-About the Artist-


Mark A. Kelso

Throughout his early years, Mark studied intensively in dance, voice, theatre, the martial arts, and competitive baton twirling. He has over 700 awards for modeling, dance, and baton competitions, including more than thirty world championship titles. From this unusual background, Mark chose the visual arts for his career. He majored in painting at John Herron School of Art in the United States and began doing social, philosophical, and environmentally oriented work in his senior year. This nature/civilization content in his work was translated to wildlife and landscape subject matter the following year, and has remained his sole subject matter since 1993.

Mark is one of the most diverse artists in the genre of wildlife art today. His work runs the gamut from abstraction to photorealism, to installations. He paints and draws in numerous mediums, and is just as comfortable painting 14 x 48 foot murals as working on 8 x 10 inch canvases. His subjects range from common animals to such oddities as Kinkajous and Binturongs.

Mark's art has been exhibited and sold globally. His paintings have sold through Christie's auction house in London, and Bonham's in Singapore. In the year 2000 he was selected as a featured artist for the "Beauty of Formosa" exhibition with the National Museum of National History in Taipei, Taiwan. In 2002 his art appeared in a special exhibition at the National Geographic Society in Washington DC. Mark is an inductee of the International Society of Animal Artists, and has been seen in numerous magazines including Wildlife Art, US Art, and Informart.

- Other US Exhibitions -

 

I would urge you to support the following organizations.
What little remains of wildness needs all of the protection it can receive.
If you would like to know more about how you can help, please click on one or more of the links below!

RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION

WORLDWIDE NATURE ARTIST'S GROUP

Amhakia Studio
7251 Fields Way
Indianapolis, IN 46239
317-862-0966
mark@markkelsoart.com