stig marcussen

Stig is a painter based in Ocean Springs, Mississippi will spend hours speaking to anyone about ancient Greek history and sharing innumerous amounts of stories that make up the interesting life he’s lead. He’s a windsurfer, a painter and father of two boys: Fin and Reef. If you saw him without a pencil or paintbrush in his hand, you’d never suspect he was an artist.

Stig was born on a US Air Force base in Germany to Danish parents and moved to Ocean Springs December 1, 1965 - the day after the famous Walter Inglis Anderson passed away. From a very early age he noticed that if he drew something from life he could understand the mechanics and the reality of that object entirely. By 10 years old he was spending the majority of his time outside studying the environment around him and drawing everything that interested him. Decades later you can still find him doing the same thing every single day. He paints scenes and wildlife on site and is not bothered by the three plagues of the south: gnats, heat, and humidity.

Over the years, Stig has filled the pages of hundreds of little black books