Mark Liebowitz
I was born on the
fourth of July, six years after the war,
when America was just about to enter the
Eisenhower years. I am a boomer, through
and through, raised on TV and the space
race. College allowed me to discover the
world of art for myself, I took hold of
it and I continue to clutch it tightly
and lovingly to this day with both
hands. I first learned from Albinus
Elskus, he taught glazing and painting
and a little etching.
I worked for 4 years at The Lamb
Studios, serving at times, as both
foreman and apprentice. It was there
that I found the road on which I would
travel. I surely didn’t know where that
would lead me, but I went
enthusiastically down the path. At Lamb,
I found the first artist that I
developed a relationship with as
fabricator. The work we did together has
become the model for the direction I
have taken my own studio.
I have described the collaborative
process between an artist and myself,
and by extension, my studio, as a “love
affair. “ There is much in common---
maybe key to both is the act of
listening. Doing business as Wilmark
Studios, I have had the incredible good
fortune to practice my trade for 26
years and I have fallen in love over and
over again.