ARTIST APPEARANCE - WYNDHAM NY - August 6, 7and 8th 2010.
Mark Maritato is will be at the annual Civil War Music Heritage Gathering at Windham NY along with other artists. Mark will have a booth at the Centre Church in Wyndham and will have prints available for purchase. Please stop by and experience the gathering. Mark will be available to answer questions about his work.

LOOKING FOR IMAGES OF MEMBERS & RELICS OF THE 14th BROOKLYN (14th NEW YORK STATE MILITIA / 84th NEW YORK INFANTRY) FROM THE CIVIL WAR!
Mark is a member of the 14th Brooklyn (14th N.Y.S.M.) Historical association. Over the years Mark has collected a large number of very rare digital images of men who were members and veterains of the Civil War 14th New York State Militia. He is always looking for images of members of the 14th Brooklyn (Also known as the 84th New Yor infantry) If you have good quality images in digital form (jpeg, tiff, PNG, or PDF) of any single member (Privates and/or Officers) or even group shots of members of the 14th Brooklyn and would like to share them with us we would deeply appreciate it. If you have images of members of this regiment in their Civil War Uniform we would love to see them. Mark has a special place in his heart for this regiment and relishes the opportunity to view any image he can of members fo the fighting 14th. So if you have images you would like to share please feel free to email them to us. Also if you have any images of relics form this regiment ie. uniforms, weapons, equipment we would love to see those as well. Those who share images with Mark will recieve a special thank you!

MARITATO PAINTING TO BE USED BY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN NEW DISPLAY AT MANASSAS VIRGINIA!
Recently I was contacted by one of the Park Rangers at the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Manassas Virginia and was informed that the Park will be using the Painting "Vortex of Hell" in a new visitor contact station which will be located on the historic Brawner Farm. The Brawner Farm is where Stonewall Jackson's Confederate Division attacked the Union Army and drew it into a vicious stand-up fight which was the opening to the massive two-day battle of 2nd Manassas (2nd Bull Run). The painting will be part of a wall panel exhibit about the 5th New York Duryee's Zouaves during the battle of 2nd Manassas on August 30th of 1862. I am very honored beyond words to have the National Park Service use one of my paintings in this manor on such a historic and significant Civil War battlefield.

NEW PAINTING!

Rebel Colors!

PRINTS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR THIS PAINTING - Click on image for more information.



A Confederate color sergeant proudly displays his regimental banner in the mid-Fall afternoon sunlight during a brief respite on campaign. Being a member of the regimental Color Guard was not only the most perilous of all posts, it was considered by the solders of that unit to be the most glorious positions of honor. The flag was the symbol of the regiment and an emblem of pride to the soldiers who fought and died under it. Soldiers were habitually trained to follow the flag into battle and never allow it's capture by the enemy. A Color Guard - made up of from 6 to 10 the regiment's stoutest and steady men were charged with the defense of the flag and were not allowed to fire or use their weapons for any other purpose. They were to hold their arms at the shoulder unless the flag was threatened. The color Sergeant's only duty was to carry the flag aloft and make sure it was seen not only by the men in his unit but that the enemy saw it as well. If the color bearer was killed or wounded the next man in the color guard would pick up the flag and carry it onward. This act of heroism to keep the flag flying was repeated in countless instances on many a bloody battlefield throughout the Civil War.

Other Recent Artworks...

Gouverneur K. Warren
This brand new painting depicts Chief of Engineers for the Army of the Potomac General Gouverneur K. Warren along with Washington A. Roebling (Son of John A. Roebling - designer and builder of the Brooklyn Bridge) as well as other noteworthy officers who climbed to the summit of Little Round Top to asses the situation on July 2nd 1863 shortly prior to the Confederate assault on the Hill. Warren discovered that only a handful of signalmen were present on Little Round Top and immediately recognized the danger to the entire left flank of the Federal Army if troops were not summoned to occupy the Hill. Warren immediately sent for any available troops to come and occupy the Hill and within minutes of recieving Warren's order Colonel Strong Vincent's brigade of the 5th Corps arrived in the nick-of-time to blunt a Confederate assault. Shown in the painting are members of the U.S. Signal Corps along with Warren and Roebling.

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Hood's Texans
This large painting (a 48in x 32in Oil on Canvas) - a privately commissioned piece - depicts the assault of General John Bell Hood's hard fighting Texas Brigade as they begin their assault toward Devil's Den and the Round Tops on July 2nd, 1863. Shown in this painting is General Hood at the head of the First Texas Regiment. The only regiment in the brigade to carry a Texas flag at Gettysburg (against CS Army regulations). The flag was made from the wedding dress of the wife of Texas Senator Louis T. Wigfall and was edged in black crape to memorialize the men of the 1st Texas who were lost in the brutal fighting at the Cornfield during the battle of Antietam Creek Maryland in September of 1862. Also shown in the painting is Colonel Philip P. Work of the 1st Texas and Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson.


PRINTS ARE AVAILABLE NOW FOR THIS PAINTING - Click on image for more information.

VISIT OUR EBAY STORE!
We have just opened up an Ebay Store as another venue for our print offerings from time to time we will offer some of our original artwork up for sale through our Ebay Store - please visit our store at http://stores.shop.ebay.com/markmaritatohistoricalfineart

WELCOME DELAWARE RIVER GALLERY!
We are very pleased to welcome the Delaware River Gallery of Yardley Pennsylvania as a new Gallery Partner. Please visit their website at www.delawarerivergallery.com

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WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MODELS!
If you live in the New York Metro/Westchester/Putnam/ Southern or Western Connecticut regions and are interested in modeling for Mark Maritato's paintings please don't hesitate to contact us. We are always looking for people to model for us. Candidates must be thin males with a waist size no larger than 34in -36in - Chest size between 38-42. If you have rugged or weathered facial features, that would be a plus. Candidates should be between 5ft-6ft Tall. All model candidates must be over age 18 and can range up to age 50. We will provide uniforms and props for the modeling sessions. Models are paid and given a free print of the finished painting when released. All you have to bring is yourself and a willingness to dress up and act the part.

If interested Please email or call (914)-262-2014

COMMISSIONS FOR ORIGINAL ARTWORK ACCEPTED
Mark Maritato is accepting private and corporate commissions for original artwork. If you have an interest in a subject you would like to have painted, please email or call him at (914)-262-2014. Mark will be happy to work with you to create a custom, historically accurate piece of artwork for you!