Monsieur Jean Cocteau Painting

Born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. William Z. Linmark has a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Hawai’i. Linmark’s passion for travel and exposure to other cultures, as well as his cosmopolitan upbringing, all play important roles in shaping his artistic vision. His artworks have been exhibited in the U.S. and Paris, France. He currently resides in Minneapolis and Honolulu. In these series of paintings, I want to capture the essence of Parisian cafe scenes and portraits of artists and writers living in the City of Light during the early 1900's. In Cafe des Artists for instance, I seek to capture the fleeting moment of time in a cafe, rendered in myriad of rhythmic colours. In contrast with the portraits of writers where colours are more settled, allowing the sitter's expression to reveal its emotions.