Mark Sarmel

In art as well as in life the following things are important to me: honesty, passion and a sense of humor. I can often be found daydreaming. I am most comfortable with good friends, good drinks and good food. I stay up late.

Red Bull House of Art

I’ll be participating in the first ever Red Bull House of Art in Detroit. The show opens tomorrow at 6pm and runs through till 11. I’ll have 17 pieces in the show including 6 new paintings. There will also be a nice mix of limited edition silkscreen prints and digital prints.

If you can’t make the opening the gallery will be open the holiday weekend as well. Come see art by me Matt Gordon, Keri Mortimer,
Frank Jonas, Jeff Risk, Ben Saginaw, Crystal Vinson and Peter DeAngelo.

This is a diptych of sorts, but they can also stand on their own.The girl on the left wears a mickey mouse hat with a Japanese phrase that roughly means. “know yourself” taken from the Latin phrase “know thyself”. The girl on the right started as a sort of play on the Popeye character, but grew into something else. The Japanese on her eye patch says, “I am what I am” which is of course a reference to Popeye. These pieces are for an upcoming gallery show I have in Detroit at the Red Bull House of Art. The theme of this work is about Japanese and English culture and how much we borrow from each other and how that influences our lives.

This is a diptych of sorts, but they can also stand on their own.

The girl on the left wears a mickey mouse hat with a Japanese phrase that roughly means. “know yourself” taken from the Latin phrase “know thyself”. The girl on the right started as a sort of play on the Popeye character, but grew into something else. The Japanese on her eye patch says, “I am what I am” which is of course a reference to Popeye.

These pieces are for an upcoming gallery show I have in Detroit at the Red Bull House of Art. The theme of this work is about Japanese and English culture and how much we borrow from each other and how that influences our lives.

A pretty funny Sam Hiti story.

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CHECKERS

Motorcycle riders, super-heroes, gangsters. Whatever you want to call them these two ladies don’t take no guff. These will be arriving as two separate 4 and 5 color 9”x25” limited edition silkscreen prints soon. Message me if you’re interested.

Motorcycle riders, super-heroes, gangsters. Whatever you want to call them these two ladies don’t take no guff.

These will be arriving as two separate 4 and 5 color 9”x25” limited edition silkscreen prints soon. Message me if you’re interested.

Origami Cat Pocket Square.

Origami Cat Pocket Square.

The Maneki Neko Petting Zoo

The Maneki Neko Petting Zoo

Moshi Moshi!

Moshi Moshi!

Went back into another older piece that was more of a sketch and finished it up.

Went back into another older piece that was more of a sketch and finished it up.