Page 4 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • November 6, 2013 Wyckoff Award-winning township artist featured at exhibit During the month of November, Wyckoff artist Mark Oberndorf will be the featured exhibitor at a display in the lobby of the Bergen County Administration Building, One Bergen County Plaza in Hackensack. Oberndorf won this honor by earning the Best in Show award at last month’s Art in the Park show at Van Saun Park. Oberndorf, 52, was born in New York City and raised in Bergen County. He studied at the Art Students’ League and at Rider University. He has exhibited his artwork at Mark Gallery in Englewood, Plus One Gallery in London, Mark Oberndorf displays some of his work. Westwood Gallery in Westwood, Mason/Murer Gal- lery in Atlanta, Eliot Fouts Gallery in Sacramento (Cali- fornia), ArtExpo in New York City, Kerygma Gallery in Ridgewood, J. Richards Gallery in Englewood, and Sola Gallery in Provincetown (Massachusetts). One of his paintings, “The Bendix Diner,” has been featured on a New Jersey billboard. His work has been acknowledged by various media outlets, including the New York Times and News12 New Jersey television. His pieces have been purchased for vari- ous private collections. “My realist style of painting has been most strongly influenced by Edward Hopper and Johannes Vermeer. Other major influences are 17 th century Dutch genre paint- ing, French impressionism, Spanish and Italian realism, and 19 th and 20 th century American plein air painting,” Oberndorf said. “My artistic goal is to capture the mood of my subject through intelligent observation and execution of all natural light effects, alongside faithful rendering of perspective and creative composition. “Most recently, my focus has been on capturing com- munal landmarks in pre-gentrified neighborhoods in Bergen County…and New York City before their imminent (continued on page 25)