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MATERIALS

Surfaces:

• stretchedcottoncanvas
  forlargeworks


• hardboardpanelprimed
  withacrylicgessofor
  smallerworks
  Oils:


• Winsor& Newton


• GamblinArtist’sOilColors
  Paintapplicators:


• RobertSimmonsSignet
  Chungkinghog-bristle
  brushes


• paletteknives


• PrincetonCatalystWedges


• ColourShapers


• inkbrayers
  Mediums:
  odorlessmineralspirits
  (tothinthepaint)

4 AsLaguëdescribesareassuchasroadsandlargeroofs,
hesometimesexaggeratesthecolorandtonalchangesin
ordertoincreasetherichnessandlightofthepainting.

5 NotethemultiplebrushesinLaguë’shand.Heuseslarge
flatsformostoftheworkbutturnstonarrowerbrushesfor
smallerelements.Oneofhisgreatestchallengesistoavoid
overworkingthepainting.

6 Workingtheentiresurface,Laguëusessmallstrokesto
keepthecolorvibrant.Themanipulationislivelybutnotover-
workedinthecompletedpaintingOverFrontStreet(oilon
canvas,72x96).

MEET THE ARTIST

Canadian artist Mark Laguë graduated from Concordia

University, in Montreal, with a degree in design. He then

worked for 13 years in the animation industry, dealing

mostly with background design. In his spare time he built

a reputation as a watercolorist. In 2000 he switched

to oil as his primary medium and, in 2002, elected to

become a full-time painter. His work has since been shown

widely in both juried exhibitions and art galleries. Rehs

Contemporary Galleries, in New York City, and the Marshall

GalleryofFineArt,inScottsdale,Ariz.,representhiswork.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT MARK LAGUË AT MARKLAGUE.COM.

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