Mark Eanes, “Why This, Not That?”

“As a painter I’ve always enjoyed looking at the world in all its richness and complexity… then giving expression to those glimpses. However in recent years I have turned to photography as well – to exercise and strengthen another muscle for seeing. To capture a specific moment in time that no one else sees, or will ever see, is rewarding beyond words. Whenever I travel with the camera, I feel alert, awake, and aware of all that is before me.”

– Mark Eanes

Mark Eanes is a painter, printmaker, photographer, curator, and educator who has spent the last twenty five years living and working in Benicia, California. Mark is currently an Associate Professor at California College of the Arts (CCA), where he has taught for over thirty years. Eanes has shown his paintings throughout California as well as nationally and internationally. His past solo and selected exhibitions include the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, CA; the Parsons School of Design in Paris; the Applied Arts Museum in Belgrade, Serbia; the Cumberland Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee; the Documenta Galeria de Arte in San Paulo, Brazil; Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, CA; Pence Gallery in Davis, CA; Hanford Center for the Arts; Sebastopol Center for the Arts; and the San Francisco Center for the Book.

Join us for a free Second Saturday Gallery Reception, March 12, 5pm-7pm, and meet the exhibiting artists.