1607 19th Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301 - (661) 869-2320
Now Showing in the Gallery: "“Travel influenced Art”
Mark Engelien is the featured artist at the Bakersfield Art Ctr 1607 19th St Bakersfield, CA 93301
This show will include examples of plein air pieces (art done on site), ink sketches, ink and watercolor drawings, digitally rendered ink sketches and watercolor paintings. Some of his travel legacy notebooks will also be available to review. This collection of art chronicles visitors to his art journey over the past 25 years.
MARK began capturing memories of travels beginning with a river cruise with his family in 2000. For over 15 years he filled numerous sketch book journals with ink drawings, a medium easily reproduced to create prints to share with his traveling companions.
“Mark the spot” represents his definition of this phase of his art journey. The act of drawing your impression of an experience is so much more profound than a photo, each sketch has a story that lasts forever.
In 2018 MARK attended an urban sketching workshop in Costa Rica under the guidance of James Richards a renowned Urban Sketching Master. Further workshops in Tuscany, Italy - Santa Fe, New Mexico and Tucson, Arizona were attended with his wife Debbie who is now fondly known as the “Sketch Monster”. Art is now an activity they share. The couple now regularly stop to sketch and paint during their travels, sketching in their notebooks, and producing art from their photos while touring.
Meet the Artist:
First Friday, MAR 6 | 6–8 PM
Come for the art, stay for the coffee and conversation! ✨
