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Jennifer Markes: Tropic Celebration |
| Section: THE ARTS / GALLERY |
| Author: Editor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2000 |
| Size: 625 Words, 3,471 Characters |
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As sunny and vibrant as her colorful paintings, Los Angeles artist Jennifer Markes remarks, "I don't just sit down to paint. God says to me, 'Here, have a painting,' and I say, 'thank you.' "
A native of Los Angeles, where she was born in 1964, Markes has been a world traveler for most of her life and has a special fondness for tropical locales. She keeps highly detailed journals of her travels--mostly in w...
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... painting. It makes him feel warm, it makes him feel happy. He said he can hear music and feel the wind blowing. And I started to cry. That's what makes it worth it. That's what it's all about."
A number of Markes' silk paintings have been reproduced as silk-screen prints. Both originals and silk screens are available from Weiss McGraw Publishing in Sherman Oaks, California (818-501-5489).
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