Mark Green Art

Mark Green Art Painter, Photographer, and Designer. Using my original artwork as prints for Clothing, Accessories, and Home Goods. I am also a dedicated Father and Husband.

I enjoy Commission work with others to bring their ideas and art into form in this manner as well. I enjoy Gardening, Cooking, DND, Board Games, Karate, Bowling, and long walks on the beach. Kidding aside I love to be in Nature, I feel at home in the Forest. I spend a lot of time pondering Philosophy and Existence so metaphysical conversations are welcome.

I've been showing up differently lately. And people have been showing up differently back.The engagement has been real i...
06/06/2026

I've been showing up differently lately. And people have been showing up differently back.

The engagement has been real in a way I didn't fully anticipate. Not just likes and kind words... actual conversations. People weighing in on how to hang a series on the wall, brainstorming ideas for things we can actually make happen together, and putting up with me blathering about backend organizational stuff... because I know I can go on and on when it comes to building a system.

I tend to keep a controlled exterior. People usually think I have my ducks in a row. I could see how one might think I manage pretty well overall... but my ducks aren't even all in the same room.

What's shifted is that I've stopped trying to hide that in what I share. One series follows the roller coaster most people know but don't always name. It moves through the peaks and troughs of feeling completely stuck, struggling to keep moving, finding a real breakthrough, and finally having space to breathe and wander again. The other traces what happens when plans keep meeting reality and falling apart anyway. Both came from living those things, not just observing them. Less focused on perfecting the approach and more focused on what's actually real. That's where the growth happened.

I'm looking forward to sharing these pieces and their stories with more people. And continuing this into the next series. Exploring other ranges of emotions without worrying so much about having it all figured out first.

Because I think there are a lot of people carrying things quietly. Appearing fine. Managing. Ducks all over the place... some might even be geese. And if something here helps someone look inward, or recognize what someone close to them might be going through, or just feel like they don't have to pretend everything's together all the time... that's worth more than a perfect and polished version of myself being portrayed.

When people see the work I want it to be a reminder that going through hard times and having your plans disrupted... that's a given. That's just life. The cycle doesn't stop. What matters is how you move through it. You have a choice in that. Willpower is real — and when you're aware enough to see what's happening, you can act on it. Even when it seems impossible. The struggle doesn't mean you're failing... it means you're working at it. And you don't have to pretend it's fine or face it alone. Give yourself some credit. In my shoes that's one of the hardest things for me to do.

I'm glad I have great friends and family that support me. This photo of my family sits at my desk in the studio. They remind me that it's all relative. Paying attention and trying are more important than any benchmark. Don't brush off those who love and support you.

If any of this is landing for you, I'd love to hear it. Leave a comment or send me a message.

Nothing to do locally you say? Well I've been building out some studio events and want your input before I set any dates...
06/03/2026

Nothing to do locally you say? Well I've been building out some studio events and want your input before I set any dates.

I got 21 questions... and they all about us 😂

The idea is simple. Come in, decompress, make something or just hang out and watch... experience freedom for a while. No pressure. Just a room set up for whatever kind of creative you are or want to experiment being.

Think of it less like a class and more like being invited into someone's creative den and told to make yourself at home.

Coffee, tea, cold drinks and snacks on hand... or we go full afternoon or evening of it and order out.

What gets you excited enough to go out on an adventure? Painting. Photography. Digital design. Making music. Watching it all happen while something good plays on a big screen. There's no wrong answer... I want to know what sounds fun to you.

Pour and Sip is on the list.
So is a session to design something wearable with a new or old creation.
Perhaps a still life setup ready for you, or one we put together show-and-tell style, for painters and photographers alike.
Even thought about a DDR night, because why wouldn't we.
Got a few other ideas ruminating if you want more examples.

Same open options for the vibe. Some people want loud EDM and energy. Some want quiet jazz and space to think. Both are valid. Both are possible.

Then there's the setup... do you have your own gear, or would you want to use mine? Would you come solo, bring a friend, roll in with a group, or just hang out while someone else takes the wheel?

Leave a comment or send me a message. Tell me what sounds interesting and tag a friend who might want in on this too.

Wander is living up to its name.I’ll share the link to the story behind this piece in the comments, but this post isn’t ...
06/02/2026

Wander is living up to its name.

I’ll share the link to the story behind this piece in the comments, but this post isn’t about where it started.

It's about where it’s going.

Over the last little stretch, I’ve had the chance to send out a few signed and framed prints of Wander. Two as part of the giveaway, and others because people connected with it enough to want one for themselves.

And honestly, this part is exciting to me.

The printing.
The signing.
The framing.
The tissue paper.
The bubble wrap.
The extra little checks to make sure it’s protected and ready to travel.

It might sound tedious, but I like paying attention to the details... and, more importantly, I want each piece to arrive safely and feel special when it gets there.

Because by the time someone opens it, I don’t want it to feel like they just ordered a picture.

It should feel more like opening a present from a friend.

Something that looks better in your hands than it ever could on a screen.

Something that feels like it was meant to be there.

One giveaway print has already been delivered, and today another is heading out along with an unframed version of it.

Now I just get to picture that next little moment when the box gets opened.

The original Wander hasn’t left its home in the studio yet, if it’s been quietly calling to you.

We used to do this all the time. Now when it happens it means something different.We had nothing planned for Memorial Da...
06/01/2026

We used to do this all the time. Now when it happens it means something different.

We had nothing planned for Memorial Day. Then as it often does, things changed. Now we had people coming over and of course, I got excited about grilled food. So I went out and grabbed what we needed, and more to add to what they were bringing. More options, more fun. That's just how my brain works.

It's always chaotic before people arrive. Cleaning things that should've been handled long before. Running out for food and drinks last minute. Once people start showing up it doesn't slow down... getting plates, napkins and utensils. Pans for the food off the grill. Keeping the kids entertained while they run wild. Especially indoors when they are with me and the other adults go outside... we turn on the party lights and change the music to their requests. Then we spent time outside scooting in the streets.

So much going on that I didn't even really find time to take pictures. But I think you get the idea.

Mandi's been running the grill lately. I move between inside and outside, keeping an eye on the kids, talking to whoever needs talking to. This time it was mostly just hanging out with the kids. I don't usually eat much or feel like I've landed until later in the evening.

I wait for that window at the end... when things quiet down and we can have a sigh of relief. I think back on all of it. The kids running around with people they love. Memories getting made without anyone trying to make them.

We used to host a lot. Mostly focused on our friends. It was great for that version of our lives. Now it's fewer and further between and somehow more important because of it. More family. More little ones. More chaos, but the good kind. The kind that hopefully sticks with them. So one day they're the ones firing up the grill and doing the same for people they love.

Worth every bit of the push to get there.

Also having a fridge full of easy, delicious options for the rest of the week doesn't hurt... especially when life rarely slows down.

I've never been chasing anything. I just like to keep moving. That worked fine until the list stopped being just mine.Wh...
05/31/2026

I've never been chasing anything. I just like to keep moving. That worked fine until the list stopped being just mine.

When you have kids the equation changes. You want to be there for each of them. For your extended family when they need you. For your partner. For your work. For yourself. Even without half of that, life gets busy. And there's only so much of you. So you do what you can, when you can — if you can allow yourself to let go of everything you couldn't get to.

The list never empties. It grows about as fast as you can shrink it. Something comes off, something gets added. Somewhere buried in it is probably something important you forgot. It still bothers me — but life goes on.

I've learned recently that the goal isn't to finish it. It's to find a flow that keeps it moving without breaking you in the process.

That's where the break comes in. Even when you don't have time for a long one, a few minutes to breathe won't cost you ground. Just enough to step out of the frantic feeling that everything is equally urgent — because it isn't. The break doesn't touch the list. But it turns the noise down long enough to hear what actually matters most right now.

The list will still be there when you come back. It always is.

Take enough breaks to stay functional. Make them count — outside, quiet, something small that reminds you that you're a person and not just a machine working through a queue. Then come back and do what you can.

And when you do come back, you'll likely find you're not just more relaxed — you're more productive too. The reset does more work than the push ever did.

I've learned the expectation of finishing was never realistic. If you can accept that and stop holding yourself to an impossible standard, everything gets a little lighter.

Every time I made a plan for this piece, life rearranged it.I taped it. Stepped away. Painted a little. By the time I ca...
05/30/2026

Every time I made a plan for this piece, life rearranged it.

I taped it. Stepped away. Painted a little. By the time I came back I had to mentally untangle which layer of tape was on top of which — what was underneath, what would pull away, what was actually still there. Every return felt like solving a puzzle before I could even start painting again.

That was fitting. Because that's exactly how everything around making it felt.

I started this series intending to push straight through. That wasn't happening. I skipped the second piece entirely and came back to it later — which, looking back, happened to be an accurate reflection of how things were going despite my initial intent.

The waiting kept this one constantly on my mind. I'd work out what I was going to do with it on the drive somewhere, watching my kids, and especially while laying in bed instead of getting the much needed sleep. Then enough time would pass that a better idea replaced it. Or I'd forget because I hadn't written anything down.

In the piece, the plans that were mostly holding together for the one before this are now harder to recognize. The geometry is falling apart. The pour underneath is fighting back through. There's a spiral built into it — originally meant as the lead into full chaos in the next piece.

But I've been sitting with that spiral since I finished it.

A spiral doesn't only go down. It depends on which direction you're moving. That's the part of this series I didn't fully see when I started it. It's not a straight line from order to chaos. You slide back and forth based on how you respond to what happens. Things fall apart, you fight back, you make ground, something else shifts.
The spiral can be a descent or a climb. Sometimes both in the same week.

I was happy with how it turned out. Not because everything went as planned — a great deal did not. But I learned a lot. And pushed through the difficulty. It reminded me that you can always move in either direction, no matter how far things have slipped.

If any of this sounds familiar, I'd love to hear it. We don't always see what someone else is carrying from the outside. But knowing you're not the only one being pulled in every direction — not the only one whose plans keep getting rearranged — that matters. It helps.

Entropy is on display this weekend only at the FASST member show at JWCC — today noon to 5 and Sunday noon to 5. After that it comes back to my studio. Come see it in person, or reach out if something here landed.

I had a plan for how this series was going to hang before I really sat down with it.After I'd painted a few and walked p...
05/29/2026

I had a plan for how this series was going to hang before I really sat down with it.

After I'd painted a few and walked people through where it was going, they came back with some interesting ideas I hadn't considered. So I decided to actually look at what I made before locking anything in. The series is called Order to Chaos for a reason.

So here it is. Six options, labeled A through F — different orientations, different ways the gradient moves across the wall. The photos show exactly what each looks like.

Drop your pick in the comments and you'll get a free 5x7 print of your favorite piece — stop by the studio anytime to claim it, or I'll send it your way if you're not local.

I'll be at JWCC this Friday 6-8 for the FASST member show and in my studio Saturday 12-5 during the open house. Available by appointment as well if those times don't work.

One note — yesterday's post included an experiment piece that isn't part of the final series, so what you're seeing here is a little different. And then there's the optional switcheroo...

Extra credit for those who scroll all the way through: photos G-L show the same six arrangements with a fifth piece included, to replace the fourth — a pure pour that wasn't part of the original plan, due to accidental portrait orientation instead of landscape, so I didn't go ahead with the next steps like I did with the others.

Does that matter? Maybe it completes the cycle regardless... or does it not belong? Does the arrangement change your answer? Weigh in and you'll get a 5x7 of each piece in the series.

Every time I get something figured out I have to go and change it up. Can't just run another pour and call it progress. ...
05/28/2026

Every time I get something figured out I have to go and change it up. Can't just run another pour and call it progress.

No matter what I'm working on or habit I'm stuck in, I need a new angle or it starts to feel like I'm going through the motions.

That's probably why I've never been great at accepting the way things are just because that's how they are.

I'm not trying to be difficult. I just want to know why. Why does it have to be done that way? Who decided? Did they consider other options? Are we still sure?

Because once you understand the why, you get a choice. Go with it because it actually makes sense to you. Or leave it because it doesn't apply to where you are.

That's very different from going along because that's just what you do.

Nobody has to do anything. I believe that. Not in a reckless way — I try to be a decent person. But "good" looks different depending on who you ask. So does "right." So does "correct." So does "success." These aren't fixed points. They're perspectives. And perspectives come from somewhere.

I'd rather play around with something first before locking into the accepted way of doing it. Start somewhere — a method, someone's approach — pull it apart and see what else it could be. Build something of my own, then see where it overlaps with what others found.

You can't argue someone into seeing things differently either. Two entrenched sides rarely meet in the middle — they just get louder. But a good metaphor, a painting, an image that makes you feel something — that opens a door without forcing anyone through it. The answer usually isn't on either side anyway. It's somewhere neither person thought to look.

Honor what came before. Have some fun with it. Then take it somewhere it hasn't been.

Its-a-me, Markio! Who says the kids get to have all the fun.It might've been a hot one out today, but we still went on s...
05/26/2026

Its-a-me, Markio! Who says the kids get to have all the fun.

It might've been a hot one out today, but we still went on some adventures.

Lately Mandi and I have been on a routine. She gets day to take care of business, and I get night.

Now that the weathers nice I'm enjoying as much adventures as I can with the kids. Plus it encourages naps that aren't too late lol.

Today started slow to get out of the house, but we made it.

Started with a loose plan to go to Glendale Park, to give Mina a nice track for her scooter.

As it often does, plans changed.

She asked what Nana was doing.

So we called Grandma and Grandpa and stopped there first.

After a while she was still ready for a park. And I was happy to continue to tire them out.

So round 2 we went to our usual haunt.

I joined them in the tubes for a bit to get out of the sun.

Why just supervise when you can play too?

Gotta try and stay young somehow!

The Brown gene does not mess around.I was spending the morning with Mina and Kyler — the usual routine of keeping little...
05/24/2026

The Brown gene does not mess around.

I was spending the morning with Mina and Kyler — the usual routine of keeping little minds moving, keeping them entertained, keeping the chaos somewhere in the productive range.

I asked Mandi if she had any photos from when she was pregnant or when Zayden was little. Ones I might not already have.

She went and looked.

Came back with actual printed photographs. From a disposable camera.

Only fourteen years ago. Somehow that's already ancient.

Same face. Same hair. With just the hint of a smile that could match Kyler's in taking over a room.

I thought about when Zayden was right around where Kyler is now. I used to catch him hiding under the table long after bedtime.

We'd exchange glances and stifled giggles while I was hanging out with Mandi. She would rarely notice.

I never told.

Some things are better as secrets.

I should put these on a wall together.

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