Mark Arian

BIOGRAPHY

American born master artist Mark Missman first became aware of the transcendent power of art at age fourteen while viewing an original Rembrandt painting.

At age 21 he made a commitment to live the spiritual life of a monk and for the next eighteen years his artistic endeavors were nurtured by his spiritual order, as he was given abundant opportunities for advanced study and worldwide travel while devoting many hours a day to painting.

The paintings and drawings on this site, which the artist refers to as Poetic Realism, are the product of natural artistic talent, heartfelt passion, and more than fifty years of study and observation.

His formal training includes the Angelo Frudakis Academy of Classic Realism in Philadelphia, the Barnstone Studios in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a private art academy in Florence, Italy, and the La Jolla Atheneum and Watts Atelier in San Diego, California.

Museums, corporations, celebrities such as George Harrison and Michael Jackson, former Monarchs the Prince of Saudi Arabia and the Princess of Iran, as well as prominent art collectors in the USA and China have acquired Mark’s work.

Collections

George Harrison
Michael Jackson
The former Prince of Iran
The former Prince of Saudi Arabia
Prominent Industrialists in India & China
Actress Loni Anderson
Actress Tippi Hedron
Actor Earl Holliman

Exhibitions

New York, New York
Los Angeles, California
Chicago, Illinois
Las Vegas, Nevada
Miami, Florida
Reno, Nevada
Shanghai, China
Bombay, India
Saint Augustine, Florida
La Jolla, California
Paris, France
Key West, Florida
Laguna Beach, California

Museums & Installations

The Orange County Museum of Art
The Museum of the Americas
The Andrews Art Museum
The Art Gallery of South Australia
The Australian Museum
The Latino Art Museum
The MOCA Museum of Arkansas

The Palace of Gold, West Virginia – Referred to in the media as the “Taj Mahal of the West”

Wheeling Civic Center, Wheeling, West Virginia – Two twenty-foot murals