Edith Smith
									Art Department
Art Graduate Office						Foothill College
San Jose State University					12345 El Monte Rd.
125 South Seventh Street					Los Altos Hills,
San Jose, Calif. 95192						Calif.  94022

									February 19, 1979
Dear Sirs:

	Mark Brown has studied printmaking with me at Foothill College for the

past two years.  He has worked in etching and photo-etching.  This year he

has been my teaching assistant in photo-etching, guiding new students through

darkroom work and various photo-intaglio processes, and leading critiques of

their work.  He is developing some unique images of his own:  his etchings  

have won acclaim here at Foothill, where he won the top prize for printmaking

in last year's student exhibit -- and also at De Anza College, where his work

has been shown.

	He is mature, very intelligent, extremely motivated and hard-working.

Recently he has built a complete intaglio workshop for Smith-Anderson Gallery,

Palo Alto -- so he understands the technical side of printmaking far better than

most students.  I feel that he is an excellent candidate for a Master's Program

-- that he is capable of working independently at a high level.


							Sincerely yours,



							Edith Smith