Mark Hemleben captures the intensity in
> his plein air oils, documenting the change of light and the dance of
> shadows and colors. “Its vibrancy and harmony and splendor are what
> inspires me to capture the abundance of life and energy, the constant
> change of light and season.”
>
> Hemleben paints with energetic emotion. With a well controlled stroke
> he translates onto canvas a feeling of life. Dynamic and hypnotic, his
> paintings constantly capture you and reveal more, drawing you in when
> suddenly you see them in a new light or from a different angle,
> revealing poetically in rich color a landscape rarely treasured with
> the naked eye.
>
> From working on a grand scale with his art, as a mural artist for
> private and corporate locations around the states and Mexico, Hemleben
> has also traveled the world-when serving as a U.S. Marine-and on
> painting commissions and retreats.
>
> Mr. Hemleben is from Lafayette, Louisiana where he studied at
> Louisiana State University and then at Long Beach, CA where he lived
> in an Artist Colony and at one time taught history.
>
> Mark, a professional plein air landscape painter since 1996 is now
> living with his wife in Jerome and continues to grow “with each
> sunrise and sunset.”
>
> Mark was named “Best Local Artist” by the readers of the Verde Valley
> newspapers for 2006. ”