MARK KING

Mark King is a highly talented and prolific artist in both subject matter and medium. As you can see on this page, he excels in bold palette knife applications as well as the subtlties of pastels.

Born in Bombay, India of British parents in 1931, King was exposed to an artistic and cultural upbringing at a very early age. By the time he was in his mid teens he had taken trips to the Himalayas to discover Buddhist paintings and sculptures, attended polo games in Afghanistan, studied Persian paintings, architecture and poetry, not to mention Indian music and dance.

He graduated La Martiniere College in Calcutta in 1947, and extended his education in England by attending Bournemouth College of Arts in 1949, where he pursued painting, sculpture and developed a passion for the theatre and threatre design. Returning his focus primarily on art, in 1961 he moved to Paris and studied at Beauxs Arts and the Louvre.

By 1968 King felt the need to even further expand his horizons, which led him to America, where he still resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.

"I don't think a painting should be completed. I try to create the impression that something is not there, allowing the viewer to fill in the details from their own imagination and experience."

Since coming to America, King's work has found wide acceptance across the U.S. He maintains a demanding work schedule and is always anxious to move on and explore new territory. A prolific artist, once he begins painting, King works quickly, producing two or three major works each month. But ask him which of his many thoughtful, introspective images he enjoys the most, and Mark King tells you quite candidly: "The next one."