Sam Marks
PAL Instructor since 2020
His practice seeks to explore, understand, and unpack mental health issues with compassion, humor, and whimsy.
About
Sam Marks uses printmaking, mixed-media painting, and drawing to cope with, depict, and share his personal experience living with anxiety. His practice seeks to explore, understand, and unpack mental health issues with compassion, humor, and whimsy. His hope is that others can identify with and gain a sense of relief from his body of work.
Raised in Mountain View, California and currently based in Portland, Oregon, Marks received a BFA in Printmaking from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2019.
His hobbies include: reading, ruminating, listening to jazz, hip/hop, and classic rock, hiking, and befriending dogs.
