Artist Mara Light

Mara Light ~ American Artist was born in New York in 1970, and raised in Southern California from the age of three. She comes from a family of visual artists. “Painting seemed very natural to me since my early years growing up,” says Mara.

Mara's focus at the Art Center was conceptual art in the Fine Art department. She explored installations using nature as her medium of choice. Painting was in the background, as within the conceptual art boundaries, learning the critical and aesthetic understanding of painting and drawing for a distinct artistic vision, was not part of the curriculum. She did however fit in some drawing and a few painting classes, as, she began in the Illustration Department

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