AUGUST FEATURED ARTISTS

JIM BATES is a native Californian, educated in the Central Valley. He

graduated from Fresno State with a teaching credential and has been an educator for 35 years.

     Jim joined the Bakersfield Art Center approximately 15 years ago, after retiring. 

    He has always enjoyed traveling and taking photos of various famous locations, both Local as well as overseas.

    His show “architecture” is a reflection of his work drawn from his travels. Jim currently serves as a board member for the Bakersfield Art association. 

Jim Bates can be reached at (661) 805-6201     jab888s@gmail.com 

MARK ENGELEIN studied drawing, watercolor, and ceramics as part of his Professional training in architecture at Cal poly San Luis Obispo.  His architectural projects were created between 1971 to 2013. 

    He served as Director of the Bakersfield Museum of Art from 2014 to 2016.

    Mark’s early medium for recreational art was watercolor painting. Business pursuits and parenting limited the time he had to dedicate to this activity. He began to use ink sketches as a means to create memories of places he and his family visited in their travels. He would often share sketches with friends and family to help commemorate shared adventures. 

    In 2018, Mark began using both digital rendering and watercolor to augment his ink sketches.  When the Pandemic struck, Mark used this confined time to develop his use of watercolor as his primary medium.

    While architectural subjects and urban spaces embody much of his subjects, he has added other subject matter to his body of work.  Portraits, wildlife, and nature are now themes for his art. 

Mark England can be reached at (661) 619-2012     markengelien@bak.rr.com