Customer Reviews

Mark Ryden: The Tree Show

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I am a huge fan of Mark Ryden, and once again I am very pleased with his work. The book is full of beautiful images as well as behind the scenes details of how the art is created. A more intimate look into how Ryden works.

I am still amazed at how reasonable this book was for such quality.

Another master piece by Mark Ryden. This book show all the process and making of from his latest expo "The Tree Show". Excellent prints in a Deluxe edition. Must have.

The book is a beautiful hardcover book with amazing pictures and sketches by Mark Ryden. There is a great deal of reading, which is excellent if you care to know more about Mark and his Tree Show exhibit. I love this book and would recommend that anyone artist or not, buy this book. Unfortunately it is part of a limited edition series.... so hurry up!

I felt the book has a lot of 'filler' which it doesnt need (pictures of trees, history, carving process). That said, the book is still amazing.

This book is great - has all the paintings and sketches which where at the show represented inside -along with other visual documentation - has plenty of visual Ryden along with body copy to support - great behind the scenes exposed - methodolgies - working drawings etc... very happy with this book - in fact I bought 3 of them and have given 2 away as gifts to 2 very happy recipients.

Great collection of Ryden pieces; beautiful photos of his work and nice large format. Great for referencing and studying (as an artist myself), as well as a gorgeous coffee table book for casual viewing.

Would definitely recommend!

Looking at Mark Ryden's work is like entering a magical, spooky world where you're just scared enough to be thrilled. It's nice to be startled like this. It's nice to see new images in new ways that I hadn't before imagined.

Highly recommend, absolutely magical book. Perfect for gift giving...and receiving. Filled with high quality images and amazing coverage from conception to life of this unbelievable show!

A beautiful book, full of Ryden's flawless paintings. I don't have anything relevant to say about his art, besides it is wonderful. Sometimes it creeps me out a little but I can't deny it's perfectly executated and so mysterious. I love all the symbolism that is present. And as an artist myself, I find it truly inspiring.
I just wish there were less blank spaces, and more and bigger pictures (there are full-two-pages pictures, but some have a huge white frame on the page)...

And I just found it strange that there is a loose paper sheet inside, a photograph paper, but blank. Left me thinking if it was supposed to be a print... but it was blank. Couldn't find information about that. If someone knows, I'd like to know.

Compared to Mark Ryden's previous books, Fushigi Circus and Wondertoonel, this is a nice BIG book. Dewey-eyed and disturbing. Like stepping into an age-old fairy tale or a little girl's haunting dreamscape.

As you may have surmised by the title, the theme of the art in this book is indeed trees. But the artwork here is more Salvador Dali than Ansel Adams. If you'd like a nice sampling of Mark Ryden's bizarre but beautiful artwork before purchasing the book, I'd encourage you to perform a Google image search.

My personal all-time favourite painting of Mark Ryden's is titled "Goodbye Bear," and is included within these pages. Although this book was a gift, I think it was well worth the money, and I'd buy it myself in a heartbeat if I didn't already own it.