auspicious

I've been called an outsider artist

self taught

  

Mark Doepker

Artist statement/bio

 

My imagination knows no bounds

it hears all sounds

covers all grounds

it pounds and resounds

taller than all mounds put together

My imagination is forever

you can never sever this indestructible lever

My imagination is strong like an ox

smart as a fox

thinks outside, inside, and is the "box"

It speeds, slows and stops all clocks

Knocks off your socks, mocks and shocks

hard as a rock

New kid, old kid, big kid on the block

at times it keeps me awake

I am no fake

Many things I make

give not take

I had my cake and ate it too

another and another I will bake

My imagination runs like a race car

darting left and right, accelerating, decelerating

With inconceivable might

Insight built in

as with all my kin

Made to win

ignoring it would be a sin

people see it and grin

My imagination is broad as the sky

I do not know why

harness it I try

When I do it sticks like glue

others have no clue

it is true, indeed the best brew

They think it can be controlled with a switch

but it's more like an itch

it must be scratched

if worn to thin it must be patched

Once unlatched it is unmatched

Unabated, G, PG, R, and X rated

any literary description would be understated

Ah yes, much elated to see the things it wants created

Unfaded, chrome plated, not castrated

To my imagination I am a slave

and will be to my grave

to face it I must be brave

  

EXHIBITS

Mitchell Community College(two person show)-Statesville NC 2014

RAW Arts Showcase-Nashville TN 2014

Cornelius Arts Center(group show)-Cornelius NC 2014

Culture Initiative Art Social(group show) Charlotte NC 2014

Nude Years Show(group show)-Delurk Gallery-Winston-Salem NC 2014

Facets(group show)-Twenty-Two-Charlotte NC 2013

Charlotte Artery(Tossed and Found)-Charlotte NC 2013

Birdsong Brewery(solo show)-Charlotte NC 2013

Begin Begin-Volume Lounge-Charlotte NC 2013

Facets(group show)-Twenty-Two-Charlotte NC 2012

Charlotte Seen Fashion Week, Recycleable designer-2012

Folk Devils, Moral Panics & Pinups (group show)-Charlotte NC 2012

Pura Vida Worldly Art (group show)-Charlotte NC 2012

Bizare Bazaar (group show)-Charlotte NC 2012

Culture Initiative 3 year Anniversary (groupshow)-Charlotte NC 2011

Let the Good Times Roll(group show)-Gallery 22, Charlotte NC 2011

Statesville Art Crawl(featured artist)-The 220 Cafe, Statesville NC 2011

Contrast (group show)-Baku Art Gallery, Charlotte NC 2011

Urban Stratum (group show)-Charlotte,NC 2010

Southend Gallery(solo exhibition)-Charlotte, NC 2010

Soiree-Mooresville, NC 2010

The Arthouse(solo exhibition)-Charlotte, NC 2009

Artworks on Main-Mooresville, NC 2009

Four Corners Framing Gallery(solo exhibition)-Mooresville, NC 2008

Studioworks 101-Charlotte, NC 2006

Banyan Gallery-Lansing, MI 2005-2006

Temple Club(solo exhibition)-Lansing, MI 2004

Artfest on the River-Williamston, MI 2004

Mootzie's Gallery-Owosso, MI 2004

Spiderhouse Gallery-Lansing, MI 2004

 

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