Mark Witzling

After earning a graduate business degree with High Honors from Boston University and an undergraduate degree from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, I have led a successful career as a branding and marketing strategist for well-known consumer product and financial services companies as well as technology and entrepreneurial adventures. Whether launching new brands or leading digital marketing, I was always the client interacting with highly creative people – writers, artists, designers – to create new advertising, packaging and promotional materials. Eventually, my interest in the creative side emerged and I began to paint. Through a series of group and private workshops and always reaching out to artists I admired I began to study the art and techniques of painting, evolving over time from a purely representational painter to become an abstract artist. Abstraction reflects the act of painting as much as the end result – the journey to the completed piece is part of the experience.

Boston University, Graduate Degree High Honors,1986
Macalester College, B.A. 1981 Cum Laude

1999 – Current Atelier Rosen St. Louis, Mo.
Studio based art education and practical experience for the past 15+ years.

2011 – Private work. Julianna Poldi Studio, Santa Fe

2011-2013 Rebecca Crowell Studios
Cold Wax Painting, Level 1, 2011
Cold Wax Painting, Level II, 2012
Cold Wax Painting, Level III Master Level Symposium and Workshop. Mineral Springs, WI, 2013 Studied directly with Cold Wax/Oil painting master Rebecca Crowell
2012 Private Workshop, Lisa Sisley-Blinn Studio, Winghaven, Mo.
2013 Cold Wax/Oil Workshop, Judy Wise
2013 Private studio work - Cody Hooper, Albuquerque, N.M.
2014 Multiple workshops and artist collaborations; teaching
2015 Workshop - Lisa Broadwine
2015 Multiple workshops and artist collaborations; teaching
2016 Multiple workshops and artist collaborations; teaching
2016 Workshop - Pam Caughey
2016 Workshop - Lisa Pressman

Organizations:
Best Of Missouri Hands - Juried Member
Greater St. Louis Art Association - Juried Member, Juror
MySLART, Member and Past Board Member
WaxCentric, Member
St. Louis Artist Guild, Member
Art St. Louis, Member

2017
Renaissance Hotel St.Louis - Solo Show February 2017

Blooming Artists Project, St. Louis 2017

2016
Annex Art: Quatrafuss - Juried show Berlin, Germany Jan/Feb 2016
Chesterfield City Hall - Invited Artist January - March 2016
Activate Art STL at CIC Innovation Center, St. Louis MO
Clayton Fine Art Gallery - Resident Artist
Heather Haymart Gallery - Chesterfield Missouri
1900 Park Creative Space, Lafayette Square, St. Louis, MO - Solo Show, April 2016
Green Door Gallery, Webster Groves, MO, May/June 2016
Grafica Gallery,"Waxing Poetic" 3-artist show Webster Groves, MO July/August 2016
MySLArt "33" Show - Awarded "Best of Show"
Art St. Louis "Serendipity", Juried Show August 2016
OA Gallery - Holiday Extravaganza show invited artist
SOHA Gallery - ManyMini December 2016/January 2017

2015
Third Degree Glass Factory - Solo Show November 2015
Clayton Fine Art Gallery - Resident Artist
Heather Haymart Gallery - Chesterfield Missouri
St. Louis Artist Guild - Collector's Choice
​St. Charles Riverfront Arts ArtWalk - November 2015
Activate Art STL at CIC Innovation Center, St. Louis MO
MOVE, St. Louis Artist Guild - Juried show May-July 2015
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