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Mark Anthony King / Paintings / The Tree Series

Trees are rooted in symbolism. Within my canvas they can be protective symbols of strength and wisdom or joyous and celebratory. Some stand for loneliness, others for making connections. They may also appear ominous, threatening or melancholy, warning us that our youthful innocence has but a limited engagement. Yet they are playfully reminding us that we should remember to visit those places every now and again. Trees are curious by nature. They’re always reaching out for something. What I’m doing in my work is exploring the visual philosophy of nature, human nature. As a child I would always see trees as having different personalities. It felt as though each had something to say. Is there a message?

To me, personally, it’s merely a provocation of childlike wonder.

Other symbolisms you’ll find in my paintings are hillsides and swings. Hills, for me, are a symbol of anticipation. As we climb a hill are we not anxious as to what lies on the other side? Again I’m attempting to engage your sense of conjecture. All possibilities are right there, just on the other side of that hill. Climb with me and tell me what you see. Swings are a place where I used to go as a child and lose myself in daydreams. As to the figures on the swing, they are generally ambiguous. Nondescript; male or female – you decide. It’s a painting; it doesn’t have hang ups on gender, or sexual orientation. They are representative of anyone who wishes to hang from a swing on a tree high above the world and ponder the imponderables. It’s a place that can bring you answers or raise new questions. It can be relaxing or exciting.

It can be whatever you want it to be…I have my views. The real question is where does it take you?

Family Tree

20x16 original acrylic

Montano Collection: Lakewood, Colorado

Reach

7x5 original acrylic on wood panel

$65

Inseparable (diptych)

two 7x5 original acrylic on wood panels

Peters-King Collection: Johnson City, Tennessee

Guest

7x5 original acrylic on wood

Private Collection

The Promise

8x8 original acrylic

Davis Collection: Lakewood, Colorado

Invitation , triptych

3 - 12x4 original acrylic

Vigna Collection: Plainfield, Illinois

In the Wind: V

7x5original acrylic

Bezold Collection: Evergreen, Colorado

In the Wind: IV

7x5original acrylic

Shaw collection, Denver, Colorado

In the Wind: III

12x4 original acrylic

Peterson collection, West Chicago, Illinois

In the Wind: II

12x4 original acrylic

Fletcher Collection, Houston Texas

In the Wind: I

12x4 original acrylic

Tinsman, Collection, Hermitage, Pennsylvania

Above the Clouds

48x36 original acrylic $1200

Two Suns

16x12 original oil

Keca Collection, Aurora, Illinois

Between the Moon & the Stars

12x36 original acrylic

Garner Collection, Denver, Colorado

Fly Fishing

12x36 original acrylic $350

Out on a Limb

24x8 original acrylic

Dollzadelli Collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Left Unsung

20x16 original acrylic

Varghese Collection, New York , New York

Love Waits

10x10 original acrylic

Varani Collection, Evergreen, Colorado

One with Nature

14x11 original acrylic

Barnes Collection, Evergreen, Colorado

Lift, Triptych

15x7 original acrylic

Nolan Collection, Evergreen, Colorado

Give & Take

24x30 original acrylic

Manzoni Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Trust

6x12 original acrylic

Vollmer collection, Cleveland, Ohio

An Otherwise Average Day

14x11 original acrylic, framed to 21.5x18.5

Petrovic Collection, Joliet, Illinois

Wind Dance

14x11 original acrylic

Huzarevich collection, Fort Worth, Texas

The Reading Tree

Nolan Collection, Evergreen, Colorado

Couples Tale

Nolan Collection, Evergreen, Colorado

Solitude

24x8 original acrylic

Carr Collection:, Channahon, Illinois

I Wonder

36x12 original acrylic

Garner Collection, Denver, Colorado

Learning to Fly

12x36 original acrylic

Kelso Collection, Arvada, Colorado

The Twilight Swinger

10x10 original acrylic

Dollzadelli Collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico

A Place to Escape

24x8 original acrylic

Private Collection, Canada

Tree House

12x6 original acrylic & Ink

Dollzadelli Collection, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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