After many months of studying and testing new techinques, I am enormously proud to announce the creation of our newest portrait work, The Brandes Masterpiece Painting.


Hundreds of years ago, artists relied on chemists to provide them with the elements they needed to carefully mix and then grind into paint. Preparing these materials was no doubt an arduous, unreliable task. Now, of course, paints are easily available. The painter from the 17th century would be astonished to see them at local art stores.

Once again, the simple tools of paint and brushes have undergone a transformation that is completely changing how artists produce their work. Because of this modern day Renaissance, I have found a way to refine the elegance and beauty of my portraits as never before thought possible.

These beautiful works of art are a marriage of photography and painting, created in the camera, painted digitally and finished on the canvas finished with rich artists glazes. This marriage of photography and painting combines the perfection of realism with the subtle, time-tested beauty of oil painting.

We invite you to experience for yourself the joy of having your own Brandes Painting created, either in your own home, or at our studio in Westlake Village, California. You can see them at our studio, at The Oaks Mall, and on-line at an all-new web site, markbrandes.com.

Hurry, there may still be time to have your Brandes Painting commissioned before the holidays