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        • October 2021: Symbiosis
        • November 2021: Cartoons
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        • April 2020: VAST: Spaces of the West
        • June 2020: Larger than Life
        • July 2020: Man's Best Friend
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        • August 2020: Abstract Invitational
        • September 2020: Mark Wigner
        • September 2020: Watercolor Exhibition
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  • Home
  • Exhibitions
    • 2023 Exhibitions >
      • January 2023: 21st Annual Art Matters Exhibit
      • February 2023: Anything Goes
      • March 2023: CCSD Student Show
    • 2023 Calls for Art >
      • General Exhibit Entry Form
      • Community Call for Art: Project Intersect
    • Past Exhibitions >
      • 2022 Exhibitions >
        • January 2022: AVA's 20th Annual Art Matters Exhibition
        • February 2022: Wyoming Textile Artists
        • February 2022: Inkteraction: Prints from BHSU
        • March 2022: CCSD Student Show
        • April 2022: Trees
        • May 2022: Behind Our Masks: A Featured Exhibition by Daniel Florin Tomiaga Lerwick
        • May 2022: Donated Art Pop Up-Show >
          • Donated Art Bid Sheet
        • June 2022: Mixed Media
        • June 2022: Embracing Imperfections by Irene Daly
        • June 2022: Propulsion by Rachael Anderson
        • July 2022: Drawing & Painting
        • August 2022: Less is More
        • August 2022: MINI 5x5 Auction
        • September 2022: Florence Alfano McEwin and Bart Fetz
        • October 2022: Edie Reno & Anugraha Norstegaard
        • November 2022: Loved Ones
        • November 2022: Watercolor Group
      • 2021 Exhibitions >
        • January 2021: AVA's 19th Annual Art Matters Exhibition
        • February 2021: Still Life Exhibition
        • February 2021: From Pen to Pencil
        • March 2021: CCSD Elementary Student Show
        • April 2021: Photography Exhibition
        • May 2021: CCSD Senior Student Show
        • June 2021: Mixed Media
        • July 2021: Drawing & Painting Exhibit
        • July 2021: Three Loose Screws
        • August 2021: Chasing Light
        • October 2021: Symbiosis
        • November 2021: Cartoons
      • 2020 Exhibits >
        • April 2020: VAST: Spaces of the West
        • June 2020: Larger than Life
        • July 2020: Man's Best Friend
        • July 2020: Drawing & Painting
        • August 2020: Abstract Invitational
        • September 2020: Mark Wigner
        • September 2020: Watercolor Exhibition
        • October 2020: Haunted
  • Artisan Market
    • Ceramics
    • Handcrafted Goods
    • Jewelry
    • Original Paintings
    • Photography & Prints
    • Stationery
    • Mixed Media
    • Textiles
  • Events
    • AVA's 21st Annual Art Matters Fundraiser >
      • Buy Tickets
      • Meet the Artists >
        • Rede Ballard
        • Karen Barton
        • Robert Bell
        • Andrew Call
        • Carol Foerster
        • Blanche Guernsey
        • Sarah Hunyadi
        • Elizabeth Kayl
        • Michael Kolitsky
        • Barbara Lunger-Switzenberg
        • Brooke Mack
        • Ryan Mack
        • Hannah Mooney
        • Stephanie Mummert
        • Eileen Nistler
        • Mark Paxton
        • Michael Plourde
        • Paul Prosinski
        • Stephanie Rose
        • William Schneider
        • Chessney Sevier
        • Joan Siem
        • Joan Sowada
        • Morgan Sullivan
        • Lyudmila Tomova
        • Nathan Trampe
        • Hannah U
        • Kate Ulam
        • Ledin Vauthier
        • Cindy Wageman
        • Breanna Whitlock
        • Ed Whitmore
        • Gregory Wilhelmi
      • View the Art
      • Event Information >
        • Travel Packages
      • Become a Sponsor
      • Art Matters with the Superheroes: Edition #21
  • Workshops
    • Register for Workshops
    • Propose a Workshop
    • Take our Programs Survey!
  • Members
    • Membership
    • Graduating CCSD Student Scholarship Information
    • Virtual Studio Tours
  • About Us
    • COVID-19 Response Plan
    • Annual Sponsors
    • Volunteer Applications
  • Donate
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Mark Paxton

Mark Paxton is a contemporary artist who is interested in the methods and techniques of oil painting. He is continuing to discover the possibilities involved in working with the medium. His paintings are the products of that ongoing investigation. Marks' work is a series of moments and their effects on him. Each image influences the next and is influenced by the last, filling in the pieces of a larger picture. For Mark, that picture is the human condition. His interests lie in the tragic and the mundane as well as the comic and beautiful. According to Mark, humans are a complex combination of emotions and consciousness and what they leave behind is just as complex. The things people make and think of as important now, become the antiquated relics of a bygone era. Painting allows Mark to occasionally get a glimpse of the puzzle and how the pieces may fit together. He says, "I get a peek of the picture on the box. Maybe that's why I never feel truly finished with a painting. I never really know when to stop. There always seems to be another piece out there."

Born:
Omaha, Nebraska, 1952

Education:
M.F.A. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 1984
B.A. Philosophy,  Bellevue University, Bellevue Nebraska.1980
B.F.A. Sculpture University of Nebraska, Omaha. 1979

Recent Exhibitions:
Current Exhibit: Solo Show: Tronies: Dahl Art Center. Rapid City, S.D.
Yellowstone Art Museum, Art Auction, Billings Montana, 2020-2021
Nicolaysen Art Auction 2020,  Best in Show.
Governor's Capitol Art Exhibit,  2020 Cheyenne WY.
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Picture
Babylon
Oil on Canvas
48" x 48" x 2"

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AVA Community Art Center

509 W. 2nd St.
Gillette, WY 82716
​(307) 682-9133


Hours of Operation:
10 - 5  Tuesday - Friday
10 - 4  Saturday
Closed  Sunday - Monday
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