David Marks - Biography

Biography

David Marks grew up surrounded by a family of artists. Despite earning an MBA from Ohio State and winning numerous art awards, he embarked on a career in the software industry. He never abandoned his love of painting and finally these last few years has been able to paint more and market his work to a wider audience.

David moved to New Mexico two decades ago, and immersed himself in its unique culture that stimulates the soul — and in his case, his art. He worked alongside local artists to learn more about art from them. He became an avid horseman, president of the New Mexico Horseman’s Association, and turned it from near bankruptcy to the state’s best funded nonprofit horse organization focused on programs for youth.  Active in the New Mexico Film Foundation, he donated his art repeatedly to silent auctions that raised money for locals to help them get established in the state’s growing film industry. David makes his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, one of America’s great art colonies.

Artist Statement

I bring the archetypal and mythic into modern form, using an interlay of structure and organic to give my paintings a feeling of layers of time, changing states and dimensions.

By using layering, I give my paintings an aging ambience that suggest falling leaves, tree bark and natural structures decaying over time. I then overlay more formal structures not found in the natural world.  Other times I use surrealistic mists and shadows and layers of transparencies. I believe that the combination of these elements gives my artworks a depth that allows people to see different elements when they view them from one time to the next.