Pirates! Painting

Marc Cabell Harris was born in New York City in 1950. His father was a jazz impresario and surrealist painter... his mother, a writer, and fashion couturier. He grew up in Northern California where he attended CCA graduating in printmaking in 1972. His first exhibition was at the San Francisco Civic Center featuring his etchings and the lithographs of M.C. Escher. Mr. Harris became known for fashion and textile designs after founding the Marco Polo Companies in 1975, and later, the Olive Ridge Collection offering hand loomed textiles for the home furnishing industry. He retired from the world of business in 2000 to devote full time to his artwork. Celebrated for his rich pallet and sculptural forms, Mr. Harris' paintings are often described as Cubist, Modernist, and Nabiist. His rarely seen drawings record the artist's many adventures, and encounters in his extensive travels. His work is widely collected and is the subject of more than sixty books in print.