Dreamworlds, indeed!
I can be pretty picky about Manga inspired fantasy art, but I found myself pouring over every detail in these (and loving the other illustration styles as well).
Category: art
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Most of you will recognize Mercer Mayer from his prolific critter books (a childhood staple), but he has many gorgeously lavish, touching illustrations in his portfolio.
Who remembers these books?
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I used to have dreams about the apocalypse, in which the planets realigned and moved close to the earth in strange but gorgeous arrangements and colors. Bill Higgins’s series of exploratory paintings reminds me of these dreams.
It’s interesting to think about just how much we take the alignment of the incomprehensibly majestic cosmos for granted. We often don’t notice the sun, moon or stars at all…but I always make a point to look up and marvel just a bit.
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Lisha’s Body Art is the work of Lisha Simpson. She paints some fantastic cut-out illusions on her own hand!
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I saved so many images from Kelly Louise Judd’s portfolio. I just could not stop.
Her delicate paintings are inspired by fairy tales, folklore, ghosts, psychology, nature and Victoriana.
One finds many beautiful beasts and symbols in her work…
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Camille Rose Garcia is back with another breathtaking solo show at Corey Helford Gallery, opening July 16th.
It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen her work in person, but it’s really a sight to behold.
Her paintings (often very large scale) transport you into a psychedelic wonderland of dark, sickly sweet delights.
Be sure to catch the show if you can!
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I couldn’t find much biographical information on Latvian surrealist painter Igor Maikov but he has some fabulous paintings. This one is by far my favorite. I cannot stop looking at it.
He’s quite adept at achieving a kind of soft luminosity in his work.
But has the ability to create more striking, vivid portraiture as well.
Ah, may all our angels and demons make peace and toast together.
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Neal Murren works with pen, pencil, paint and Photoshop to make wild, surreal collages of fantasy and fairy tale worlds.
One feels far down the rabbit hole when looking at these images, where the laws of physics and nature impose no constraints on the inhabitants.
His elaborate typography work is stunning as well.
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