Art on 1st is proud to welcome Mark Young for a solo exhibition at our gallery. A neighbor to Roanoke in Botetourt County, Mark has built a remarkable career as a self-taught painter, and this March we invite you to see why. Come discover his vivid, carefully crafted work for yourself.
➤ OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, March 6th | 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The gallery will be open extended hours for this exhibition:
Monday - Saturday | 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM or by appointment
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
A self-taught painter working in the tradition of classical realism, Mark has spent decades developing a mastery of light, color, form, and composition that shows in every canvas. His subjects are wide-ranging, spanning portraits, figurative works, landscapes, animals, still lifes, and beyond, yet each painting carries the same careful, disciplined eye. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the full breadth of his work in one place, and to meet an artist whose passion for painting has defined a vibrant second chapter following a celebrated career in business.
ARTIST BIO
Mark Young is an award-winning contemporary realist oil painter known for the breadth and vibrance of his works. While naturally gifted with the ability to draw and paint, he has no formal art education and earned a BS in Economics from Washington & Lee University and MBA from The Darden Graduate School of Business at The University of Virginia. He spent 25 years as a successful executive in the TV broadcasting and advertising industry living in New York City, Atlanta, Richmond, Norfolk, Raleigh, Washington DC...and now resides and paints at his studio in Botetourt County, VA near Roanoke.
Mark has sold more than 400 paintings and drawings and his work has been represented by 13 commercial art galleries in multiple cities and states, with many one-person exhibitions in commercial art galleries and public shows. His works are in numerous private collections as well as corporations, hospitals, universities, courthouses... and he has won numerous awards in art shows including best in show 4 times.
The breadth of subjects Mark paints include people, animals, landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, figurative works, imaginary works, and copies of “old Master” works, all painted in a classical realism style, where the ability to draw, understand composition, perspective, light, form, shadow and the handling of color is what matters most.
Mark offers commissioned paintings of any subject.