Mark Gleason – “Blood and Fire”
showing with Robert Craig “Inobvious Epithets”
January 8-31, 2016
Mark Gleason and Robert Craig
Opening reception: Friday, January 8th, 8-11PM
La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd,
Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.laluzdejesus.com
Mark Gleason – Blood and Fire
These works embody my continued exploration of the forces that fuel and animate the human, the animal, and the elemental material of the world. In the creation of these allegorical images of solitude, absurdity, determination, transcendence, and consequence, I reduced my palette to the four archaic pigments: Red corresponding to blood, black derived from charred animal bones, fiery yellow and titanium white bring light to dark lands. –Mark Gleason
Gleason has a Master of Science in Art Education, University of Bridgeport 1989 and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Syracuse University 1984. He sites Francis Bacon, Bo Bartlett, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Peter Beard, Samuel Beckett, Joseph Campbell, Albert Camus, Caravaggio, Keith Carter, Miles Davis, Walton Ford, Lucian Freud, Erika Gardiner, The Golden Bough, PJ Harvey, Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Johnson, Carl Jung, Buster Keaton, Krazy Kat, Akira Kurosawa, Laika, Simon Larbalestier, Joe Louis, David Lynch, Sally Mann, Roger Mayne, Cormac McCarthy, Modigliani, Odd Nerdrum, Vaughan Oliver, The Brothers Quay, Paula Rego, Rembrandt, Mark Rothko, Egon Schiele, Sam Shepard, The Tao Te Ching, Andrei Tarkovsky, Velasquez, Tom Waits, Where The Wild Things Are, Jerome Witkin, Joel-Peter Witkin, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth as his influences.
Arte TV: Mark Gleason from La Luz de Jesus on Vimeo.
- Mark Gleason – Absurde
Oil on canvas, 30×30″ framed, $4,500
- Mark Gleason – Aftermath
Oil on canvas, 18×18″ framed, $1,500
- Mark Gleason – Appetite
Oil on canvas, 25×25″ framed, $2,000
- Mark Gleason – Bay
Oil on canvas, 30×30″ framed, $5,000
- Mark Gleason – Betelgeuse
Oil on board, 6×6″ framed, $800
- Mark Gleason – Blood and Honey
Oil on canvas, 22×22″ framed, $2,500
- Mark Gleason – Certitude
Oil on canvas, 30×30″ framed, $4,500
- Mark Gleason – Conversation
Oil on canvas, 38×38″ framed, $5,000
- Mark Gleason – Coral Snake
Oil on board, 8×8″ framed, $800
- Mark Gleason – Door
Oil on canvas, 18×18″ framed, $1,000
- Mark Gleason – Engine of Ruin
Oil on canvas, 40×40″ framed, $5,000 Sold
- Mark Gleason – Gamera
Oil on canvas, 16×16″ framed, $1,500
- Mark Gleason – Geta
Oil on canvas, 32×32″ framed, $2,500
- Mark Gleason – Kingdom of What
Oil on canvas, 34×34″ framed, $5,000
- Mark Gleason – Ladder
Oil on canvas, 24×24″ framed, $2,500
- Mark Gleason – Pane
Oil on board, 8×8″ framed, $500
- Mark Gleason – Point
Oil on board, 10×10″ framed, $500
- Mark Gleason – Puddling
Oil on board, 10×10″ framed, $800
- Mark Gleason – Raven
Oil on canvas, 12×12″ framed, $1,000
- Mark Gleason – Sea Serpents
Oil on canvas, 22×22″ framed, $1,500
- Mark Gleason – Tulugaq
Oil on canvas, 24×24″ framed, $2,000
- Mark Gleason – Wave
Oil on canvas, 16×16″ framed, $1,000
- Mark Gleason – Wing
Oil on canvas, 30×30″ framed, $4,500
