Voices of Experience - Mark Mehaffey

Red Rocks - Morning Light 30 x 22” Watercolor

For Mark Mehaffey, inspiration came in a flash at an early age.

“I was ten, in the fourth grade and had gone to see a friend. It was the first time I’d been in my friend’s house. As I walked through that first time I noticed his Dad had all this really cool painting stuff laid out on a table—and it was watercolor stuff! There were paintings on the walls, paintings being worked on and sketch books lying open. I was mesmerized, stopped dead with the wonderful sight of it all. I went home and immediately asked for a paint set. My friend’s Dad and I became very close through the years. We both kept painting. He was 96 years old when he came to my last showing and passed away a few weeks after our last visit, but I will be forever grateful to that man.”

Mehaffey’s family has always been and continues to be very supportive of his artistic efforts, although he is the only one in the family who has pursued art.

“I am a …