Mark Rice

I believe that ART is the "Authentic Radiating Transmission" © of my thoughts, ideas and emotions. I enjoy sharing my life through my ART.

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What is your favorite type of art to create?

My favorite type of art to create is abstract expressionism and color field painting, acrylic on canvas. I find it is therapeutic for my mental health to be able to use color and expressive brush strokes to transmute my internal emotions into something that creates a dialogue between myself, my audience and the canvas. I enjoy it because I can work quickly, mixing my colors on my pallet and mixing directly on the canvas. It's a beautiful way to take what's inside (my emotions) and get them out.

Where do you find inspiration?

I find a lot of inspiration in the world around me. I enjoy spending time in nature and I use a lot of colors that I perceive in nature. I enjoy taking floral photography, because I believe that flowers are one nature's way of painting our world. I'm also inspired by people and the beauty of the diversity of cultures from around the world, each culture brings its own color, spice and varying motifs that create an amazing world that we all share, bringing it's respective flavors to life.

What would you do with $25,000?

I would give the first ten percent to mental health awareness and suicide prevention organizations. I feel it's important to give back to community. We are all here to take each other's hands and walk each other home. Secondly I would invest the resources to be able to leave my regular day job to pursue all my creative endeavors and be a self supporting artist. I love painting and desire to teach others to paint. I would also continue building custom electric guitars.

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