"Art History Suite IV Coyote Portraits of O'Keefe and Rivera" Suite of 2 Serigraphs on Canvas by Markus Pierson Unframed Suite of 2 Serigraphs on Un-stretched Canvas Hand signed by the artist Size: 10.5” x 10” (each) Edition Size: 175 + 65 Artist's Proofs and 35 Roman Numerals (reserved for Patron's Portfolio of all 4 suites) Year of Release: 2004 Condition is Mint 100 percent guarantee of authenticity Original Certificate of Authenticity from the Publisher is included Gallery Retail: $995.00 unframed Make an offer! About the images A self-taught artist, Pierson embarked on an intellectual journey to study the styles employed by the Master artists. Pierson took his muse, the coyote, and recreated the great masterworks of history. Suite four brings us to the era of American Realism. We have a “portrait” of O’Keefe and a recreation of perhaps Diego Rivera’s best known work of a flower vendor. Markus Pierson Markus Pierson was born in 1961 and raised in the small farming town of Grand Ledge, Michigan, where his father owned a popular restaurant. A self-proclaimed reckless “racer”, Markus was the youngest and most challenging of the four Pierson children. While a student, an encouraging art teacher swung wide the door to Markus’ talent and profoundly moved him. However, the Grand Ledge art scene was somewhat lacking, leading Markus to take on a number of odd jobs before accidentally stumbling upon accounting as a means to making a living. After a near-fatal bout with Crohn’s Disease in early 1985, he declared that the accountant was “dead” and in his place was a man pursuing his dream of becoming a successful artist. The Coyote Series was born in June of 1986, after Markus heard the Joni Mitchell song, “Coyote.” He loved it, played it often and memorized the words. The focus of the song, a guy referred to as “Coyote,” is a reckless, footloose Casanova type fellow – Pierson aspired to be the carefree romancer described in those lyrics. Then he did something he’d never done before or since: Markus made a drawing of a song.