He uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases with emotive bursts of color. In his work Mark seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. Mark’s paintings may go through multiple incarnations with the past lying just beneath the surface, adding to its overall dimension and depth. A visceral dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the emotion is expressed. He works by continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer, adding and subtracting. His application of paint is an extension of that thought process. Capturing the physical mixed with spirituality on canvas.
The context of his work he describes as, “Absence and Presence” pertaining to how someone or something can be physically gone, but the essence still remains. Mark’s paintings are inspired by the intensely personal introspective journey of life, from the ever changing complexities of love, loss, birth and death. Growing up surrounded by his mothers work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist.
Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories were the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Mark Acetelli was born in Detroit into an artistic household. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. It is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork and titled on the back. The sides of the artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. This original 36 inch high by 60 inch wide landscape-inspired oil painting on canvas is wired and ready to hang. His figurative abstract artworks are represented by Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including London, New York and Hong Kong. Those truths, first obscured and then obvious, aim to engage the viewer, allowing them to explore their own interpretation. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and spontaneity, a lyrical abstraction of frenzied marks, many of which previously lay hidden, buried beneath strong layers of self-taught expression. Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure they demand a new discovery.
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