Figurative Paintings

Two young children play an ill-advised game of gum stretching on the family couch in this charming composition by famed American illustrator, Leslie Thrasher. Painted towards the start of the Great Depression, Thrasher provided light-hearted images of the lives of everyday people to distract Americans from their troubles. These images appeared on the covers of Liberty Magazine, for whom he produced one cover illustration a week for six consecutive years. Born in 1889 in Piedmont, West Virginia, Thrasher studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager and received a scholarship to study art abroad in Paris. Upon his return, he began studying under Howard Pyle, known as the “father of American illustration.” Thrasher sold his first cover illustration to the Saturday Evening Post in 1912, four years before Norman Rockwell’s first Post cover, and he would go on to produce over 360 magazine covers throughout his career. He painted humorous, relatable scenes of life in America with colorful characters set against white backgrounds. He was also a successful commercial artist, painting advertisements for Cream of Wheat, Chesterfield Cigarettes...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 14.50" x 13.00;" Framed 23.75" x 21.75" The Subdivision, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18...

Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, November 12, 1927 "The Cave Man or the Cave Max?"

Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty Magazine Cover 3/31/28

Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, August 4, 1928

Date: 1931 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, October 17, 1931

Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty Magazine Cover, March 16, 1929

Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, September 24, 1927

Date: 1932 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 18.00" x 20.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right A New Year's themed cover painting by Leslie Thrasher for the January 9, 1932 edition of L...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Mark Acetelli's "Achilles" is a captivating original abstract figurative painting that beckons viewers into a realm of emotion and form. With a masterful command of abstract expressi...

Mark Acetelli's "The Muse" beckons viewers into a world of artistic contemplation through this mesmerizing original abstract figurative painting. Executed with a masterful command of...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s original oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and spontaneity, a lyrical abstraction of frenzied marks, many of which previously lay hidden, buried beneath strong layers of self-taught expression. Those truths, first obscured and then obvious, aim to engage the viewer, allowing them to explore their own interpretation. His figurative abstract artworks are represented by Artplex Gallery in Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including in London, New York, and Hong Kong. This figurative abstract original oil painting on canvas is 54 inches high by 36 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork and titled on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and international shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artplex Gallery is included. Mark Acetelli was born in Detroit into an artistic household. Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories were the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Growing up surrounded by his mother's work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist. Acetelli’s paintings are inspired by the intensely personal introspective journey of life, from the ever-changing complexities of love, loss, birth, and death. The context of his work he describes as, “Absence and Presence” pertaining to how someone or something can be physically gone, but the essence still remains. Capturing the physical mixed with spirituality on canvas. His application of paint is an extension of that thought process. He works by continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer, adding and subtracting. A visceral dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the emotion is expressed. Acetelli’s paintings may go through multiple incarnations with the past lying just beneath the surface, adding to its overall dimension and depth. In his work, Acetelli seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. He uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases with emotive bursts of color. Creating a world where imagination and reality come together. Acetelli’s works can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world, including Bill Withers, Lisa Colburn, Colburn School of Music, Raytheon Corp, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Michael Jordan, Stuart Beattie, Claire Forlani, Camryn Manheim, and Francine Maisler. EXHIBITIONS 2023 Solo show, “Mark Acetelli: Surface of a Dream”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2022 Brouhah Art. Country & Urban, Hong Kong 2022 There From Hear, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 2022 LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Morton Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA 2022 Bendix Night, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2017 Affordable Art Fair London, UK 2017 Art Palm Springs, CA 2017 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2016 Art Hamptons, NY 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2016 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair, TX 2013 Shadows and Light, Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013 Southside Art Gallery, Oxford, MS 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2012 Art Palm Beach, MW Galleries, Chicago 2012 Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, CA 2012 San Diego Fine Art Fair, Artspace Warehouse, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2012 David Perry Smith Gallery, Memphis, TN 2011 Art Hamptons Museum Works Gallery, Chicago 2011 Art Chicago, Museum Works Gallery, Chicago 2011 Art San Francisco Museum Works Galley Chicago 2011 Gallery 825, GEM Group Show, Los Angeles, CA 2011 Art Aspen, Museum Works Gallery, Chicago 2011 Art London, Museum Works Gallery, Chicago 2010 In Art Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2010 MW Galleries, Aspen, CO 2010 Gallery 9, Outside the Abstract, Culver City, CA 2010 The Art of Elysium, Pieces of Heaven, Los Angeles, CA Gallery 825, W. Hollywood, CA 2010 Los Angeles Art Association, GEM, W. Hollywood, CA 2010 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2010 Pipeline for a Cure, San Diego, CA 2009 Left Coast Galleries, Bulls...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and spontaneity, a lyrical abstraction of frenzied marks, many of which previously lay hidden, buried beneath strong layers of self-taught expression. Those truths, first obscured and then obvious, aim to engage the viewer, allowing them to explore their own interpretation. His figurative abstract artworks are represented by Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including London, New York, and Hong Kong. This original oil painting on canvas measures 40 inches high by 30 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork and titled on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and international shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the gallery is included. Mark Acetelli was born in Detroit into an artistic household. Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories were the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Growing up surrounded by his mother's work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist. Acetelli’s paintings are inspired by the intensely personal introspective journey of life, from the ever-changing complexities of love, loss, birth, and death. The context of his work he describes as, “Absence and Presence” pertaining to how someone or something can be physically gone, but the essence still remains. Capturing the physical mixed with spirituality on canvas. His application of paint is an extension of that thought process. He works by continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer, adding and subtracting. A visceral dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the emotion is expressed. Acetelli’s paintings may go through multiple incarnations with the past lying just beneath the surface, adding to its overall dimension and depth. In his work, Acetelli seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. He uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases with emotive bursts of color. Creating a world where imagination and reality come together. Acetelli’s works can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world, including Bill Withers, Lisa Colburn, Colburn School of Music, Raytheon Corp, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Michael Jordan, Stuart Beattie, Claire Forlani, Camryn Manheim, and Francine Maisler. EXHIBITIONS 2023 Solo show, “Mark Acetelli: Surface of a Dream”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2022 Brouhah Art. Country & Urban, Hong Kong 2022 There From Hear, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 2022 LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Morton Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA 2022 Bendix Night, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2017 Affordable Art Fair London, UK 2017 Art Palm Springs, CA 2017 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2016 Art Hamptons, NY 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2016 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair, TX 2013 Shadows and Light, Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013 Southside Art Gallery, Oxford, MS 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2012 Art Palm Beach, MW Galleries, Chicago 2012 Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, CA 2012 San Diego Fine Art Fair, Artspace Warehouse, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2012 David Perry Smith Gallery, Memphis, TN 2011 Art Hamptons Museum Works Gallery, Chicago 2011 Art Chicago, Museum Works Gallery, Chicago 2011 Art San Francisco Museum Works Galley Chicago 2011 Gallery 825, GEM Group Show, Los Angeles, CA 2011 Art Aspen, Museum Works Gallery, Chicago 2011 Art London, Museum Works Gallery, Chicago 2010 In Art Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2010 MW Galleries, Aspen, CO 2010 Gallery 9, Outside the Abstract, Culver City, CA 2010 The Art of Elysium, Pieces of Heaven, Los Angeles, CA Gallery 825, W. Hollywood, CA 2010 Los Angeles Art Association, GEM, W. Hollywood, CA 2010 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2010 Pipeline for a Cure, San Diego, CA 2009 Left Coast Galleries, Bulls...

A Salvation Army Santa looks on with a mixture of fatigue and disinterest as a group of children tell him their Christmas gift wish lists in this lighthearted composition by leading American illustrator Leslie Thrasher. This painting was created for the December 20, 1930 issue of Liberty Magazine, for which the artist illustrated covers on a weekly basis for six consecutive years. Thrasher is known for his scenes of everyday American life imbued with a sense of humor, qualities represented to great effect in this charming painting. Born in 1889 in Piedmont, West Virginia, Thrasher studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager and received a scholarship to study art abroad in Paris. Upon his return, he began studying under Howard Pyle, known as the “father of American illustration.” Thrasher sold his first cover illustration to the Saturday Evening Post in 1912, four years before Norman Rockwell’s first Post cover, and he would go on to produce over 360 magazine covers throughout his career. He painted humorous, relatable scenes of everyday life in America with colorful characters set against white backgrounds. He was also a successful commercial artist, painting advertisements for Cream of Wheat, Chesterfield Cigarettes...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and spontaneity, a lyrical abstraction of frenzied marks, many of which previously lay hidden, buried beneath strong layers of self-taught expression. Those truths, first obscured and then obvious, aim to engage the viewer, allowing them to explore their own interpretation. His figurative abstract artworks are represented by Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including London, New York, and Hong Kong. This original oil painting on canvas measures 14 inches high by 11 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork and titled on the back. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable U.S. and international shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artplex Gallery is included. Mark Acetelli was born in Detroit into an artistic household. Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories were the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Growing up surrounded by his mother's work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist. Acetelli’s paintings are inspired by the intensely personal introspective journey of life, from the ever-changing complexities of love, loss, birth, and death. The context of his work he describes as, “Absence and Presence” pertaining to how someone or something can be physically gone, but the essence still remains. Capturing the physical mixed with spirituality on canvas. His application of paint is an extension of that thought process. He works by continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer, adding and subtracting. A visceral dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the emotion is expressed. Acetelli’s paintings may go through multiple incarnations with the past lying just beneath the surface, adding to its overall dimension and depth. In his work, Acetelli seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. He uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases with emotive bursts of color. Creating a world where imagination and reality come together. Acetelli’s works can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world, including Bill Withers, Lisa Colburn, Colburn School of Music, Raytheon Corp, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Michael Jordan, Stuart Beattie, Claire Forlani, Camryn Manheim, and Francine Maisler. EXHIBITIONS 2023 Solo show, “Mark Acetelli: Surface of a Dream”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2022 Brouhah Art. Country & Urban, Hong Kong 2022 There From Hear, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 2022 LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Morton Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA 2022 Bendix Night, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2017 Affordable Art Fair London, UK 2017 Art Palm Springs, CA 2017 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2016 Art Hamptons, NY 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2016 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair, TX 2013 Shadows and Light, Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013 Southside Art Gallery, Oxford, MS 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2012 Art Palm Beach, MW Galleries, Chicago 2012 Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, CA 2012 San Diego Fine Art Fair, Artspace Warehouse, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2012 David Perry...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and spontaneity, a lyrical abstraction of frenzied marks, many of which previously lay hidden, buried beneath strong layers of self-taught expression. Those truths, first obscured and then obvious, aim to engage the viewer, allowing them to explore their own interpretation. His figurative abstract artworks are represented by Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including London, New York, and Hong Kong. This original oil painting on canvas measures 30 inches high by 24 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork and titled on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and international shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artplex Gallery is included. Mark Acetelli was born in Detroit into an artistic household. Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories were the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Growing up surrounded by his mother's work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist. Acetelli’s paintings are inspired by the intensely personal introspective journey of life, from the ever-changing complexities of love, loss, birth, and death. The context of his work he describes as, “Absence and Presence” pertaining to how someone or something can be physically gone, but the essence still remains. Capturing the physical mixed with spirituality on canvas. His application of paint is an extension of that thought process. He works by continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer, adding and subtracting. A visceral dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the emotion is expressed. Acetelli’s paintings may go through multiple incarnations with the past lying just beneath the surface, adding to its overall dimension and depth. In his work, Acetelli seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. He uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases with emotive bursts of color. Creating a world where imagination and reality come together. Acetelli’s works can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world, including Bill Withers, Lisa Colburn, Colburn School of Music, Raytheon Corp, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Michael Jordan, Stuart Beattie, Claire Forlani, Camryn Manheim, and Francine Maisler. EXHIBITIONS 2023 Solo show, “Mark Acetelli: Surface of a Dream”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2022 Brouhah Art. Country & Urban, Hong Kong 2022 There From Hear, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 2022 LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Morton Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA 2022 Bendix Night, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2017 Affordable Art Fair London, UK 2017 Art Palm Springs, CA 2017 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2016 Art Hamptons, NY 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2016 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair, TX 2013 Shadows and Light, Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013 Southside Art Gallery, Oxford, MS 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2012 Art Palm Beach, MW Galleries, Chicago 2012 Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, CA 2012 San Diego Fine Art Fair, Artspace Warehouse, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2012 David Perry...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and spontaneity, a lyrical abstraction of frenzied marks, many of which previously lay hidden, buried beneath strong layers of self-taught expression. Those truths, first obscured and then obvious, aim to engage the viewer, allowing them to explore their own interpretation. His figurative abstract artworks are represented by Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including London, New York, and Hong Kong. This original oil painting on canvas measures 40 inches high by 30 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork and titled on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and international shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artplex Gallery is included. Mark Acetelli was born in Detroit into an artistic household. Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories were the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Growing up surrounded by his mother's work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist. Acetelli’s paintings are inspired by the intensely personal introspective journey of life, from the ever-changing complexities of love, loss, birth, and death. The context of his work he describes as, “Absence and Presence” pertaining to how someone or something can be physically gone, but the essence still remains. Capturing the physical mixed with spirituality on canvas. His application of paint is an extension of that thought process. He works by continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer, adding and subtracting. A visceral dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the emotion is expressed. Acetelli’s paintings may go through multiple incarnations with the past lying just beneath the surface, adding to its overall dimension and depth. In his work, Acetelli seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. He uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases with emotive bursts of color. Creating a world where imagination and reality come together. Acetelli’s works can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world, including Bill Withers...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and spontaneity, a lyrical abstraction of frenzied marks, many of which previously lay hidden, buried beneath strong layers of self-taught expression. Those truths, first obscured and then obvious, aim to engage the viewer, allowing them to explore their own interpretation. His figurative abstract artworks are represented by Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including London, New York, and Hong Kong. This original oil painting on canvas measures 48 inches high by 36 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork and titled on the back. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and international shipping available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artplex Gallery is included. Mark Acetelli was born in Detroit into an artistic household. Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories were the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Growing up surrounded by his mother's work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist. Acetelli’s paintings are inspired by the intensely personal introspective journey of life, from the ever-changing complexities of love, loss, birth, and death. The context of his work he describes as, “Absence and Presence” pertaining to how someone or something can be physically gone, but the essence still remains. Capturing the physical mixed with spirituality on canvas. His application of paint is an extension of that thought process. He works by continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer, adding and subtracting. A visceral dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the emotion is expressed. Acetelli’s paintings may go through multiple incarnations with the past lying just beneath the surface, adding to its overall dimension and depth. In his work, Acetelli seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. He uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases with emotive bursts of color. Creating a world where imagination and reality come together. Acetelli’s works can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world, including Bill Withers, Lisa Colburn, Colburn School of Music, Raytheon Corp, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Michael Jordan, Stuart Beattie, Claire Forlani, Camryn Manheim, and Francine Maisler. EXHIBITIONS 2023 Solo show, “Mark Acetelli: Surface of a Dream”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2022 Brouhah Art. Country & Urban, Hong Kong 2022 There From Hear, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 2022 LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Morton Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA 2022 Bendix Night, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2017 Affordable Art Fair London, UK 2017 Art Palm Springs, CA 2017 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2016 Art Hamptons, NY 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2016 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair, TX 2013 Shadows and Light, Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013 Southside Art Gallery, Oxford, MS 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2012 Art Palm Beach, MW Galleries, Chicago 2012 Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, CA 2012 San Diego Fine Art Fair, Artspace Warehouse, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2012 David Perry...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and spontaneity, a lyrical abstraction of frenzied marks, many of which previously lay hidden, buried beneath strong layers of self-taught expression. Those truths, first obscured and then obvious, aim to engage the viewer, allowing them to explore their own interpretation. His figurative abstract artworks are represented by Artspace Warehouse in Los Angeles and have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including London, New York, and Hong Kong. This large original oil painting on canvas is 14 inches high by 11 inches wide. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of the artwork are painted and it does not require framing. It is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork and titled on the back. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable U.S. and international shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by Artplex Gallery is included. Mark Acetelli was born in Detroit into an artistic household. Mark’s mother herself was a painter and some of his earliest memories were the smell of turpentine and oil paints. Growing up surrounded by his mother's work, she inspired and encouraged him to become an artist. Acetelli’s paintings are inspired by the intensely personal introspective journey of life, from the ever-changing complexities of love, loss, birth, and death. The context of his work he describes as, “Absence and Presence” pertaining to how someone or something can be physically gone, but the essence still remains. Capturing the physical mixed with spirituality on canvas. His application of paint is an extension of that thought process. He works by continuously building up and tearing down, layer upon layer, adding and subtracting. A visceral dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the emotion is expressed. Acetelli’s paintings may go through multiple incarnations with the past lying just beneath the surface, adding to its overall dimension and depth. In his work, Acetelli seeks to evoke a feeling rather than depict a defined image. He uses primarily oils and encaustics to create thickly layered canvases with emotive bursts of color. Creating a world where imagination and reality come together. Acetelli’s works can be found in many private and corporate collections around the world, including Bill Withers, Lisa Colburn, Colburn School of Music, Raytheon Corp, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers, Michael Jordan, Stuart Beattie, Claire Forlani, Camryn Manheim, and Francine Maisler. EXHIBITIONS 2023 Solo show, “Mark Acetelli: Surface of a Dream”, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2022 Brouhah Art. Country & Urban, Hong Kong 2022 There From Hear, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA 2022 LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA 2022 Morton Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA 2022 Bendix Night, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA 2021 Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2020 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Art Palm Springs, CA 2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2017 Affordable Art Fair London, UK 2017 Art Palm Springs, CA 2017 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2016 Art Hamptons, NY 2016 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2016 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2016 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA 2015 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2014 Artspace Warehouse Los Angeles, CA 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair, TX 2013 Shadows and Light, Whole 9 Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013 Southside Art Gallery, Oxford, MS 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY 2012 Art Palm Beach, MW Galleries, Chicago 2012 Affordable Art Fair Los Angeles, CA 2012 San Diego Fine Art Fair, Artspace Warehouse, CA 2012 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA 2012 David Perry...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1912

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 17.50" x 16.00;" Framed 19.00" x 18.00" Liberty magazine cover, August 29, 1931.

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 20.00" x 16.00;" Framed 26.00" x 22.00" Liberty Magazine Cover, July 24, 1926

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Liberty magazine, January 26, 1929

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left January 27, 1934 Liberty Magazine Cover

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Liberty Magazine Cover, December 14, 1929

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty Magazine, May 23, 1931.

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 20.00" x 16.00;" Framed 26.00" x 22.00" September 18th, 1926 cover of Liberty Magazine

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Date: 1930s Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 16.00" x 13.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of Liberty magazine, March 28, 1931. Woman spanking ch...

Date: 1926 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: Framed 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Liberty Magazine Cover, December 11, 1926

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 9.75" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...

Date: 1929 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, February 16, 1929

Date: 1927 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Liberty Magazine Cover, December 3, 1927 "One Two- One Two- American Artist Label"

Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Cover, 5/12/28

Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right 5/5/28 "Everything is going to turn out Beautifully"

Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 15.00" x 12.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, October 13, 1928

Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Liberty Magazine Cover, April 12, 1930

Date: 1930 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 20.00" x 17.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right Heavy Going, Liberty Magazine Cover, January 19, 1930 Magazine Included