Red Petals | oil | 12 x 9, framed 13.25 x 10.25 | $1,050
Stratocumulus | oil on aluminum | 24 x 18, framed 25.5 x 19.5 | $2,400
Survivor | oil | 24 x 18, framed 25 x 19 | $2,400
The Audition | encaustic and oil on poplar | 19.75 x 19.75, framed 20.25 x 20.25 | $2,650Marlon Brando’s Cape Cod connection began in 1947 when he hitchhiked to Provincetown to read for Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire. Sent by director Elia Kazan, Brando floored Williams with his performance and appearance, prompting Williams to refer him in his memoirs as “one of the best-looking men I’ve ever seen.”
Gemini | encaustic, oil, wax, charcoal on birch | 30 x 24 | $3,000
The Early Morning Walk | oil | 12 x 26, framed 13.5 x 17.5 | $1,400
Poet on the Beach | oil, wax, acrylic on birch | 30 x 24 | $2,950
Summer Reading | encaustic, oil on poplar | 20.75 x 20.75, framed 21.25 x 28 | $3,250
Beach Pack | oil, wax, acrylic | 13.25 x 9.625 | $1,200
Lounging | oil, wax, acrylic | 13.25 x 9.625 | $1,200
Jose Rosa | oil, wax, acrylic on panel | 27.5 x 27.75, framed 28 x 28 | $3,850
"Jose is part of a new Bohemian culture I encounter in Mexico. He is an designer, artist with social activist mindset, originally from Puerto Rico. He spent months in Mérida, workshopping with local artists, learning dance, anything he could. I saw him finding inspiration and community in a place that felt safe and new, yet remote and culturally exotic.” —Marc Kundmann
Sunscreen | oil, wax, acrylic | 22.5 x 28| $2,950
Ready for Sun | oil, wax, acrylic | 12 x 12 | $1,250
Last Light of the Day | oil, wax, acrylic, graphite on paper on birch | 32 x 47 | $5,200
Intermission, 1916 | oil, wax, acrylic | 20 x 17.75, framed 25.75 x 23.75 | $2,650
Man's Best Friend | oil, wax, acrylic | 13.25 x 9.625 | $1,200
The Playwright and the Dancer | oil, wax, acrylic | 28 x 20, framed29.5 x 21.5 | $3,250
Baths | encaustic, oil stick, charcoal | 24 x 24 | $2,650
Shacks on the Sandbar | oil, wax, acrylic, Arches oil paper on birch | 16 x 16 | $1,850
Sun Worship | oil, wax, acrylic on birch | 30 x 30 | $3,200
The Fisherman's Shack | oil, wax, graphite, Arches oil paper, on birch | 24 x 24 | $2,400
Spire and Rooftops | encaustic and oil stick | 20 x 24 | $2,300
School's Out | encaustic, oil stick, charcoal | 24 x 24 | $2,400
The World Stopped | encaustic, oil stick and charcoal | 22 x 31 | $2,650
Corn Hill, High Summer | acrylic and wax on birch | 18 x 18 | $1,850
Marc Kundmann’s work has been widely exhibited across Cape Cod and collected internationally. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) and is featured in the book Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: Images of Land and Sea by Deborah Forman. Along with his gallery representations, Kundmann has been featured in multiple museum shows including a two-person show at the Cape Cod Museum “Timeless: Explorations in Wax-based Media,” and PAAM’s “Teaching Traditions” and “Art of the Garden.”
His evolving style explores the people and environments of outer Cape Cod and Mérida, Mexico. Originally a graphic designer, he shifted to painting after moving to Truro in the late 1990s. There, he studied with artists connected to the region’s rich artistic heritage, including Robert Henry and Jim Peters, developing an expressive approach that prioritizes emotion over realism.
Kundmann works primarily in encaustic wax or oil, mediums that allow for both bold and subtle expression. The tactile nature of encaustic lets him build and scrape away layers, creating texture and immediacy. In contrast, oil offers a slower, more contemplative process. “Encaustic is a complete antidote to over-fussing with paint, while there’s a softness and patience to oil that makes me slow down—a different intimacy with the work.”
His subjects often include the people and wild beauty of the Outer Cape or the faces of friends and locals in Mérida. “No matter what I paint, I can see the work as self-portraits. I strive for the viewers to find their own stories in the work, a spark of recognition with their own experiences.”
Kundmann has maintained a studio in Provincetown for over 15 years and has been a teaching-artist at the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Museum School at PAAM.
Exhibitions
Boho Beach Open Studio
Friday, August 23, 2024
Marc Kundmann Studio
The Summer Collection: Marc Kundmann 2024
August 24, 2024
Addison Art Gallery
Marc Kundmann: Paintings
Organized and curated by Robert Rindler
Wellfleet Adult Community Center Great Pond Gallery
Beyond Bohemia at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill
August 24, 2023
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
Playing with Knives and Brushes:
Marc Kundmann and Andrea Petitto
August 19, 2023
Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Marc Kundmann One Man Show
September 11, 2021
Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Reflections On the Pandemic
September 2020
Truro Historical Society, Truro, MA
One Man Show
July 20, 2019
Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Nudes Nudes Nudes
Septermber 2018
Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit MA
Member’s Juried Show, September 2017, Provincetown Art Association & Museum (PAAM)
Curator: James Wagner, Exhibits Specialist, JFK Presidential Library and Museum
Member’s Juried Show, March 2016, PAAM
Curator: James Wagner, Exhibits Specialist, JFK Presidential Library and Museum
Solo Show: Illuminations
Reception, September 12, 2015
Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Solo Show
Exhibition, July 2014
Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Teaching Traditions
curator: Grace Ryder O’Malley
November 10-January 8, 2014
Provincetown Art Association & Museum
Joyce Johnson & Marc Kundmann
September 1-8, 2012, AddisonArtGallery, Orleans
Art of the Garden
curator: Richard Lacasse
May 4–July 15, 2012
Provincetown Art Association & Museum
Mary Moquin & Marc Kundmann
Timeless: Explorations in Wax-based Media
November 19, 2011 - January 29, 2012
Two person show @ Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis
Members Juried Show
September 23 - November 6, 2011
Provincetown Art Association & Museum
Memories in Color, Exhibition and Artist Talk
Aug. 27 - Sept. 4, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans
Inspired by the Cape Cod National Seashore
Saturday, July 23, 5:30-7:30pm, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans
Projected Image @ artSTRAND
Thursday, June 17, 2010, Provincetown
Mary Moquin & Marc Kundmann
Exhibition and Artist Talk, July 2010
Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Solo Show
Exhibition and Artist Talk, July 2009
Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
Solo Show
July 2008, Tristan Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Group Show curated by Fine Arts Work Center Fellow Nathalie Miebach at FAWC January 2008, Provincetown, MA
Stephen Coyle and Marc Kundmann
July 2007, Tristan Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Stephen Coyle and Marc Kundmann
July 2006, Tristan Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Member’s Juried Show, March 2004, PAAM
Member’s Juried Show, February 2003, PAAM
Marc's work is on display at the 3Harbors Realty offices in Truro and Provincetown, and are available exclusively through the Addison Art Gallery.
My most recent work explores our physical interaction with the exceptional environment of the cape: the long walks through the dunes, our movement through the water that surrounds, biking on the trails, and even the still moments in our special homes. It celebrates the unique rituals and rhythms of life here and the beautiful people of all kinds that make up the fabric of our community. —Marc Kundmann