Mark has
been creating art for the past fifteen years, and has had his paper cuttings displayed in Japan, China, Chicago, and
many locations throughout Southern Ontario. He was introduced to the art form
by Yasuyuki Okamura in April, 2004 during a trip to Japan. Mr. Okamura is a kiri-e artist and teacher (kiri-e is a Japanese method of paper
cutting), who taught Mark the basics of this art form, and has continued
teaching him during subsequent visits. For the past ten years Mark has been
focusing on kiri-e, and having been
to Japan several times, mostly creates works from pictures that he has taken
while there.