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Mark Gonzalez is a sixth generation Floridian artist. He was born in Tampa, FL. Gonzalez was educated at the University of Florida + University of South Florida & he is a self-taught artist.
A lifelong love for photography has led Mark to the current mixed media style of art he has developed; combining elements of photography + digitization; sketch, clip art, fractal geometry, collage & print to produce Gonzalez' signature style.
Following 25 years as an executive in the music & advertising industries, Gonzalez reached a mid-life crossroad where he felt it vital to re-evaluate his future dreams & goals. While visiting the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao Spain in 2007, Mark made the commitment to follow his love & passion for photography + art to a new level as an artist.
Thus commenced Mark’s journey, as he uploaded thousands of favorite photographs taken throughout his life; then teaching himself the art of digitization. These digitized photos have become pieces of the multi-layered, inner dimensional, surrealistic puzzles that is the work of Mark Gonzalez.
Gonzalez' art is defined within a complex interplay of explosive colors, kaleidoscopic psychedelic imagery & dense atmospheric textures converging into a visual experience deep in a deluge of exaggerated, redefined field of depth; where images dissolve and morph as they navigate, combine defining universal patters of the day.
His work is created in the ambiance of PhotoMorphs Studio in Tampa, FL where it is showered in over 30 multicolored LED lights, fueling the animation & life of Mark Gonzalez' unique work. Gonzalez strives to give viewers a compelling, striking, unexpected perspective of daily views; attempting to share the sense of a child seeing & perceiving a sight of new reality outside themselves for the first time.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
"Create Every Day! Art from the heart + soul can be seen & felt across the spirit of our universe + beyond all boundaries & borders of time. I hope the function and flow of my work provide you soul soothing happiness & light through my shared vision."
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