https://markspencerart.com American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer Sat, 31 May 2025 19:11:49 +0000 https://markspencerart.com en https://markspencerart.com/Home Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:19:05 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/Home <img width="1127" height="1500" width_o="1127" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c44fe713e11cd7ec423d8817af3bf278273e0c9ca16df2e76a1cc845b70a8562/Arrival-HOME-PS.jpg" data-mid="167877946" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c44fe713e11cd7ec423d8817af3bf278273e0c9ca16df2e76a1cc845b70a8562/Arrival-HOME-PS.jpg" /> <img width="999" height="1500" width_o="999" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7177af2b553d65aa1cf270de7db8a1a26b8698d1bc11fe0c52d56d98aea30bfd/First-FLOWERS-4X6.jpg" data-mid="166956519" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/999/i/7177af2b553d65aa1cf270de7db8a1a26b8698d1bc11fe0c52d56d98aea30bfd/First-FLOWERS-4X6.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="986" width_o="1500" height_o="986" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc479027c61795e3505e50fafb48e65e62b4fff695b04188b0ce15a4ac8ac435/Cornucopia-397X261-MONO.jpg" data-mid="166957229" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc479027c61795e3505e50fafb48e65e62b4fff695b04188b0ce15a4ac8ac435/Cornucopia-397X261-MONO.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="943" width_o="1500" height_o="943" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/14db4e0202d8ac3bf93f67e5adec9264b8ac64b1b0afd460f7098866a526f286/Upload-415X261-OIL.jpg" data-mid="166957683" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/14db4e0202d8ac3bf93f67e5adec9264b8ac64b1b0afd460f7098866a526f286/Upload-415X261-OIL.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="1072" width_o="1500" height_o="1072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4b405cd55c66f870e385dd7ea90b7fdbc3b59806ee395a70a6ddaa574fccef5/Goddess-Bound-264X188-OIL.jpg" data-mid="166959337" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4b405cd55c66f870e385dd7ea90b7fdbc3b59806ee395a70a6ddaa574fccef5/Goddess-Bound-264X188-OIL.jpg" /> <img width="1438" height="993" width_o="1438" height_o="993" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67cae6cb046494002a7ae33cb51756591c2f8be431b88cc338518cdde2ac8fc3/Hall-of-Forms-268X185-CHAR.jpg" data-mid="166959335" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67cae6cb046494002a7ae33cb51756591c2f8be431b88cc338518cdde2ac8fc3/Hall-of-Forms-268X185-CHAR.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="995" width_o="1500" height_o="995" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b0027d11c3aa7810485d6d0e859b21dccbb38e574ca42c2d9bdcef013594822e/Love-Circle-279x185-MONO-.jpg" data-mid="166959336" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b0027d11c3aa7810485d6d0e859b21dccbb38e574ca42c2d9bdcef013594822e/Love-Circle-279x185-MONO-.jpg" /> <img width="1482" height="1500" width_o="1482" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/84e677fc2d7bbec296df8b8a92f2b795099ee2896db1c11239ae5bb64e98b562/Arch-Angel-72x72-oil-on-canvas-PS.jpg" data-mid="167272200" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/84e677fc2d7bbec296df8b8a92f2b795099ee2896db1c11239ae5bb64e98b562/Arch-Angel-72x72-oil-on-canvas-PS.jpg" /> Oil Paintings In the process of developing an image, I gain awareness of what part of the conflict between Nature and human nature that I’m dealing with. The image then begins to evolve and take on a life of its own. It becomes a being. This articulation in oil paint lays the central conflict in his work at the feet of the male ego, driven to dominate nature through greed and power lust, to which both men and women can succumb. Pictorially the work is animated by what appears to be a struggle to find balance. The resulting art, Spencer says, is a “hybrid reality, a bridge between the world of personal experience and the collective spiritual dream.” Flowers <img width="1500" height="1160" width_o="1500" height_o="1160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4589b1f70781d9e256d037c7e33e880d88cc807fbace25476cf7560a54a5699/Poppy-and-Hummer-10x13-2019-oil-on-paper-PS.jpg" data-mid="167271765" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4589b1f70781d9e256d037c7e33e880d88cc807fbace25476cf7560a54a5699/Poppy-and-Hummer-10x13-2019-oil-on-paper-PS.jpg" /> Flowers are magnificent beings that have always inspired human awareness. Seeing beauty in a flower can awaken us to the beauty that is an essential part of our own innermost nature. I’ve created flower paintings throughout my life. They are an escape from my process of always tethering my art to my worldview. I needed an escape from the tyranny of the times. Flowers’ beautiful colors and forms are endless expressions of Nature’s bounty and fill me with gratitude for being alive.&nbsp; In 2022 I was inspired by something that Eckhart Tolle wrote in his book, “A New Earth.” In the first chapter there is a brief discussion of the fact that there had to have been a period of our planet’s history when flowers first appeared. That idea fascinated me. Researchers believe that the first flowers were probably orchid-like, magnolia-like, crocus-like or even small bush blooms. The lack of much fossil evidence allows me to imagine what they might have looked like and the environment they grew in. I did a series of six paintings that I call First Flowers, based in this idea. <img width="1448" height="1173" width_o="1448" height_o="1173" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5483db39efa959e070006bcd5639141c618a3ba6c042c0219801bf55fb1a25d5/Age-of-Rage-13x20-2020-charcoal-PS.jpg" data-mid="167622321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5483db39efa959e070006bcd5639141c618a3ba6c042c0219801bf55fb1a25d5/Age-of-Rage-13x20-2020-charcoal-PS.jpg" /> Prints &amp; Drawings Drawing is the bedrock of my art. I considered my ability to draw as the fundamental talent that I’d build my art upon. I felt that our creative culture had come to the end of a cycle. Jackson Polluck had finally nuked western aesthetic values and that what we were left with was a kind of nuclear fallout: a vast archipelago of individual islands of creativity with no collective imperative. So, I forged ahead with my love of drawing. What I found was an ability to discover a narrative in my imagination; a personal imperative through which I could see meaning. Monotypes <img width="888" height="579" width_o="888" height_o="579" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8ba2ae98aa66a1674da69e86ee4ea2f1138a05228e3063814f5dbd208e67803/Stream-12x19-2015-monotype-300dpi.jpg" data-mid="167270323" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/888/i/b8ba2ae98aa66a1674da69e86ee4ea2f1138a05228e3063814f5dbd208e67803/Stream-12x19-2015-monotype-300dpi.jpg" /> In about 1982 I did my first monotypes. It was pretty much a disaster because I was trying to make a “finished” painting out of each image. Years later, I realized that monotypes were an excellent way to do studies based on my thumbnail sketches. They could be a way of keeping up with where I’m at psychically. It’s like glorified finger painting. The process lends itself perfectly to maintaining the energy of the sketch while not getting hung up on the details. Some of my best works developed out of this method. <img width="1460" height="606" width_o="1460" height_o="606" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51006ff65947fd7cc5aa7f6b1e44a55ac92affd5d52ac7e381529f08a99a6ca4/Arabesque-6x13-2020-oil-on-panel-PS.jpg" data-mid="167622672" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51006ff65947fd7cc5aa7f6b1e44a55ac92affd5d52ac7e381529f08a99a6ca4/Arabesque-6x13-2020-oil-on-panel-PS.jpg" /> https://markspencerart.com/WORKS-1 Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:19:08 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/WORKS-1 WORKS JOURNEY OF A HALF CENTURY https://markspencerart.com/OIL-PAINTINGS Thu, 02 Feb 2023 17:07:06 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/OIL-PAINTINGS OIL PAINTINGS https://markspencerart.com/FLOWERS Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:19:10 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/FLOWERS FLOWERS https://markspencerart.com/PRINTS-DRAWINGS Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:19:11 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/PRINTS-DRAWINGS PRINTS &amp; DRAWINGS https://markspencerart.com/MONOTYPES Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:19:12 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/MONOTYPES MONOTYPES https://markspencerart.com/BEINGS-THE-ART-OF-MARK-SPENCER Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:19:13 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/BEINGS-THE-ART-OF-MARK-SPENCER BEINGS BEINGS THE ART OF MARK SPENCER 12.75 x 12 x 1 in Hard Cover, 132 page full-color book detailing Mark’s journey through his world of creating original works of art.&nbsp; $50 Copy Signed by Aritst, Inquire or Available on Amazon Back to Works Index <img width="3227" height="2867" width_o="3227" height_o="2867" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f6a905d1a8bf6c7b2c02f2f7277a7f150fcc84f38b0ea112de0d4b9fa4693de/book-cover-2019-.jpeg" data-mid="166382978" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f6a905d1a8bf6c7b2c02f2f7277a7f150fcc84f38b0ea112de0d4b9fa4693de/book-cover-2019-.jpeg" /> https://markspencerart.com/Border-Storm-1 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 22:18:27 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/Border-Storm-1 BORDER STORM Border Storm 198784 x 78inoil on canvas This painting was the result of my first visit to El Paso in 1977. Stunned by the sight of all these people crossing the Rio Grande in hope of finding a better life, my heart went out to them. What a huge event in a family’s life. The images of religion, conquest, poverty, bureaucracy, border police, murder and rape kept coming to me. I saw these as a wall or membrane these people had to traverse through to follow their dreams. First created as a lithograph in 1978. I finished the large painting in 1987. Inquire &nbsp; Back to Oil Paintings Index <img width="1000" height="1065" width_o="1000" height_o="1065" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23b6910ed8080118ec92da2d87ef6ca88f6626f6a16fafd52f1c4a672b5e27ed/border-storm-WEBSITE.jpg" data-mid="220729338" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23b6910ed8080118ec92da2d87ef6ca88f6626f6a16fafd52f1c4a672b5e27ed/border-storm-WEBSITE.jpg" /> https://markspencerart.com/Cosmic-Wrinkle Sat, 31 May 2025 19:05:13 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/Cosmic-Wrinkle COSMIC WRINKLE Cosmic Wrinkle 202518 x 24inoil on panel The only way to feel connected to the vastness of the cosmos is to realize that we are all part of it, made of the same stuff. Inquire &nbsp; Back to Oil Paintings Index <img width="3670" height="2873" width_o="3670" height_o="2873" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b24e28227553b3a110abb4a7d72f26d54e0e94463af6423a839107fb3ddd3f04/Cosmic-Wrinkle-18x24-2025-oil-on-panel-300dpi.jpg" data-mid="233967693" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b24e28227553b3a110abb4a7d72f26d54e0e94463af6423a839107fb3ddd3f04/Cosmic-Wrinkle-18x24-2025-oil-on-panel-300dpi.jpg" /> https://markspencerart.com/Melting-Pot Sat, 31 May 2025 19:11:49 +0000 American Neo-surrealist - Mark Spencer https://markspencerart.com/Melting-Pot MELTING POT Melting Pot 202572 x 120inoil on canvas America used to be described in these words. Let’s put it this way: One never hears this anymore, even though I know it’s still true. Inquire &nbsp; Back to Oil Paintings Index <img width="4650" height="2785" width_o="4650" height_o="2785" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f2ff62b6c21dfbfe41c643e3d430c7b2b544daa2b4e5d8c8dbd59603e253747/Melting-Pot-72x120-oil-on-canvas-2025-300dpi-2.jpg" data-mid="233967596" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f2ff62b6c21dfbfe41c643e3d430c7b2b544daa2b4e5d8c8dbd59603e253747/Melting-Pot-72x120-oil-on-canvas-2025-300dpi-2.jpg" />