Mark Bailey was born in 1982 into a family of art appreciators who encouraged creativity. He began to draw at a young age and went on to attend the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Bailey”s paintings record his diverse surroundings in an abstracted, painterly fashion”from people he meets to ordinary things he sees around him. His cityscapes and urban interiors reproduce the glow and bustle of city life, while his portraits might suggest a compelling story behind every face.”