Marc was a man of many talents and skills. An accomplished and respected artist, his work was exhibited widely, most recently at Dedee Shattuck Gallery in Westport, Massachusetts. His work is represented by Harmon Gallery, in Wellfleet, and Anthi’s Drawing Room, in New Bedford. He conducted numerous workshops, among them Haystack in Maine, Nocciano in Italy and Isle De Ré in France. He was an artist in residence at St. Michael’s Printshop in Newfoundland, Canada in 1998. Over the years, Marc advised countless undergraduate and graduate students, many of whom became accomplished and well known artists in their fields. 

Marc received his BFA degree in 1976, from Laval University in Québec City, Canada. He then studied with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17 in Paris in the fall of 1976, and spent a semester at the Centre de Gravure Contemporaine in Geneva in 1977. He received his MFA degree in 1979 from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, Illinois. Marc was a Professor of Printmaking at Swain School of Design in New Bedford Massachusetts, from 1979 to 1988. At the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, he taught printmaking and photography from 1988 until his retirement as a Professor in 2017. In addition he served as the Freshman Director for four years before being the chairperson of the Fine Arts Department for seven years. 

Besides being an accomplished printmaker and painter, Marc was also known for his pinhole photography, often using cameras he constructed himself. 

Marc and his wife, Nicole St. Pierre, a fabric artist, welcomed other artists into their huge studio at 21 Cove Street for a holiday sale in the mid 1990’s. It was an informal party and sale but the public loved it and it lead to many more open studio events and the growth of the artist’s studio scene in New Bedford. Marc was always positive, funny and encouraging to new artists that were searching for ways to show and sell their art and to start art-based businesses. He was an extremely talented artist and very adept at the mechanics of showing art. He was always willing to help hang open studio exhibitions professionally and would be the first person on the scene, with hammer and hangers, ready to hang the most challenging displays. His sense of humor and the joy he experienced from his artwork was contagious and, through his teaching and work with various open studio events through the years, encouraged a new generation of New Bedford artists that enrich the city today. 

Marc maintaining a studio at Cove Street and then at Hatch Street Studios since 1998. Marc and Nicole were the proprietors of Gallery 65 in New Bedford, where they also shared a studio.

Self taught in carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, masonry repair and many other skills, at the time of his death he was renovating the home in Padanaram that he and Nicole purchased for their retirement. He was an avid cyclist and an excellent bike mechanic.