SUBJECT ART
Artist: Mark Richard Beaulieu, American (1953 – )
Title: Sleep
Medium: airbrush acrylic on canvas
Size: 47” x 53.5”
Signature: verso “MARK BEAULIEU ”
Circa: 1976
Country of Origin: U.S.A.
Condition: good; colors are bold; paint is intact; canvas is intact
Description: horizontal format; contemporary photorealism; portrait of a sleeping woman; the model is Paula Nees
Media Description: Acrylic painting is a technique using liquid pigments bound by synthetic resin. Acrylic paints are fastdrying,
water soluble, and thick. Acrylic paints were introduced in the early twentieth century in Germany. Acrylic paints
became popular in the mid-twentieth century. An airbrush is a painting instrument that uses compressed air to apply a fine
spray of paint to onto a surface.
Subject Art was Subject Art was completed while Beaulieu was studying with Wayne Thiebaud. The painting was
exhibited at the University of California at Davis.
Mark Beaulieu studied at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX; University of California in Davis, CA, where he studied
under Wayne Thiebaud; and at the University of California in Irvine, CA.
The art of Mark Beaulieu is or has been exhibited in museums and galleries including but not necessarily limited to the
following:
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Beaulieu Studios, Escondido, CA
Corpus Christi Modern Art Museum, Corpus Christi, TX
Laurie Auditorium Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Lodi Winery, Lodi, CA
Municipal Gallery, Escondido, CA
Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Pasadena City College art gallery, Pasadena, CA
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX