Mark Hein, a poet and painter, began making art on a fog-swept hill in San Francisco. After traveling the world, raising a family, and working as a teacher, journalist, and psychotherapist, he makes art in a wooded canyon in Los Angeles.
"I first read and wrote haiku as a teen... They've remained a favorite form, with Matsuo Basho as my master... (from whose example I depart woefully and often)..."