Mark has drawn since he was 4 years old. After he was able to gain four years of art at Rockcastle County High School, he then honed his skills at Eastern Kentucky University, earning a BFA degree in Design.
Mark is an accomplished graphic designer and fine artist. His works even include being published in The Kentucky Encyclopedia for research and the painting of a Civil War event, the Battle of Wildcat Mountain!
Mark has a track record as a highly creative and talented professional with varied and widespread experience in a number of creative endeavors.
Eight of his original paintings were on display for one year at the US Department of Labor at the special request of Secretary, Elaine Chao.
Mark has been forming his unique style in watercolor for 40 years. A style easily identified not only by art critics, but by anyone passionate about the arts.
Mark, is a member of the Kentucky Watercolor Society and the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He serves on the board of the Kentucky Oral History Commission, cleftRock Retreat Center and with Dr. Larry Martin and the Commonwealth Compassion Bridge. He volunteers his sevices to Wings of Refuge and A Woman's Choice Resource Center.
Mark currently makes his home in Louisville and the West Palm Beach, FL area with his wife, Lesley and their three children. Mark enjoys camping, target shooting, motorcycling and hiking.
Dr James Claypool, Northern Kentucky University’s History Professor, said it best about McFerron's style: “McFerron’s art invokes a richness of the soul of Kentucky. Kentucky is a land of contrasts. You cannot write, you cannot paint unless you feel the passion of its’ people.”
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"I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, to make artistic designs for work." (Exodus 31:3-4)