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Mark Pettit

Mark Pettit (Born 1957) is active/lives in Colorado, Texas.  Mark Pettit is known for Panoramic landscape, still life.

An intense childhood interest in drawing and painting gave Mark Pettit an early start in the pursuit of becoming an artist, but there was little in his early efforts to suggest that he would attain his current level of success so early in his career.

By devoting his efforts to fine art, Pettit, a native of Texas, was able to study at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore, Maryland, a school devoted to the teachings of Jacques Maroger, author of  The Secret Formulas and Techniques of the Old Masters.  Maroger was a restorer at the Louvre and painting theoretician who developed a rich, luminous medium similar to that used by the 17th century Flemish Masters.  This painstaking procedure consists of making black oil and mastic varnish, and grinding raw pigments combined with the use of linen canvas primed with white lead.  Pettit feels this classic training has been invaluable to his ability to achieve a paint quality and luminosity rarely seen in to   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3538 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

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.  There are 3 similar (related) artists for Mark Pettit available:    Porfirio Salinas,  G (Gerald Harvey Jones) Harvey,  Robert William Wood