Magic realism

"The Weaving of a Spring Dream" Rob Gonsalves 2015

Ships become clouds and towns become cobblestone streets in the magical realist works of Rob Gonsalves.

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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Excellent and very narrative paintings of Canadian artist Rob Gonsalves

Optical Illusion Paintings by Toronto, Canada based artist Rob Gonsalves. During his childhood, he developed an interest in drawing from imagination using

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What is magical realism? Is it, like, realism that’s so good, it’s magical? Not quite. Here's a handy for-beginner’s guide to one of the trendiest literary genres of the 20th century.

Sophie Morisse was born in 1962 to Mers-les-Bains (France). Live at present in Haute-Normandie. She has studied during five years in the School of Fine Arts of Rouen, until 1987. His professor was then the painter and a sculptor Philippe Garel. Received the Prize of the city of Poitiers and that of Saint Grégoire in 2001. The same year, the birth of her daughter Thaïs, first name of Egyptian origin. Expose in whole France, in particular in Paris region and in Giverny, Metz, Rouen, Nantes …

Hi, I'm a painter from Belgrade, Serbia. One of the dominant features of my paintings is order, namely the layout.

Michael Parkes was born in Missouri in 1944. He studied art at the University of Kansas at Lawrence and upon graduation was hired as a lecturer in graphic arts. His early work was primarily in the Abstract Expressionist style. This style has sometimes been characterized as Magic Realism, wherein a sharply etched realism of depiction combines with fantastic, dream-like subject matter.

⊰ Posing with Posies ⊱ paintings of women and flowers - Felice Casorati ~ Dreaming of Pomegranates ~ (1912)