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Marques Vickers
Northern California figurative artist Marques Vickers, 47,
established his working studio in Vallejo, California in 2002 following four
years in nearby Benicia to specialize in his figurative abstract forms on
canvas and three-dimensional format. As a contemporary painter and sculptor,
Vickers' work is predominately oriented towards action female forms and nudes. Born and raised in Vallejo where he currently lives and
works, Vickers was a 1979 graduate of Azusa Pacific University and has
completed postgraduate work at the University of Bourgogne in Dijon, France. He
was the Executive Director of the Burbank, California Chamber of Commerce from
1979-84 and Vice-President of Sales for AsTRA Tours and Travel of Los Angeles
from 1984-86. An entrepreneur before becoming an artist, he has initiated
and managed several business enterprises and become an internationally
recognized spokesperson on the growing marketing role the Internet is assuming in the fine
arts industry. His numerous self-produced websites have been the recipient of
several Golden Web Awards from the International Association of Web Masters and
Designers (IAWMD). During 2003 and 2004, his biography was included in the
Marquis "Who's Who In America". His work has been exhibited and
profiled internationally and is part of several individual and corporate
collections and commissions. Figurative artists who have been influential in
his artistic evolvement include Constantin Brancusi, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Arp,
Henry Moore, George Segal, Nathan Oliveira, Concha Benedito , Robert Arneson and
Manuel Neri. He has authored four books and during 2002 he established an
initial series of royalty free photo image compact disks which are currently
being marketed and expanded through his photography website at Mixed Colors .
He is currently working on a new book with Allworth Press of New York City
entitled: "Marketing Art Online: A Guidebook for Artists and Collectors"
and planning on establishing a new studio in Southern France in June of 2005. INFLUENCES FOR DANCING FIGURES: The work of Franco-Spanish painter Concha Benedito (who I
eventually met in April 2002) started him in this direction as her work
represented a synthisis of the abstractive color fields and figurative imagery
that he had been incorporating into his sculptural forms. The blend of color
and dynamic brush strokes captures in his mind a frozen transition of movement,
that forms the passion of dance. Most of his figures (like Benedito's) are Flamenco
dancers as they represent a raw energy and exuberance often lacking in other more
formalized dance forms. He started his first dance images during 2000 with a
series called "Women of Passion". He hasn’t been able to let go of
the imagery and likely will keep attacking the medium for years to come. That
is the essence of creating art. You rarely choose your medium....it chooses
you.
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