Barbara Marks
Barbara Marks · Source: New York Artists Circle · Rights retained by the original rights holders
- Medium
- Acrylic Paint, Clay, Gouache, Graphite, Ink, Oil Paint
- Practice
- Ceramics, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Works on Paper
A child of the sixties, Barbara Marks grew up in Westport, Connecticut. She attended college, studying anthropology until she fell into graphic design. In 1978, Marks established her own studio specializing in book desig… Full biography
Biography
A child of the sixties, Barbara Marks grew up in Westport, Connecticut. She attended college, studying anthropology until she fell into graphic design. In 1978, Marks established her own studio specializing in book design. In 2001, she left that behind to study painting at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, earning a BFA (2005) followed by an MFA from Brooklyn College CUNY (2008). Marks has been awarded artist residencies in Europe and across the U.S. and shows her work throughout the Northeast. She divides her time between coastal Connecticut and NYC’s Flatiron neighborhood.
Artist statement
I make small-scale, square, colorful paintings. My imagery is rooted in observation and it departs from it. I like to call attention to the commonplace and the local. I look where others don’t. There’s the external world—and then there’s me. My paintings are the intersection of the two. In that respect, they are intimate and personal; perhaps they’re narrative.
