California Artist Marques Vickers specializes in Figurative Contemporary Abstract Paintings, Mixed Media Full Bodied Figures, life size Iconic Totem and Neo-Archetype sculptures incorporating steel, wood and colorfully sealed surfaces. His work is inspired by Henry Moore, Jean Arp, Alberto Giacometti, Robert Arneson, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliveira, George Segal, Concha Benedito and Constantin Brancusi for international art collectors, corporate facility managers, the hospitality industry and municipal public art sites.

WHY A VISUAL ARTIST

Behind every piece of original artwork is ultimately an artist. What differentiates and defines most artists is their compulsive obsession to create and express. Expression may defy popular design, opinion and logic. Artists create their own conceptual worlds, which their creations validate.

The lucid fragments of imagery that define personal inspiration are products of an insatiable search for answers…a restlessness to understand the eternals of existence.

I sculpt forms. I paint imagery. I examine life and ultimately myself amidst each cyclical evolution. My initial visual creations emerged when I was thirty-eight. It is a marvel that an individual discovers their internal vision at any age, their artistic voice during their ascension to middle age. Whereas many cultivate an eye or appreciation towards aesthetic composition at an early age, that passion may lie embedded and dormant through the raging insecurities of adolescence and early adulthood.

Over time, the inner voice, subdued as a whisper, swells until the decibel level of the impulse is impossible to ignore. Regardless at what point of entry, the journey on the creative path becomes irreversible and lifelong.

Artists are born, not taught. Technique may be learned, draftsmanship can be perfected, but inspiration remains the miracle of daily rebirth and viewing life through ones unique prism. This is why I remain an artist.

MY BOOKS

HOW AN ARTIST VIEWS HIMSELF

HOW AN ARTIST VIEWS HIS FAMILY AND RELATIONS

ABOUT THE ARTIST
	WHY A VISUAL ARTIST Behind every piece of original artwork is ultimately an artist. What differentiates and defines most artists is their compulsive obsession to create and express. Expression may defy popular design, opinion and logic. Artists create their own conceptual worlds, which their creations validate. The lucid fragments of imagery that define personal inspiration are products of an insatiable search for answers…a restlessness to understand the eternals of existence. I sculpt forms. I paint imagery. I examine life and ultimately myself amidst each cyclical evolution. My initial visual creations emerged when I was thirty-eight. It is a marvel that an individual discovers their internal vision at any age, their artistic voice during their ascension to middle age. Whereas many cultivate an eye or appreciation towards aesthetic composition at an early age, that passion may lie embedded and dormant through the raging insecurities of adolescence and early adulthood. Over time, the inner voice, subdued as a whisper, swells until the decibel level of the impulse is impossible to ignore. Regardless at what point of entry, the journey on the creative path becomes irreversible and lifelong. Artists are born, not taught. Technique may be learned, draftsmanship can be perfected, but inspiration remains the miracle of daily rebirth and viewing life through ones unique prism. This is why I remain an artist. MY BOOKS HOW AN ARTIST VIEWS HIMSELF HOW AN ARTIST VIEWS HIS FAMILY AND RELATIONS