Artist Of The Week

                  

A few months back I stumbled across the work of an extraordinary artist, regretful that I had not known about the existence of this artist until now. To describe the style of Mark Ryden's style would be intriguing and dark yet enchanting. Mark Ryden designed album covers for many musicians to name a few; Michael Jackson, Jack Off Hill, & Red Hot Chili Peppers. Mark Ryden's work is very strange and may even be offensive to some, if you notice in some of his paintings there are many symbolism, such as the appearance of Jesus, meat, dead characters, bunnies, Abraham etc. There are a couple of links to sources below if you want more info on Mark Ryden's collections and such. READ INTO IT. You'd be even more fascinated than you think.

Cover from Michael Jackson’s album Dangerous. Cover from Red Hot Chili Pepper's One Hot Minute.

 

 Pink Lincoln (#92)
Oil on canvas, 2010

The Grinder (#95)
Oil on canvas, 2010

Omnibus

graphite and watercolor on paper, 2010

 

Sophia's Mercurial Waters
Oil on Canvas, 2001

The Birth of Venus
  Oil on Panel, 1998

Rosie's Tea Party
Oil on canvas, 2005

Corkey Ascending to the Heavens 

Oil on Canvas 1994

Dead Characters
Oil on panel 1997

http://www.markryden.com/press/anima.html

http://www.markryden.com/index.html