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Biographical Details:
A native of southern California, Marc Byron Whitney was born in 1955. He initiated his art studies at the Laguna Beach School of Fine Art, California (now the Laguna College of Art & Design, 1970-1983) and then went on to attend the Frudakis Academy of Fine Arts, Pennsylvania (1983-1987), the University of Arts (1990) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts/PAFA (1987-1991), all in Philadelphia.
A native of California, Whitney was born to pursue the tradition of painting, yet began his formal art education at age 14, when he received a summer scholarship to what is now the Laguna College of Art & Design, in Laguna Beach, California. Inspired by both the integrity and emotion inherent in realism, he went on to invest a decade in intensive classical training at the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Since his return to California, both collectors and artists have acknowledged him as one of the regions most talented painters of the Classical Realist Tradition. His paintings now hang in numerous permanent and private collections worldwide.
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Influences:
The paintings of Marc Whitney capture the private, visual experience that define our daily lives and validate the moments that matter; a morning cup of coffee, the rumpled sheets across a bed, a simple vase of flowers on a table. Marc considers his paintings to be poetic.
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Awards:
EXHIBITIONS: Whitney Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 1992-current; Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA, 1993-2006; Orange County Philharmonic House of Design, CA, 2003; San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, 1993; The Oaks Classic, Spring & Fall, 1993 & 1992; One Man Show, The Market Place, Irvine, CA, 1992; Stary Sheets First Annual Fine Art Festival, Irvine, CA, 1992; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Cression Show, 1991 & 1990; Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, 1987 & 1986; New York Art Expo, NY, 1986; Christies Contemporary, New York, NY, 1986; Woodmeert Art Museum, NJ, 1985.
AWARDS: Blossom ~ Art of Flowers National Museum Tour, 2007-2009; Honorable Mention, Laguna Plein Air Invitational, 2001; Pearson Prize, PAFA, 1991; Philadelphia Watercolor Prize, PAFA; 1991
Thouron Prize, PAFA, 1991; Louis Fine Prize Special Notice, PAFA, 1990; Benjamin West Special Notice, PAFA, 1990; Morris Blackburn Landscape Prize, PAFA, 1990; Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Annual Board Award, 1989 & 1985; Merit Scholar, National Sculpture Society, 1984; Second Place, Costa Mesa 7th Annual Fine Arts Show, 1983; First Place, Geizel Award, Philadelphia Watercolor Show, 1983.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS: Atlantic Richfield Company, PA; Bayside Properties, CA; Casa Pacifica (Western White House), CA; Cindy Crawford, CA; The Franklin Mint, PA; Senator Bill Gray, Washington, DC; Shawn Green, CA; Lasalle Art Museum, PA; Jason Marshall, MN; RCA, NJ; Servex Corporation, CA, IL; Joan Irvine Smith, CA.
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Education:
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts/PAFA (1987-1991), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. University of Arts (1990), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Frudakis Academy of Fine Arts (1983-1987), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Laguna Beach School of Fine Art, California (now the Laguna College of Art & Design, 1970 1983), Laguna Beach, California.
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