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About the Artist
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For nearly 20 years, Mark Mueller has been captivating viewers and collectors with his
life-like paintings of the natural world. Working primarily in acrylics,
he specializes in capturing the beauty of North American wildlife - especially birds of the east coast. Perhaps best known for his rendering of water, his meticulously
detailed paintings have gained him national recognition.
Mark was born on December 21, 1967 and grew up in Pompton Plains, New Jersey.
A self-taught artist, he began drawing and painting at a very young age. His love for
nature and the outdoors developed throughout his childhood, as was told by his drawings of birds and fish. It wasn't until his early twenties however that he would start
painting animals and nature professionally.
In 1990, he graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration. While in his senior year at Syracuse, he visited a wildlife art gallery
and was so inspired that he knew from that point he wanted to be a wildlife artist. He sold his first painting of a brown trout later that same year.
In 1994, Mark won the 1994-95 Nevada Duck Stamp Contest. Since then has placed in the top 10 of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest twice (5th Place, 1995; 6th Place, 1997).
His entry in the 1998 contest also placed in the top 25. He has also been a finalist in many other state Duck Stamp contests.
Mark is an associate member of the Society of Animal Artists. His painting "On the Rocks - Loon" was selected as part of the 46th SAA Annual Exhibition in Bennington Vermont.
His most recent accolade was the $)A!0People$)A!/s Choice Award$)A!1 at the 2007 New Jersey State Fair for his painting $)A!0Fishing Pier - Pelican$)A!1. Also, his painting $)A!0Splash of
Color - Brook Trout$)A!1 graces the cover of the May/June 2008 issue of Gray$)A!/s Sporting Journal magazine.
Mark currently lives in Ogdensburg, New Jersey with his wife and three sons. When he isn't behind the easel, he enjoys spending time with his family and teaching his sons about wildlife, nature and fishing.
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