tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76407247077413299222024-02-19T22:01:26.219-08:00Making the MarkMaria Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601778448605844200noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640724707741329922.post-35738506614065797492011-05-28T12:53:00.000-07:002011-05-31T12:03:26.648-07:00A FLASHBACK ON MARK´S BIG ART SHOW - 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It seems to be weird to be interviewing him from Buenos Aires. Fortunately,we can count on the Internet. This is what he had to say, or better, answer to the questions that were sent to him. </span></div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So Mark, did the art show meet your expectations?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It certainly did. I tried not to go with expectations. The only one I had was to get feedback on my new body of art. I admit I also had an ecperience of myself, that I´d be able to present myself confidently and be myself.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">How long has it been since your last exhibition?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It has actually been seven years since my last art show.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You made some interesting additions to the show which people have enjoyed immensely: the introduction of a performance piece and some cool dj music, both of which added a twist to the event.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Waxie most certainly added a twist by making the event untraditional and fun. I was given the opportunity to create the kind of show I wanted and having a performance piece was a dream. Waxie was an extension of not only my art but also who I am as a person.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You also exhibit the so-called "wire art". How is it shown to the public?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My partner suggested showing it covered by "cloches", that is bell-shaped glass covers that allow the pieces to be seen while protecting them at the same time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Which changes have you experienced lately?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">The biggest change was me and how I am as a person now and how I approach my art. Acquiring a studio has been one of the most important changes to help me focus.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Which do you consider your biggest change?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Welcoming guests to show. I am a much more confident person and artist and this helped me to create a successful show and feel a successful person and artist.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Has your art changed, too?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Regarding my art, it continues to have a thread of similarity to past work but has matured both in concept and technique. It has also been a new experience to be so involved with the hanging of my art in the frame shop where the show took place. I was challenged on the space, something which I also enjoyed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">How has the experience of this new show affected you?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">It has definitely helped with what is happening now. I am inspired and energized and, though there are no clear answers yet, I already have a direction.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You have some pending plans regarding your graffiti art and the book you are writing and illustrating. Do you think the recent events have had an influence on these plans?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">This experience hasn´t influenced my graffiti but hasn´t distracted me from continuing on this path. Regarding the book, I am feeling some pressure and concern that it will not get done. The children´s book is still very important to me and I plan to continue. I need to be better organized with my time and priorities and it is a challenge.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">What are you currently engaged in?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I am interested in making my art known beyond the United States. I am currently formatting images into a special website calle "Call to Artists" that offers opportunities to artists locally, nationally and internationally.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">What does the future hold?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I want to try some new ideas but first I want to digest all the wonderful feedback from the show. I have already come to some conclusions. I certainly want more exposure, and that is always the tricky part.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"></span></div><br />
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</div>Maria Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601778448605844200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640724707741329922.post-39866204065487976672011-05-28T12:46:00.000-07:002011-06-12T08:04:51.330-07:00A FLASHBACK ON MARK´S BIG ART SHOW - 2<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: large;">A GALLERY OF CHARACTERS WITHIN & WITHOUT THE PORTRAITS</span></b></div><br />
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</span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Finally the day arrived for Mark O´Connell´s big art exhibition. The event was held at Arts Walk, a frame shop located in Capitol Hill, Seattle. It was a clever choice to have the show there. The place was specially prepared and provided a different atmosphere, perfect for the kind of art that Mark wanted to exhibit. </span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Today Mark remembers it as "an incredible and magical night, everything I was hoping for and more." He had worked hard for it to be a success but one never knows. He realised people were giving the thumbs up as he saw a steady group of people coming in all night. Not only the ones that had been formally invited, but also those walking in from the street. He also remembers that "some were fascinated, others shocked and all the in between." </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Mark had carefully planned each and every part of the show and counted on the participation of talented friends. The unique Seattle gender-bending performance artist <b>Waxie Moon</b>, who was at the art gallery shop window in a live appearance, sitting next to a portrait of his, painted by Mark, and a part of his recent production, and <b>Kobalt Severa aka DJ Transport</b>, who provided the show with the hippest, coolest music of his own production.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Waxie Moon </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The real one next to his portrait</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">by Mark O´Connell </span></b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><em>This interview was made via the Internet by exchanging emails and these are the interesting replies to the questions sent to Waxie Moon while he was performing in Las Vegas, Nevada. Waxie not only spoke about his participation in this art show but also about his persona and future projects.</em></span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">1. What are you currently doing in Las Vegas?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I am attending the Burlesque Hall of Fame 2011 weekend festival, where I will have the honor of performing and assisting burlesque legends/women in their 60´s, 70´s and 80´s in their performance, supporting my friends who are competing in the 2011 "Tournament of Tease", and reconnecting with my friends (members of the international burlesque community). It is a guaranteed good time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">2. Can you describe yourself as an artist? Where are you from and how long have you been a performer?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I have been performing since I was 9 years old. After countless years of tap and disco lessons throughout California, I began my formal dance training at the Interlochen Arts Academy and went on to receive my BFA from The Juilliard School. Upon graduating, I joined the Jose Limon Dance Company, with whom I danced leading roles worldwide, including tours to war-torn Sarajevo and El Salvador, and a performance at the White House for former President William Jefferson Clinton and First Lady Hilary Rodham Clinton. In 2004, I received his MFA in Acting from the Professional Actor Training Porgram (PATP) at the University of Washington and co-founded Seattle´s critically acclaimed Washington Ensemble Theatre. In 2006, I created the performance personae "Waxie Moon", a gender-bending queer lady "boylesque" performance-art solo stripping sensation. Since then, I have got to perform extensively as him/her/herm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">3. How did you get to know Mark O´Connell? Did you know his work before meeting him?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Mark was someone I always admired from afar. Through a mutual friend, we were finally introduced, and encouraged to collaborate on this project. Our first meeting was super exciting. I was absolutely floored by his paintings, and basically said "you can paint me however you´d like". I gladly submitted to being his "human canvas".</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">4. You must be made many business proposals. What made you give the thumbs up to this one?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Seeing his paintings. They are gorgeous! I was also interested in expanding what I do as a performer, and Mark´s "human canvas" idea sounded fresh, fun and entertaining.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">5. The idea of working in the shop window in the company of your portrait and interacting with the visitors to the exhibition was great. How did you guys decide on this?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I´m not sure if the idea originated with Mark, Dennis Turner (the gallery owner) or myself. It was a kind of collective-agreed-upon magic. Great minds think alike.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">6. Can you describe your experience in the show and how you felt about this integration of art, music and performance?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I really enjoyed myself. Being installed in the window felt relaxing and quietly entertaining. Ultimately people were there to see Mark´s paintings. I felt like an added surprise. Also, Kobalt´s soundscape gave the event a festive vibe. The event was entertaining and artful, without feeling overly precious.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">7. Would you like to work with Mark again in the future? Perhaps an integrated show with Mark and Kobalt?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Absolutely!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">8. What is your next show/performance?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I am taking the summer off to regroup and begin contemplating some new, long term, ambitious projects. Recently, I co-wrote and starred in "Waxie Moon in Fallen Jewell", a feature-length fictional film (directed by Wes Hurley). It is a <em>high-larious</em> burlesque musical that is now in postproduction. Keep your eye out for it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">9. There are several videos in You Tube but it would be interesting to find your work and photos in a site. Where can people and fans find info about your career and venues?</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Thanks for asking. The best way to know about all things related to "Waxie Moon" is to "like" my Facebook page: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/WaxieMoon">www.facebook.com/WaxieMoon</a> .</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">The interview to <i>Kobalt Severa</i> or <i>DJ Transport</i> was held thanks to our friends from Facebook. Here is what he had to say about the unusual music of an unusual evening.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">1. Kobalt, you were the DJ in the show but you are also a close friend of Mark´s.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Yes, Mark and I have known each other for about ten years now. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">2. What did Mark specifically want for the art show in terms of music?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">He didn´t want music too dancy and he was particularly interested in some World music sounds along with some tracks with an Indian/Bali sound.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">3. What was the process of preparing the set like?</span></b><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">I worked on putting the mix together for about a week,having gathered about 9 hours of music, and then whittling it down to about 5 hours of music.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">My music selection was mostly Down Tempo, Chill, Lounge, and House, with hints of pop, although the pop music that I play is usually heavily remixed.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><b><span style="font-family: Georgia;">5. How did you display your music once you were at the art show?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Once I had all the tracks selected that I wanted to play, I just sort of went by the mood of the show, as to what I would play. Starting off with a slow tempo and gradually building the beats as the night went on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I started my set about 5.45 pm and ended around 10pm. It was a fun night!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">You can also go to <em>soundcloud</em> and find his interesting music. Here´s one of his links:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mark O´Connell´s complete biography and earlier work: <i>www.markoconnellvisuals.info </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tales of Mr Fu blog: <i>www.talesofmisterfu.blogspot.com </i></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Five years after his last exhibition, artist Mark O´Connell presents his new art pieces in an exhibit called " Revel and Reveal" held in Capitol Hill´s Art Walk in the city of Seattle from May 12th to June 5th, with special guest, Waxie Moon, and excellent music by DJ Transport.</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">With the advent of Spring, there seems to be a rebirth of nature ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">while he keeps a little feeling of the dark from the wintertime stored deep inside ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Faun-like creatures, species of the oceans or streams hidden in bodies</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">BOREDOM</span></b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia;">(Bug Girl)</span></strong><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">BOREDOM</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">GLARE</span></b><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><b>GLARE</b></div><b>(Detail) </b><br />
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***</div>Maria Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601778448605844200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640724707741329922.post-85059809656589503122011-02-27T15:03:00.000-08:002011-04-09T09:40:21.138-07:00STAGE 11 - New Paintings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>DEEP IN THOUGHT</b></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>April 2011</b></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>***</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>GUESS WHAT I´M THINKING</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>April 2011</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>***</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">GUESS WHAT I´M THINKING </span></b></span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b>THE NEW BUSINESSMAN</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>March 2011</b></div>***<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Though all these portraits depict different characters, they somehow seem to be connected by a blue shade which at times is velvety, at other times rougher, but is everywhere in the canvas, with lighter blue shades, with brighter tones, too.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
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<b>TALES OF MR FU</b><br />
<b>Detail of birds</b><br />
<b>January 2011</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">***</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b>Mark is carrying out an additional project involving the written text and artwork of a collection of books for children, Tales of Mr Fu, under the pseudonym of Mr Fu, the same name used for his Graffiti Project.</b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Maria Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601778448605844200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640724707741329922.post-85668477672616230552011-02-27T14:52:00.000-08:002011-04-22T08:17:25.093-07:00STAGE 10 - New Graffiti<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLdI3AOEWojNSlqhEl3vTc42kN8qL32WxHezykPXFB8FTUr9S_4ws9GBxnlTFNsp1HZ8iChIuAN4LIC5vEx7WlkBNZp1CdNhuEWTd38irJ26vKwkpFP2vz4bQim26R7lA3kUVQympuoo/s1600/IMG_3177.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoLdI3AOEWojNSlqhEl3vTc42kN8qL32WxHezykPXFB8FTUr9S_4ws9GBxnlTFNsp1HZ8iChIuAN4LIC5vEx7WlkBNZp1CdNhuEWTd38irJ26vKwkpFP2vz4bQim26R7lA3kUVQympuoo/s400/IMG_3177.JPG" width="300px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mark has a new project involving graffiti which will take him round the world (World Tour Campaign). He is planning to have some <b>customized graffiti</b> (murals, large scale paintings, graffitis) done for private institutions, restaurants and stores, and electronic music venues, <b>graffiti for blank walls</b>, and, as another part of his World Tour, he will perform and interact with children to reproduce images of worldwide famous painters on blank walls of cities. The children will help Mark complete a large scale painting model by following his painting directions. The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci and The Dutch Man are two of his chosen models.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In stores and restaurants as well as lofts, plants, office floors, the idea is to welcome visitors, customers, suppliers with an improved wall, an inviting office door, a unique design on glass windows that will make the premises look different, exclusive, that will define the personality of those involved in the business. Something hip and professional at the same time. As Mark always says: <i>"The possibilities are endless." </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Before travelling to Buenos Aires, Mark opened his own studio away from home but in Seattle. He chose to rent an office in the historic Inscape Building that used to be the Immigration Building long ago. The construction houses memories of past times when immigrants came to the city in search of a new opportunity. This special place is already inspiring Mark to produce new graffiti work and paintings. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So after the experience in Barcelona, Mark and his partner, Michael, returned to Seattle and purchased an apartment and moved on with their lives. After Mark´s first visit to Buenos Aires, he kept corresponding via email with friend Maria and they managed to establish a close bond that turned out to be very positive for both of them as they inspired each other to pursue new interests. Mark started taking new directions in his art while she resumed a career in writing. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mark will then pursue graffiti in the US, wherever that is possible and in different</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> parts of the world. He will be doing some of these projects with corporate backing and others simply by approaching those private customers or stores that might be interested in a more customized form of graffiti. He also</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">wants to undertake those graffiti projects with a message that he started in Buenos Aires.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The next chapter in Mark´s life was a move to the city of Barcelona, Spain, where he and Michael had been many times and loved dearly to the point of purchasing an apartment, which they called <b>Casa Tres Amigos </b>as they shared the property with their common friend Josephine. As their apartment was being rented at the time, they spent six months in a cosy little apartment in the city, learnt Spanish, made new friends and pursued a new business.</span><br />
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</div>Maria Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601778448605844200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640724707741329922.post-38071982244203197472011-02-27T12:53:00.000-08:002011-04-22T08:32:41.687-07:00STAGE 5 - First Visit to Buenos Aires<b>QUITE AN UNUSUAL PLACE</b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Mark travelled to Argentina in early 2007 to further his studies of Spanish, paint and learn a new culture. He was on his own this time and made the choice to live in an apartment he rented in Palermo, Buenos Aires. He decided to pursue his adventure with no expectations so as to be fully open to the experiences that might come his way. He was in for a little surprise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">By the way, Mark is "the villain", later nicknamed "Mr Barnaby" by his friend Maria. He is the guy in black clothes and top hat carrying a cane. Used to wearing costumes and doing his own make-up for Halloween, he accomplished a fearsome villain.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Moving to Seattle, Washington in 1995 was an important step in search of more opportunities. Mark worked in visual merchandising for several years with Nordstrom until he branched off into his own freelance business and put more focus on the fine art. Keeping the creative spirit diverse, he produced a line of edgy shirts under the label of <b>B-ware!</b> and sold in Seattle area stores. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Shortly after moving, Mark met his partner, Michael Hytinen, who has been an incredible support and inspiration in his life and art. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He remembers that before meeting Michael, he had some kind of premonitory dream in which he met a mysterious guy that looked like a Russian nobleman. A little while later, Mark embellished a great door with Michael´s look in the dream. Fantastic!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So off Mark went to Japan first, in 1982, for two months, and then to Australia, where he spent the whole of 1983. The exposure to different cultures, and the reality of how different the world outside of Alaska was, became the inspiration needed to mature quickly as a person and focus his creativity. </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He began college at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington leading to the American College in London, U.K., and then earning a BFA in Graphic Design and Illustration in 1989 at the Pacific Northwext College of Art in Portland, Oregon.</span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Do you remember that truck in the previous photograph? Well, this is an early painting by Mark remembering those years in Alaska. A springtime portrait of nature with some Dalinian falls flowing down the back of the truck and accompanying fish. What is it with the flying vampire-like dogs? </span><br />
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</div><div align="justify"></div>Maria Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09601778448605844200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640724707741329922.post-62965520279785535852011-02-27T10:12:00.000-08:002011-04-22T08:41:16.323-07:00THE MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR OF THE ARTIST - Stage 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IVgPxgJLIZx_921M0bLdJFgyY2lkWzMYcicJcfrzk634k3k0rmHHwbPwhnbEk4R8sdlL7sz6AemW_MdYtwt4ew9jCjw5NeTCuefpwvZfJpvcfURNaR8Mj5JCNPUautUDxYULLIotTHs/s1600/Shannon_and_me.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235px" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IVgPxgJLIZx_921M0bLdJFgyY2lkWzMYcicJcfrzk634k3k0rmHHwbPwhnbEk4R8sdlL7sz6AemW_MdYtwt4ew9jCjw5NeTCuefpwvZfJpvcfURNaR8Mj5JCNPUautUDxYULLIotTHs/s320/Shannon_and_me.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"The cold was never pleasurable for me. It was so much a part of my life and for the majority of every year. In Alaska, darkness is also a great part of the winter. The darkness and cold made me a very isolated child both physically and mentally. Memories of the cold are not good and made a huge impact on my personality and life. Most of my creativity and dreams were in my bedroom."</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When the above photograph was taken, the artist Mark O´Connell probably didn´t have any idea he was one day going to pursue graffiti. It was a moment in his life when he decided to continue exploring the Old World that he had visited before, to keep on learning about its diverse cultures and incredible</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">art, but at that time he decided to focus on a city that he was drawn to for many reasons: Barcelona.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">He remembers all his trips abroad that he continues making. </span><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">" These</span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">travels have exposed me to this day to the best art in the world. I enjoy both the traditional classic art as well as the super modern. I have learnt to appreciate what I don´t understand and be influenced in positive, spiritual and emotional ways by the art I have seen. I can honestly say that some of the most emotionally moving moments in my life have been from experiencing art in my travels." </span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">With great emotion, he also looks back on that first visit to Barcelona and the effect that both the city and its art, particularly the work of major artist Salvador Dali, had on him. <em>"Dali has been the most influential artist in my life. When I was first exposed to him in school, he didn´t inspire me. It was my first visit to Barcelona that started it all. I saw Dali´s house and studio in Figueras, where Dali was born and raised. The museum was like stepping into his mind and I welcomed all of it. Ever since, I have felt that Dali has spoken through me, inspired me, and awakened my spirit. My art has been highly influenced to the more surreal and mysterious."</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But many have been the influences on Mark´s spirit, personality and art, and maybe by taking a little look at the history of his still young and fruitful life, we can begin to understand how each new step he has taken in his art career is the result of a natural reaction to what he has been exposed to. Echoing some of the words of a great song by The Beatles, shall we roll up for this magical, mystery tour?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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