Biography
Mark Lovett
Awards
"Lacey Silhouette" 20x30" oil on linen, took 1st Place in the Oil and Acrylics category of the Rockville Art League Juried Members Art Show at Glenview Mansion in Rockville, MD on April 28, 2005, and will be on display at the Glenview Mansion until May 31st, 2005. The judge of the competition was artist Carolyn Grosse Gawarecki, who has won over 100 national painting awards to her credit, and is represented by the prestigious McBride Gallery in Annapolis MD , and her bio can be viewed at www.mcbridegallery.com/grosse.html
Selected Galleries & Exhibitions
Glenview Mansion at Rockville Civic Center October 2005
Discovery Galleries in Bethesda, MD at www.discoverygalleries.com 2005
Players Gallery in Rockville Maryland 2005
Whitefish Gallery in Whitefish Montana 2004
Glenview Mansion Art Gallery in Rockville Maryland 2004-2005
Rockville Arts Place Gallery Solo Show 8/21/05
Education
Nelson Shanks' Studio Incamminati Philadelphia, PA 2004
Workshops by Nelson Shanks 2004
Rob Liberace at The Art League School / Alexandria, VA 2002-2004
Regular drawing of live models in local art groups 2001-2004
University of Maryland graduate 1981-1984
Memberships and Organizations
Portrait Artist Society of America
Strathmore Hall Arts Association - N. Bethesda, MD
Rockville Art League - Rockville, MD
Rockville Art's Place
Portrait Artist Forum
Listings & Publication
Listed in the American Artist Bluebook www.askart.com
Montgomery Gazette - 8/24/05 Article
Artist Statement
"My interest is
not to be different, unique or shocking, but rather to be true to my subject
with a little of me in there. I create well thought out compositions with
accurate likenesses capturing a unique moment in time which results
in beautiful paintings .
The purpose of my life is to enrich others lives through my art and music".
"I paint what I love in most in life .....(not in this particular order) ... people, beautiful women and children, sunsets, sunrises, snow, autumn, shorelines, fine instruments and musicians playing them.
Artist Bio
Although Mark Lovett began playing guitar and singing professionally at the age of 14, his drawing and painting passion did not take root until his early forties. Born in Maryland and living in a suburb outside of Washington DC, Lovett began studying the works of the masters such as Sargent, Sorolla and Velasquez frequenting the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
Lovett honed his drawing skills at local live nude model sessions, and briefly studied with the famous portrait/figure painter Nelson Shanks in Philadelphia, PA as well as with another famous classical figure/portrait painter, Robert Liberace in Virginia.
Lovett's studio currently resides in the historical Glenview/Rockville Civic Center Mansion, and his passion is painting portraits, contemporary realist figures, and occasional vintage guitar still life inspired by his vintage guitar playing .
How I often work
I often stretch my own canvas on heavy stretcher bars using fine oil primed linen. I design my compositions carefully with the end goal in mind, and although every painting is different, I usually paint an accurate grisaille or under drawing using raw umber and ultramarine blue. When the initial drawing is correct, I begin working the forms and values, and later slowly add color. I like to keep my edges soft and allow my forms to flow one into another.
I achieve an accurate likeness of the subject, and keep it loose and relaxed. I work from photo's, sketches and from life . I paint as the old masters painted using layer upon layer of oil glazes producing a luminous effect. It takes much longer to complete a painting this way, but the end result is well worth all the effort I put into it. I work hard to make sure that each painting that I create is of the highest quality attainable.
Mark Lovett is a n award winning full time portrait and figure oil painter and is available for painting commissions. His work is in private collections on the East coast and can be seen at his studio by appointment and in shows at various times of the year.
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