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News online for Encinitas, Calif.

North Coast Current

Mark Patterson, the artist behind the Surfing Madonna mosaic and co-founder of Surfing Madonna Oceans Project, died on Sept. 20 at age 70 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.  (Surfing Madonna Oceans Project photo)

Surfing Madonna artist remembered for creation that led to a movement

Alysse Dodge October 14, 2023
Friends and family gathered on Oct. 8 to remember Mark Patterson, the artist behind the controversial Surfing Madonna mosaic and cofounder of Surfing Madonna Oceans Project, who died in September.
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