Mark A. Hierholzer, Colorist - Artist Biography

From childhood, I have had an interest in drawing and developed a portfolio of pencil and charcoal drawings from life by the time I was twelve. Thirteen years ago I began oil painting and have become a passionate and active impressionist oil painter. My subjects span a broad area of interests including figure painting, architecture, still life, landscapes and seascapes, with a special interest in fishing boats and water scenes.

I have lived in Richmond, Virginia, for 30 years and spend much of my “art time” at a second studio along the inner banks of North Carolina in Swan Quarter, a small fishing village that sits on Pamlico Sound (http://www.swanquarter.net).  Swan Quarter is surrounded by protected wildlife refuges like Lake Mattamuskeet (http://www.mattamuskeet.org) and pristine wetlands, and offers an endless array of stunning plein air landscape painting opportunities.

Impressionist Approach to Painting

In my art I reflect the work of both local and national artists with whom I have studied, including Portrait and Landscape Artist David Tanner (http://davidtannerfineart.com), Portrait and Landscape Artist John Silver (http://www.johnsilvergallery.com/silver.html), Impressionist Portrait and Landscape Artist Frederick Guess (http://www.fredrickguessstudio.com) and Impressionist Landscape and Portrait painters John Ebersberger (http://www.johnebersberger.com) and Camille Przewodek (http://www.przewodek.com/Przewodek/Home.html).

I am a student of the work and artistic approach of Claude Monet and the French Impressionists as taught by American Impressionists Charles Hawthorne and Henry Hensche (http://www.henryhenschefoundation.org) through the Cape School of Art in Provincetown MA (http://www.capeschoolofart.com).  I’ve been taught by or studied the work of a number of accomplished artists from that school including John Ebersberger, Camille Przewodek, Lois Griffel (http://loisgriffel.com), Susan Sarback (http://www.lightandcolor.com) and others.

Where to Find Me

Member the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, the Metro Richmond Artists Association and the North Carolina Arts Council. 
Visit me on facebook http://www.facebook.com/Mark.hierholzer.impressionist and Twitter @mhierholzer.


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