Marcus Hurn is a San Diego based artist
specializing in oil, watercolor, and drawing.  
His works range from a loose impressionist 
style to darker, more cerebral explorations 
of the medium.

Largely self taught, Hurns' early efforts 
focused on solving the technical problems 
of the craft through concentrated study of 
the impressionists; especially Boudin, Sisley, 
and Pissarro.  His efforts shifted toward 
the Barbazon school (Corot, Rousseau), as
well as Dutch landscape artists, and 
a stronger emphasis on composition.  
These works became the foundation of 
the artists first mature period.

Maintaining a controlled, often muted 
palette, the artist developed an interest 
in a less academic approach based on a quick, 
almost accidental interpretation of the 
subject matter (of which the works presented 
are representative).  Accidental art - art 
that strays from tendency - has become the 
focus of these projects as the artist seeks 
a completed work novel to himself; something 
difficult to accomplish.

While the artist considers oil his primary 
medium, watercolor has become an important 
outlet.  Drawings serve both as studies and 
finished stand-alone works.