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Mark Cudney enjoys a close affinity to the countryside in which he has lived most of his adult life. Upon acreage in the hills of Western New York, he renovated a ninety six year old barn in which to reside and stay close to the land he loves. Its sense-of-place, the wildlife and people there, are the subjects and raw material for his paintings, essays and short stories.
“The best part of painting sporting scenes, landscapes and nature subjects is the field research; the time spent in the outdoors soaking up the experiences, gathering the raw material. The inspiration comes from love of place, the natural surroundings in which I find myself.”
Following a career as a commercial artist and illustrator, creating art for demanding clients such as Dunlop Sports, Remington Arms, Baush and Lomb, Fisher-Price, Kodak, Moog, Inc., Gannett Publishing, McGraw Hill Publishing, et al, Mark now paints and writes at his leisure. His art is in corporate and private collections and has appeared in Print Magazine, Sporting Classics Magazine, Gray’s Sporting Journal and most recently in Thc Conservator – Ducks Unlimited Canada. He has exhibited at the Cayuga museum of Art and the Arnot Art Museum. He has published an illustrated book of short stories entitled, “From the Clear Waters“ (the Luke McCullough Stories.”)
The Conservator Ducks Unlimited Canada
