Mark Gleason
Mark Gleason was born in 1962 in Greenwich, Connecticut, and has been creating since childhood. He studied art at Syracuse University, and he enjoys the private practice of painting, as well as the public process of being an educator.
Gleason’s psychically charged mythical realism focuses on figures and liminal spaces in our increasingly fragile environment. His animals and individuals explore connections and emphasize emotional meaning through pose, composition, and lighting. Elements of fire, water, earth, and sky feature prominently in his work, and are visually echoed by his color palette.
Drawing on approaches and references from literature, music, philosophy, ecology, and the figurative old masters, Gleason’s oil paintings are a convergence of visceral, austere, mischievous, and absurd.
“I paint from my inside outward, and the painting surface is corporeal. Though I work quite deliberately, consciously employing both traditional and innovative techniques, my unconscious associations direct my images, narratives, and themes,” Gleason says. “Somewhere between inception and completion, I ask the painting to convey a narrative and to astonish, disturb, seduce, and convince.”
Mark lives with his wife and teaches art in the San Francisco Bay area.
MARK GLEASON
AND ALL THE RIVERS REVERSEDOil on wood30 x 30 inches
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UNBALANCEDOil on canvas34 x 34 inches
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ASSOUFOil on wood18 x 18 inches
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BIRTHDAY PARTYOil on wood30 x 30 inches
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BORN, NEVER ASKEDOil on cavas30 x 30 inches
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CERTITUDEOil on canvas30 x 30 inches
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EACH THE OTHER’S WORLD ENTIREOil on wood24 x 24 inches
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THE FIRST DAYOil on wood30 x 30 inches
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GRIPOil on canvas30 x 30 inches
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HE WHO SAW INTO THE DEPTHSOil on wood20 x 20 inches
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KINGDOM OF WHATOil on canvas34 x 34 inches
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OUR EXQUISITE REPLICA OF ETERNITYOil on wood12 x 12 inches
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PRESENCEOil on wood20 x 20 inches
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TO BRING YOU MY LOVE Oil on canvas28 x 28 inches
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WHAT ARE WE? WHERE DO WE COME FROM? WHERE ARE WE GOING?Oil on canvas30 x 30 inches
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UNTITLEDOil on wood20 x 20 inches
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UNTITLEDOil on wood20 x 20 inches
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MARK GLEASON
UNTITLEDOil on wood20 x 20 inches
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MARK GLEASON
UNTITLEDOil on wood20 x 20 inches
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MARK GLEASON
UNTITLEDOil on wood20 x 20 inches
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MARK GLEASON
UNTITLEDOil on wood20 x 20 inches
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