Mark Dance

In 1992, Mark received a bachelor of fine arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. At that time he moved into the Chadds Ford Area. Here, the collections of the Brandywine River Museum and the masters of the Pennsylvania Impressionists movement are key to Mark's focus. Other artists such as John Twachtman, Childe Hassam and J. Alden Weir inspire Dance as well. However, one of Mark Dance's greatest influences and one of the strongest friendships he has known is the kind guidance he has found through Rea Redifer. Redifer, one of the most regarded artists of the Delaware Valley and Robert Dance have undoubtedly inspired much of what is to be admired in Mark's work.