Friends, residents celebrate the late Encinitas artist Mark Patterson
Friends and artists gathered Oct. 8 to celebrate the life of Mark Patterson, the late Encinitas artist known for his iconic “Surfing Madonna” mosaic currently...
Mark Patterson
Encinitas ‘Surfing Madonna’ mosaic artist Mark Patterson dies at 70
ENCINITAS — Mark Patterson, the artist behind the Surfing Madonna mosaic and co-founder of the subsequent Surfing Madonna Oceans Project, died on Sept. 20 after...
Surfing Madonna celebrates first round of brick sales
ENCINITAS — The Surfing Madonna mosaic has created a significant community impact since it was first installed on public property three years ago, and moved...
Artist working on follow up to Surfing Madonna mosaic
ENCINITAS — Soon, a spot in North County will be graced with a Surfing Madonna companion piece. Exactly where is anyone’s guess....
Mosaic gives back to city
ENCINITAS — As a piece of underground artwork surreptitiously installed on a city overpass, artist Mark Patterson never anticipated his mosaic to have become as...
Running to save the ocean
Thousands of runners and walkers turn out for the inaugural Surfing Madonna Save the Ocean 5 and 10 K run/walk at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas...
Surfing Madonna finds new home on Encinitas Boulevard
ENCINITAS — The Surfing Madonna is back where it started — well, almost....
Iconic mosaic has place to call home
LEUCADIA — The future of the mosaic that brought international recognition to a relatively quiet corner of the world is now solidified....
Artist Mark Patterson shares artistic process
“Work intuitively, quickly. When you have the whole thing done, then you go back and edit.”These were instructions given to Mark Patterson while studying the...