Instructors
 

Instructor, Owner & Director

LU GOODWIN MARK

 

Lu Goodwin Mark instructs Plasters, Glazes, Furniture & Cabinet finishes, Metalics, Tattoo Wall Murals, and American Clay, as well as the highly sought after new Modern Masters Platinum classes for Austin School of Faux Finishes and Decorative Art at our new location at 11126 Jollyville Rd.  She additionally continues to oversee Interior Productions for Austin School of Faux Finishes and Decorative Art.   Lu brought these Classic European and American Plasters to Austin  in 2001, from Las Vegas.  She enjoyed a very traditional art education, but quickly  developed a great love for Architecture, Interior Design and Decorative Wall Art.  During her long career in Sales and Management, Lu directed numerous large scale National projects for Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company and later for M & M Mars Candy Co. 

Under her leadership Austin School of Faux Finishes and Decorative Art has grown to include "European Plasters Classes,  and boasts over 300 European Plaster Students with more than 50 Graduate Students.  New this year, Lu promises a new focus on "Green" plasters and paints for our environmentally sensitive Texas population.  So be sure to expect new and exquisite options, like all the new Zero VOC Modern Masters Platinum Products.

Lu is the accredited instructor for the ever brilliant Platinum line of products from Modern Masters, Inc. in Central Texas.  And Austin is a beautiful  city to visit at the gateway to the Texas Hill Country to  to is



Former Instructor Italian Muralist

PHILIP WADE

Philip Wade was born and grew up in northern New Jersey. He graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia in 1981, and later recieved a full scholarship in the MFA painting program at U. of Texas, graduating in 1984.

Wade, a full time artist has exhibited and taught in many galleries and is in innumerable private collections around the country.  Mr Wade remains available to work on Murals as requested, and teach specialty classes, like Italian Sienna Pigment Layering. 

 


Expert Glaze Artist and Former Instructor 

PAT STRONG

Pat Strong has been the creative mind behind  Decorative Painting in Austin, Texas since 1992.  She specializes in investigating old techniques and inventing new ways of achieving spectacular visual effects with new materials.  She holds a degree in Art History from the U. of Texas and has 25 years experience in visual arts and commercial  visual presentation.