Markus Pierson

Blue Note

Willy Billy

Giclee on Canvas

Giclee on Canvas

Image Size 64 1/2 x 40

Image Size 25 1/2 x 40

Bits of Saturday

Prisoner of Love

Giclee on Canvas

Hand Painted Cast Resin

Image Size 49 x 30

Sculpture Size

Root

Free. At Great Cost.

Very Limited Edition Mixed Media on Canvas

Image Size 62 x 24

Road Dog

Dinner for Three

Limited Edition Mixed Media

Giclee on Canvas

Image Size 36 x 61

Image Size 74 1/2 x 40

She Lingers

High

Serigraph on Paper

Serigraph on Canvas

Image Size 35 x 25

Image Size 46 x 35

Village Idiot    (mouseover for text)

The Last Journal Entry

Serigraph on Paper

Serigraph on Panel

Image Size 16 x 16 Each

Image Size 24 x 36

Love Awaits The Brave

Serigraph on Canvas

Image Size 56 x 25

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THE COYOTE SERIES

A Letter From Markus -

First of all, I'd like to give you all a very sincere "Thank You" for your support and interest in my work. Thanks to people like you, it has been an amazing career, by anyone's standards. You know, I wasn't always an artist. In fact, I was a journeyman bookkeeper when I almost kicked the bucket from Crohn's disease back about fifteen years ago. Thankfully I didn't, and when I woke up in the hospital I told everyone I know that the bookkeeper was dead after all - but in his place was a man who was going to become a successful artist. They thought I was nuts, I wasn't Two years later, in June 1986, I started the Coyote Series. I was living in Jackson Michigan, a town perennially voted the worst place to live in America. My inspiration was a Joni Mitchell song "Coyote". A friend of mine put it on a tape and I listened. At the time I was 26, a dirt poor billboard painter living in a tiny one-room apartment. In fact, I couldn't even afford a shower curtain to serve as a wedding present for two good friends who were getting married in the Southwest. I figured they might like one of my Coyote drawings so I did a romantic one and took it there - the people at the wedding went nuts! Well, you know how these things go - somebody knew somebody who knew somebody in the art business, and within a year my art was being sold in galleries across the country. That was 15 years ago. Since then I have had 32 one-man exhibitions across the country. I have created 33 different sculpture editions, and 24 print editions, most of which sold out at a frenzied pace. The price of my first original was $100.00. One recently sold for $30,000. Crazy. The Coyotes have been collected by dozens of famous celebrities, Captains of Industry, and Heads of State. From Oliver Stone to Ozzie Osborne, from N.B.C. president Warren Littlefield to Kevin Costner, from the C.E.O. of Exxon to John Cleese, from billionaire Sam Zell to Sylvester Stallone, from Tommie Lee to the American Ambassador to Argentina, the coyotes do get around. They have been featured on numerous movies and television shows, and have been the subject of several newspaper and magazine articles. They hang on the walls of mansions and great villas around the world. But most importantly, they hang on the walls of everyday people and bring joy into their lives. Many years ago someone asked me my favorite thing about the coyotes, and I said, "They celebrate life. Sometimes life kicks them around, but they embrace it just the same. Heartaches, bad breaks, job problems, job triumphs, true love, rotten luck, vast fortune. Good or bad, they celebrate," I like that. As for my great fortune and success as a painter, no one is more amazed than me. A simple twist of fate transformed my life, and I can only thank God for the good luck and tremendous blessings I have received. The coyote's are now into their second decade. The first was a hard, fun, nutty decade of dogs in suits, and the second promises to be that and more. For any budding artists out there seeking my advice I would simply say this: never give up, outwork everyone else, and don't be afraid to take risks. My work has improved each year because I test my abilities every day. I hang on to the elements I believe in and toss the rest, continually developing and growing. In this way I feel I follow the paths of the greats, even if I am painting Coyotes in suits. Your vehicle may be the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, it doesn't mean your destination can't be a great one. I look forward to continuing this wonderful journey together. Indeed there is so much to be thankful for, and so much to celebrate.

Markus

Markus Pierson in the news

* Rare Business As Usual State II Bronze Edition released November 2001
* Markus debuted his "American Coyote in Paris" collection of oil pastel drawings in New York, selling them all on the first of a five day Art exhibition.
* Also exhibited in New York was the "Prisoner of Love" paintings and sculpture. The prisoner coyote is best described as a hopeless romantic with a wandering spirit, one who has great faith in the power of true love.
* Pierson's Wanderlust Artifact Series, which includes found-object sculpture and paintings also made their sell-out debut in 2001. These works incorporate what Pierson calls "frazettes," handpicked relics from an era long forgotten. He has combined these fascinating artifacts with his renowned coyotes in a truly unique collection of work.
* The Art History Suite II, now available, features coyote portraits of Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte

*The Art History Suite III, is available,

*The Art History Suite IV, is available,

Markus Pierson, one of the most collected contemporary talents at work today, continues to explore and celebrate life through his iconographic coyote series.

Markus’ work has consistently conveyed all of life’s celebrations: the good, the bad, the small hurdles and the triumphant events.

© Markus Pierson