Rose

by Mark Ryden

I ran into Ryden's art work while watching a reality TV based show, Miami Inc. It revolves around a tattoo shop in South Beach, Miami and the different individuals who take that bold and daring decision of getting a tattoo. Anyway, this particular episode, a young girl walked in with this picture, wanting it on her lower back. She was getting it as a symbol of the loss she felt over the death of one of her closest friends.

Well, intrigued by Ryden's work, I went to his web site. It's got all of his art work, which is really odd. It's a dark and morbid, apparently, he has a thing for Grade A beef. So in most of his works, he has a slab of beef in the background.