Having grown up in a military family, Marc’s youth was spent on the move.  He was born in Oxnard, California and spent some of his early school years there.  But his geographical resume soon included Alaska, Florida, Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Norway.  After his father’s retirement from the Air Force, Marc’s family settled in 

the small northern California community of Loomis where he finished high school.  

Marc began college as a biology major but soon applied and was accepted into Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California majoring in illustration. After Art Center and a brief stint as a staff illustrator in Sacramento, California, Marc moved to Minnesota where he has been living since. “I have pursued a career as a painter for many years now.  Along the way my methods, materials and focus have evolved.  A naturalist at heart, the landscape is the perfect vehicle for expressing the joy I have for the world that surrounds me.  My real interest and challenge as a painter is how to best manipulate the core principles of painting into effective visual statements.  I’m most successful when I’m able to communicate that joy to the viewers of my paintings.” 

Marc teaches landscape painting workshops in many locations nationally.  “ I love working with other painters in their pursuit to better their craft.  My goal is not to have them assimilate my  style and technique, but to teach them how to more closely exam- 

ine the subject and apply the principles that representational painters must follow to become effective visual communicators.”