Artist Mark Schoening
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Biography
I had a long, fun, sometimes tedious career in Industrial Design, wherein I designed everything. I'm not kidding. Many things more than once. Toys, furniture, sporting goods, uh ... 'marital aids', architecture, footwear ...
I had always wondered if I could have made it as a fine-artist. That ship has sailed, obviously, but I thought I'd give painting a try anyway. I picked up a paintbrush for the first time* late in 2020 ... most of these paintings were done in 2021. That's right, this is after one year of painting. I'm a 66 year old prodigy. hahaha. Life has kinda gotten in the way of painting so far in 2020, but I'm anticipating a very prolific 2nd half of the year. I expect to paint a lot as well.
*ok, I'm lying: I took one intro-to-oil-painting class in college, 100 years ago.
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