A native of Illinois, He began his professional life as a graphic designer and art director in St. Louis, Missouri and later moved to Southern
California to further his design career. Although Schwartz’s career was successful, he wanted to pursue work of a more personally fulfilling
nature.

To reach these new goals Schwartz first attended life drawing classes at Associates in Art, in Sherman Oaks, California. He later studied at the
California Art Institute in Westlake Village, California, where he received extensive training in drawing and painting the human figure from
life. While studying with famed illustrator Glen Orbik, he was exposed to a new way of seeing in terms of shape, value and edge. After two
years of study at the California Art Institute, he was invited to become an instructor and taught there until the school closed in late 2014.

Mr. Schwartz has a great appreciation for realist artwork. He likes the challenge of combining accurate drawing and expressive brushwork. He
has studied and been influenced by painters from John Singer Sargent, to Anders Zorn, to Nicolai Fechin. Their influence on his work can be
seen ranging from subtle color harmonies to a variety of thick and thin paint application.

If one asks Schwartz what his favorite subjects are, he replies “figure and still life.” He qualifies this by saying no matter what the subject is,
all paintings are really about laying down shapes of color with a variety of edges. Everything can be broken down into these elements. Large
shape vs. small shape, light shape vs. dark shape, hard edge vs. soft edge.
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Mark Bradley Schwartz
UNTITLED
16" x 12" - Oil on Linen
JAPANESE SCREEN
14" x 11" - Oil on Linen
GRAY SEA
24" x 15" - Oil on Linen
FALL AT SACRE COUR
24" X 15" - Oil on Linen
NUDE - BACK VIEW
14" x 11" - Oil on Linen
NUDE IN REPOSE
14" x 19" - Graphite
THE SWAN
8" x 12" - Charcoal
LOOKING BACK
7" x 5" - Oil on Board
BLACK ROBE
13" x 11" - Oil on Linen
RECLINING NUDE 2
14" x 18" - Graphite
UNTITLED
7" x 5" - Oil on Board
STRING OF PEARLS
15" x 10" - Charcoal on Paper
UNTITLED
11" x 8" - Charcoal on Paper
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN
10" x 8" - Oil on Board
UNTITLED
16" x 12" - Oil on Board
I.V.
13" x 11" - Oil on Linen
TERRA ROSA PEARLS
8" x 6" - Oil on Linen
FAR FROM HOME
13" x 9" - Oil on LINEN
UNTITLED
12" x 10" - Charcoal
M.Y.
8" x 6" - Charcoal
Figure
Portrait
OFFERINGS TO THE BUDDHA
20" x 16" - Oil on Linen