Marc Vena began drawing at an early age winning his first city wide art contest in the first grade. Marc was continually encouraged to pursue art by his devoted mother and father, Sam and Alice Vena who were accomplished artists and teachers themselves. He went on to obtain his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a specialization in Illustration from California State University, Long Beach in 1992. Soon after gaining his degree, Marc embarked on a career as a storyboard artist and illustrator in the movie industry. Over the last twenty-five years Marc has worked on both large and modest sized movie projects from the 'Rush Hour' movies and 'Twilight' to blockbuster movies such as 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe', 'Oz The Great & Powerful', Disney's 'Tomorrowland' and James Mangold's 'Logan'. Marc has worked with both first time directors and some of the industry's most celebrated ones such as Mike Nichols, Robert Redford, Brad Bird, Sam Raimi and Jon Favreau. When not working on his art, Marc likes to spend his free time fly-fishing on his favorite trout streams and rivers in the Eastern Sierra-Nevada Mountains and also working on his family's vineyard in Knights Valley, Sonoma County, harvesting and making world class Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc.
VENA VINEYARDS, below Mount Saint Helena, Knights Valley, Sonoma County California
www.venavineyards.com
Flyfishing the Skagit River outside Hope, British Columbia, Canada