Photo by John Jinks

Associations to create first day covers and limited edition lithographs to accompany issues of UN Postage Stamps, and was awarded the Croix de Croix de Chevalier de'orde Belgo Hispanique under the patronage of Queen Fabiola of Belgium.

Mark Wiener’s connection to the gallery world began on 57th street 41 years ago, when age 14, he called on the finest galleries, canvases in hand, and unrolled his work.

He went to study painting and photography at the Philadelphia College of Art. Since then, he has gained considerable recognition as a photographer, illustrator and fine artist, with his work appearing in periodical such as the Wall Street Journal, Esquire, New York Magazine and Paris Match, as well as noteworthy books including "Family of Children," (Grosset and Dunlap), and "The Art of Mickey Mouse" (Hyperon), and many others in the US and abroad. Currently, he publishes and serves as editor-in-chief of the online magazine Resolve40.com, which offers readers a lifestyle view of the art community.

Statement “barcodes...

The brush touches the canvas.

A gesture with body and brush, becomes a stroke.

The stroke leaves a mark on the canvas.

You respond, and that response is the gesture

that started with a touch.

In 1945, Marsh painted the beach at Coney Island. His narrative line, running through the piles of people, touched the culture of his New York. In 2006 the narrative line of our urban landscape is graffiti, and it touches our language as well. From these lines, these movements, past and present, my new strokes and colors were born.

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Note: On March 13, 2006 I mounted
Barcodes and other self-portraits an
exhibition with the intention of telling
my story, about the abstract world of
barcodes in gestures. In looking a
round, I found I had also created a
wonderful a gallery of phrases all
talking about color.

With this I am always amazed at the
process and its outcome... This is what
makes the visual adventure so rewarding.