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Green Gallery for the Greenbelt Opens Sunday, August 2, 2026! This show features artwork where green takes center stage, and benefits the Greenbelt, the land trust that protects farmland, wildlife habitat, and scenic landscapes throughout Essex County, Massachusetts, ensuring free access to nature for all. For this show, I submitted a tiny framed painting from my […]
Hi there! I hope you’re having the sort of day where the light finds you! Thank you to everyone who took the time to check out the online auction supporting the Bookmark Project last month! The Bookmark Project auction raised almost £12,000 this year, which will go toward building a library for the Katiyo Primary School […]
Over the next couple of months, my artwork and I will be participating in some lovely fundraising events, and I’m excited to share the first of those with you today. A couple months ago through a photographer friend, I learned about The Bookmark Project. Founded in 2017, this online charity auction run by a Brownie group […]
Tisha Mark ©2025, Lighting the Dark, oil on linen, 20"x20" With textured oil paint, sunlight bursts through the edges of the quiet darkness that had enveloped the long night. My palette knife dances across the canvas, creating reflections and a sense of movement in the dark waters. What will the light reveal? When I painted Lighting […]
Tisha Mark ©2025, Into the Calm, oil on linen, 14"x11" *Content warning: some discussion of anxiety. If you’ve been following my art journey for a while, you might remember my Breathe series that I started painting in 2023, a small series of monochromatic abstract-leaning paintings that I created in response to my personal experiences dealing with […]
Tisha Mark ©2025, We Met Along the Way, oil on cradled Gessobord, 14"x11" Hello friends!I have a new series of seascape paintings to share with you, and I thought some of you might like to get comfy with a cuppa and hear about how this series came to be. As you might know, I […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to get outside and do some plein air painting on some wonderful New England beaches!First up was Old Orchard Beach, Maine. I was there for Memorial Day Weekend for my son's baseball tournament. Although much of the weekend got rained out by a Nor'easter, I was treated to this beautiful […]
Tisha Mark ©2024, Wintry Seas No. 1, oil on linen, 20"x20" Continuing with my study of light and atmosphere, I incorporated seasonal light into my paintings in 2024, starting out the year with a special focus on larger seascape paintings. In Winter 2024, I immersed myself in times of rest, hibernation, and rejuvenation. Recharging creatively. Waking […]
©Tisha Mark Hello friends!Back in 2019, I started creating charcoal sketches on the pages of my old law dictionary as part of an Old Book Revival Project on Instagram. The idea was to take an old book, and create art within the pages of the book. Everyone approached their project differently, and the results were […]
Tisha Mark ©2024. Painting at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, MA. This summer has been all about the sea!Visits to the beach recharge my creativity. I feel like I can absorb the energy of the ocean, the light, and the atmosphere. That energy has been guiding my painting practice all summer. Although most of my painting […]
