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Mark Moore Fine Art proudly presents “Ben Weiner: Dad Bod,” featuring Weiner’s latest Diary drawings—vibrant, psychedelic abstractions made with ink and solutions of both prescription and recreational drugs. Each piece begins with expressive ink marks on chromatography paper, which dissolve into bursts of color when exposed to drug-infused solutions, echoing forensic tests and society’s obsession with chemical body enhancement.

Ben Weiner’s process is deeply personal, using leftover substances from his own life—marijuana, Tylenol, Vicodin, MDMA, mezcal—and medications from friends and family. These works transform into a visual and chemical diary, mapping shifting states of mind and body. Pieces like “April (My Face)” and “Groundhog Day” even use his grandfather’s prescriptions, exploring themes of care, memory, and mortality.

Some drawings feature pills embedded in the surface, adding sculptural depth—like Furosemide tablets for a heart condition in “Winter Sounds,” and Doxycycline from his son’s tick bite in “Ogunquit.”

Weiner’s Diary drawings are intimate, meditative, and rooted in Color Field painting, capturing the invisible labor of care and our growing chemical connections to our bodies.

View the exhibition: https://bit.ly/4

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“California Art: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation” is now on view at Coastline College Art Gallery, bringing together iconic and contemporary California voices—from Light and Space and abstract work to resin, surfboard, and surf-culture art.

See works by legends like Ed Ruscha, Billy Al Bengston, Mary Corse, David Hockney, Sam Francis, Ed Moses, and more, alongside Mark Moore Fine Art artists Robert Standish, Todd Hebert, Zemer Peled, and Feodor Voronov.

Curated by Billie Milam Weisman, this exhibition highlights the groundbreaking art movements that have shaped the Golden State from the 1960s to today.

📍 Coastline College Art Gallery
1515 Monrovia Ave., Newport Beach, CA 92663
📅 February 4 – March 20, 2026
🔗 More info: https://bit.ly/4kIcxGu

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Mark Moore Fine Art announces an exclusive Artsy online exhibition, debuting Lisa Stefanelli’s celebrated “Melee Paintings.” This exhibition showcases her works, created with automotive paint on panel, and highlights Stefanelli’s nuanced reflections on human relationships.

Lisa Stefanelli (American, born 1966) is a painter known for her work in hardline, linear abstraction. Her “Melee” series (1998-2015) is associated with her formative years as a competitive figure skater. Made with automotive paint on panel and drawing on a multitude of visual references, the paintings represent a conversation about the artist’s view of our relationships. They display both grace and complexity in their entanglements, trajectories, and occasional estrangements, and attempt to resolve the struggle that they depict and embody. In the 2010s, Stefanelli began a digital practice centered around concepts from the natural world. This work suggests that all human actions have natural origins.

Collectively titled “Melee Paintings”, Stefanelli’s linear paintings are retrospectively titled. While the artist has produced many other bodies of work—including photography and installation—these paintings form the foundation of her practice.

A ‘melee’ is chaos—just like the energetic lines in Stefanelli’s art. Her work celebrates the beauty found in confusion and clarity. #MeaningfulArt #ArtistThoughts

You can also access the full exhibition in advance via this link: https://bit.ly/4cif2gq 

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Jennifer Gunlock
Nesting Site #1, 2021
Mixed media paper collage and drawing on rag paper
40 x 26 in / 101.6 x 66 cm
COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON

Mark Moore Fine Art is proud to announce that the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has acquired two works by artist JENNIFER GUNLOCK for its permanent collection,”Crow’s Nest” (2016) and “Nesting Site #1” (2021).

Founded in 1900, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is the largest cultural institution in the region, with an encyclopedic collection especially renowned for pre-Columbian and African gold; Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture; 19th- and 20th-century art; photography; and Latin American art.

We are thrilled to see GUNLOCK’s work join this world-class collection.

More on these works: https://bit.ly/4r88ODV

Learn more about MFAH: https://www.mfah.org/

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Mark Moore Fine Art announces an exclusive Artsy online exhibition, debuting Lisa Stefanelli’s celebrated “Melee Paintings.” This exhibition showcases her works, created with automotive paint on panel, and highlights Stefanelli’s nuanced reflections on human relationships.

Lisa Stefanelli (American, born 1966) is a painter known for her work in hardline, linear abstraction. Her “Melee” series (1998-2015) is associated with her formative years as a competitive figure skater. Made with automotive paint on panel and drawing on a multitude of visual references, the paintings represent a conversation about the artist’s view of our relationships. They display both grace and complexity in their entanglements, trajectories, and occasional estrangements, and attempt to resolve the struggle that they depict and embody. In the 2010s, Stefanelli began a digital practice centered around concepts from the natural world. This work suggests that all human actions have natural origins.

Collectively titled “Melee Paintings”, Stefanelli’s linear paintings are retrospectively titled. While the artist has produced many other bodies of work—including photography and installation—these paintings form the foundation of her practice.

A ‘melee’ is chaos—just like the energetic lines in Stefanelli’s art. Her work celebrates the beauty found in confusion and clarity. #MeaningfulArt #ArtistThoughts

You can also access the full exhibition in advance via this link: https://bit.ly/4cif2gq 

#LisaStefanelli #MeleePaintings #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition #MarkMooreFineArt #ArtCollector #Painting #Artsy #NewYorkArtist #AbstractArt #FemaleArtist #ArtOnline #SupportArtists #ArtLovers #GalleryShow