Mark Preston

Artist Photo - Mark Preston

Artist Photo – Mark Preston

Name:
Mark Preston (1960 – )
Gender:
Male
Style:
Tlingit
Region:
Pacific Northwest Coast, Canada


Mark Preston (Tenna-Tsa-Teh) is an aboriginal artist from Dawson City, Yukon. He is of Tlingit and Irish ancestry and presently resides in the Yukon.

Mark Preston learned about his Tlingit ancestry through family and school study. Initially, he began studying art through European masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, but later discovered northwest coast native artists such as Bill Reid, Robert Davidson and Roy Vickers.

He cites Mark Rothko and Jack Bush as influences in his more recent aboriginal paintings and artworks which transcend the traditional Tlingit native art form and move him closer into the abstract and contemporary realm.

Mark has studied various mediums in paper, cloth, wood, metals, stone and glass. He studied silver carving with well-known master jeweler and carver Phil Janze (Gitskan Nation) at Hazelton, BC.

“When I think about what art is, it is more than illustration or objects to be doted over. Art is the magic, the glue that binds us all together. It is the language that transcends its forms.”

Art Work

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    'A Delicate Balance' by Mark Preston

    A Delicate Balance

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    2007
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    'Ancient Songs' by Mark Preston

    Ancient Songs

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    2011
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    'Harmony' by Mark Preston

    Harmony

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    2007
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    'Salmon People' by Mark Preston

    Salmon People

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    2007
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    'Sandpiper' by Mark Preston

    Sandpiper

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    2008
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    'Sands of Time' by Mark Preston

    Sands of Time

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    2009
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    'South Winds' by Mark Preston

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    2009
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    Welcoming by Mark Preston

    Welcoming

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    2007