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Over the Moon - Paintings and Optical Illusions by Rob Gonsalves Robert Gonsalves, Rob Gonsalves, Optical Illusion Paintings, Art Mini Toile, Illusion Paintings, Magic Realism, Colossal Art, Realism Painting, Surrealism Painting

Paintings that are not what they seem at the beginning, bigger images in the post, to appreciate all of the details. Rob Gonsalves, not only has he been featured on DesignStack before, but is currently the most popular post of all time on our site, with 195,752 views, to date. I will put a link to his previous work here, or you can look at the right hand column, of the page, further down. Gonsalves always enjoyed daydreaming from a young age. As he grew up, he took a different path, working…

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Magical Paintings, Fine Arts School, Magical Realism, Carnival Rides, Colossal Art, Magic Realism, Auguste Rodin, Visual Culture, Virginia Woolf

French painter Eric Roux-Fontaine (previously) creates dreamy scenes that meld wild, light-dappled environments with lavish interior elements like armchairs, chandeliers, canopy beds, and Gothic windows. In some works, animals wander through the painting, the sole subjects in the landscapes. The artist shares with Colossal that he considers his paintings “custodians of silence, initiating a poeticContinue reading "Dreamlike Paintings by Eric Roux-Fontaine Imagine Forests Filled With Domestic…

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Grant Wood painted this portrait the way a theater director puts on a show. First he discovered the setting. Wood saw the house, now famous for inspiring American Gothic, in a small Iowa town and knew it had to be in a painting. Then he cast his sister and dentist to play the two roles. Many presume them farmer and daughter. But that’s never been nailed down. In fact, the painter left it ambiguous on purpose. Learn more with a click to LadyKflo’s Art Blog. #americangothic #grantwood #region American Gothic Painting, American Gothic House, American Gothic Parody, Grant Wood American Gothic, Front Of A House, David Choe, Grant Wood, Istoria Artei, Jan Van Eyck

Grant Wood painted this portrait the way a theater director puts on a show. First he discovered the setting. Wood saw the house, now famous for inspiring American Gothic, in a small Iowa town and knew it had to be in a painting. Then he cast his sister and dentist to play the two roles. Many presume them farmer and daughter. But that’s never been nailed down. In fact, the painter left it ambiguous on purpose. Learn more with a click to LadyKflo’s Art Blog. #americangothic #grantwood #region

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Quint Buchholz, Magical Realism, City Gallery, Lion Wallpaper, Magic Realism, Realism Painting, Realism Art, Museum Of Fine Arts, Art Of Living

Quint Buchholz was born in Stolberg near Aachen and grew up in Stuttgart. He studied history of art for four terms, followed by painting and graphic design at the Munich Academy of Art under Prof. Gerd Winner. He has worked as a painter and illustrator since 1979, illustrating over fourty books for German and international publishers. From 1982 onwards his works have also been exhibited in over seventy solo exhibitions in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Taiwan.

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