed medium on canvas, 72" x 52"
TROIS FEMMES ET UNE CHAISE VIDE 24 X 60 IN
TROIS FEMMES ET UNE CHAISE VIDE 24 X 60 IN
mixed media and encaustic wax on birch panel
DEUX EN COTON BOLES 14 X 24 IN
DEUX EN COTON BOLES 14 X 24 IN
mixed media on mylar and wood panel
DEUX EN COTON BOLES 14 X 16 IN
DEUX EN COTON BOLES 14 X 16 IN
mixed media on mylar and wood panel
SEATED 60 X 48 IN
SEATED 60 X 48 IN
mixed media on wood
George Marks is an established artist who resides and works in Arnaudville, Louisiana. He is a key figure in the NUNU Arts & Culture Collective and has been involved in various initiatives related to community development and the arts. Mr. Marks is a member of the Louisiana State Arts Council and serves on the boards of St. Landry Parish Tourism and Louisiana Citizens for the Arts. He is also actively contributing to the development of the St. Luke French Immersion/Cultural Center. His contributions to the arts community have been recognized through awards such as the St. Landry Economic Authority Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Opelousas-St. Landry Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year, and the Louisiana Division of the Arts Leadership in the Arts Governor’s Award.
ABOUT HIS WORK
by: Scott Finch
George Marks is a contradiction. His work is simultaneously ordered and spontaneous. Carelessness and rigid geometry mingle on the canvas. Passages of drawing in the work range from sensitively rendered figuration to loose impetuous scrawls. His palette is generally warm and harmonious, but searing thin stripes of color may awaken the calm. All of his pieces are deliberately orchestrated to fit together into a continuous installation, and yet each is also an improvisation.
The truly radical thing about Marks’ work is his process. Although, he simply labels his work with the obfuscating little phrase “mixed media on canvas”, he has developed a vocabulary of materials and techniques that are unduplicated. This rich and complex combination of materials may of course be appreciated in its own right, but for Marks this is not the point. Rather, the medium is inextricably webbed to the message. Nothing is done for a strictly decorative purpose.
Each material brings forth specific tactile associations, each recalls a memory, each assembles a part of the meaning of his work. He is a collector of textures, colors, and surfaces. He collects mental images of crumbling stucco on abandoned houses, trees rushing past his car window, and electrical conduits snaking around the corners of buildings. Sights like these are remembered and drawn upon to evoke the beauty in things that others might cast aside as imperfections.
His work brings forth far ranging art historical associations such as Edgar Degas to Barnett Newman, Richard Diebenkorn, and Donald Judd. What sets Marks’ work apart from many other modern painters, however, are his roots to the landscape and culture of South Louisiana . His work is never void of content, no matter how abstract the few simple notations become. His work recalls the flat broad vistas of that which each of us unconsciously knows by heart.
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