The artist was born Mark Bautch on October 24, 1956, in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The descendant of German and Polish immigrants (some of whom were convicted felons), he attended Catholic grade school which forced a rebellious nature into his art and being. As a young adult he attended St. Cloud State University where he majored in jewelry design, printmaking, and pot smoking.

At the age of 23 he joined the sex cult of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, changed his name to Satyarthi, wore only red clothing, sold all of his worldly possessions (except his paint brushes), and moved to India. When he returned to the USA in 1980, Marc began to paint turbulent landscapes and fantasy art, including homoerotic subjects.

In 1995 using the pseudonym Marc DeBauch, he entered two paintings in the Tom of Finland Foundation Emerging Erotic Artist Competition and won First Place. DeBauch’s male nudes run the gamut of seriously pornographic to humorously erotic; the settings are often bucolic landscapes that belie the sensual undertone of the images.

His images have been published in several adult magazines, and erotic art books including The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today Volumes I and III and STRIPPED. Marc’s paintings are part of the permanent collections of the Kinsey Institute of Human Sexuality, the Tom of Finland Foundation, and The Leather Archives.

Marc currently lives in Minneapolis with Eduardo, his partner of 18 years, and their Boxer dogs Zorro and Xsa-Xsa.

www.marcdebauch.com