Mark McDowell is an artist and designer who thrives on the classic, is obsessed by nature and is seduced by the beauty in the details. Mark’s Japanese heritage influences his design in taking a mindful approach to his aesthetic, transcending convention and the ordinary. Although Mark was formally trained at KCAI and the Columbus School of Art & Design, he is primarily self-taught and tells stories of how he started his sculpting “career” at the age of three, sculpting wild animals such as bears out of mud. He remembers as a child sitting in a field at his farm and painting the local landscape, never mindlessly ‘drawing, there was intent in everything he did. Expect if you’re talking to Mark and ask him to explore or elaborate on any given subject he will often respond with, “here, let me draw it for you."