{"id":528,"date":"2008-11-19T20:58:47","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T03:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/?p=528"},"modified":"2014-07-15T20:06:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T00:06:27","slug":"mark-bryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/19\/mark-bryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Bryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ever since I can remember, I&#8217;ve been troubled by the state of things.&#8221; That&#8217;s how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofmarkbryan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Bryan<\/a> begins his artist statement. I read it after looking through a couple dozen images of his work, and it tied some things together for me.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofmarkbryan.com\/Last_of_clowns.html\" title=\"Last of the Clowns\"  target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/last_of_clowns_600-300x299.jpg\" alt=\"Last of the Clowns\" width=\"300\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Bryan&#8217;s work spans politics, popular culture, social commentary, and quiet contemplation. He says he usually starts with a beautiful landscape but can&#8217;t leave it at that. His subjects are by turns funny and mischievous and troubling and destructive. He&#8217;s thoughtful and respectful, even loving, in his work, but not sentimental. He manages to understate even in bizarre pieces.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofmarkbryan.com\/landscape_w_3_tanks.html\" title=\"Landscape with 3 Tanks\"  target=\"blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinburke.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/landscape_w_tanks_500-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Landscape with 3 Tanks\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-533\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The originals of much of the work at his portfolio site have been sold, I am delighted to see. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artofmarkbryan.com\/prints.html\" target=\"_blank\">He also makes prints available. <\/a> When I started this entry, I wanted to compare him to another painter I also love, but Bryan deserves his own entry. &#8220;Apart from all the trouble we cause ourselves, I believe we are immersed in a powerful and beautiful mystery,&#8221; he says. All the most observant realists are passionate romantics, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ever since I can remember, I&#8217;ve been troubled by the state of things.&#8221; That&#8217;s how Mark Bryan begins his artist statement. I read it after looking through a couple dozen images of his work, and it tied some things together for me. Bryan&#8217;s work spans politics, popular culture, social commentary, and quiet contemplation. 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