Robert Reimann Turns Synthography Into Surreal Fine Art — Where Prompts Meet Hand And Lens
Robert Reimann is a Boston‑based designer, author and pioneer of “synthography”—AI‑generated surreal digital fine art created with Midjourney, blending photography, hand‑drawn elements and precise prompting for complex, weeks‑long pieces like “Manifold Destiny I,” “Saturation Point I” and “Interpenetrable I.” Continue reading »
Fabien Mérelle Masters Ink And Watercolor To Craft Pyjama-Clad Figures Teetering On Absurd Family Edges
Fabien Mérelle (b. 1981, Fontenay-aux-Roses) masters ink and watercolor with Eastern finesse from Xi’an studies and Dürer-like precision from Paris Beaux-Arts, portraying pyjama-clad figures in dreamlike family scenes of vulnerability, transformation, absurdity, and subtle psychological irony. Continue reading »
Artist Draws Haunting Graphite Worlds Where Women, Animals And Architecture Share The Same Fragile, Ghostly Grace
Dasha Pliska is a Ukrainian artist and illustrator from near Odesa who works primarily in graphite, charcoal and pencil, creating monochrome drawings with rough textures, delicate shading and a strong sense of drama and “ghostly grace.” Continue reading »
Ukrainian Artist Builds Dotwork Worlds Where Kings, Queens And Skeletons Act Out Quiet, Psychological Dramas In Pure Black Ink
Rostislaw Tsarenko is a Ukrainian self‑taught artist from Poltava who specializes in highly detailed black‑and‑white ink drawings using dotwork and stippling to build realistic yet surreal, symbol‑heavy images. Continue reading »
Painter John Sauer Spins Pop‑surreal Tales With Retro Tech And Quietly Absurd Scenes That Feel Like Visual Mix‑tapes Of Modern Anxiety
John Sauer (@johnsauerart) is a Minneapolis‑based painter, illustrator and former musician whose work sits in the pop‑surreal/lowbrow tradition, filled with long‑eyed “mecha‑human” figures, retro objects and odd little sci‑fi or psychological narratives. Continue reading »
Meet Jean-Jacques Grandville, The Master of Anthropomorphic Satire
Jean‑Jacques Grandville (born Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, 1803–1847) was a major French illustrator and caricaturist whose intricate, often fantastical drawings left a strong mark on the Romantic era. Continue reading »
Painter Turns Vintage Cars, Empty Highways And Neon Motels Into Lonesome Road‑trip Scenes That Feel Like Paused Frames From A Lost Movie
Greg Mount is a painter and visual storyteller based in Melbourne, Australia, whose work mixes mid‑century nostalgia, road‑movie solitude and a touch of surreal humour. Continue reading »
Best Photos of 2025 from The Independent Photographer Awards
“Leap of faith” by Subhran Karmakar, India
In 2025, The Independent Photographer Awards drew an unprecedented wave of submissions, and ten images rose above thousands with fearless creativity. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Photos from the LensCulture Black & White Photography Awards 2025
Series Winner – 1st Place: “Buzkashi” by Todd Antony
Black and white photography carries a raw, emotional power that color simply can’t replicate, and the 2025 LensCulture Awards prove it once again. Continue reading »
Hilarious Winning Photos from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
Overall Winner: “High Five” by Mark Meth Cohn, UK
Sometimes the universe delivers perfectly timed, hilarious moments that make you laugh uncontrollably. Continue reading »
Street Artist Creates Superb Urban‑surreal Murals With Nature, Ruins and Machinery Tangled Together in Poetic, Dreamlike Scenes
Maye (Victorien Liria) is a French painter and street artist from Sète known for tall, elastic characters and highly detailed surreal scenes that stretch between mural and canvas work. Continue reading »
“What Can We Do To Save Ourselves In This Difficult World?”: The Obsessive Sketchbook‑style Drawings By Isamu Gakiya
Isamu Gakiya aka Guinea Mate is a Japanese illustrator and draughtsman known for dense, surreal pencil and pen drawings that sit between portrait, creature design, and psychological vignette. Continue reading »
Spectacular Winning Images from the 2025 Nature Conservancy Oceania Photo Contest
Grand Prize Winner: “Tauhi” by Miesa Grobbelaar, Australia
The 2025 Nature Conservancy Oceania Photo Contest just dropped its winners, and wow—they’re stunning. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Vivid Canvases Where Fantasy Bleeds Into the Everyday, With Playful Yet Unsettling Compositions Questioning Human‑centric Worldviews
Lee Gihun (Lee Ki‑hoon) is a South Korean painter who blends pop‑surrealism with everyday scenes, creating vivid canvases where animal instincts, masks, and human conventions collide. Continue reading »
German Artist Eckart Hahn Creates Ambiguous Paintings and Evocative Visual Dramas
Eckart Hahn, born in 1971 in Germany, is a contemporary painter recognized for creating atmospheric and tension-filled narrative scenes. Continue reading »
Beyond the Black: Emotional Macabre Storytelling at the Edge of Fantasy by Sarah Breen
Sarah Breen is a Las Vegas-based artist specializing in pen and ink drawings with a distinctly dark, surreal edge. Continue reading »
Where Celtic Folklore Meets Surrealist Science In Watercolor Artworks of Nenad Pantic
Nenad Pantic is a Serbian-born, Ireland-based artist and software engineer celebrated for his hand-crafted fantasy and surrealist illustrations that merge Celtic mythology, European folklore, and philosophical introspection. Continue reading »
Surreal Fusion of Folklore and Futurism in Ink Illustrations of Ulises Mendicutty
Ulises Mendicutty is an Argentine illustrator and comic artist based in Buenos Aires, renowned for his intricate, monochromatic ink drawings that draw from Japanese woodblock prints, indigenous art, and pop culture to create surreal, narrative-driven worlds . Continue reading »
Stunning Textural Acrylic Paintings with Vintage Aesthetics by Jason Limon
Jason Limon is a painter and sculptor from San Antonio, Texas, USA, who is internationally renowned for his surreal acrylic paintings and sculptures featuring skeletons, skulls, and whimsical objects. Continue reading »
“We’re All Quite Mad Here. You’ll Fit Right In”: The Icredible Detailed Illustrations Of Alex Heywood
Alex Heywood is a Scottish-born digital artist and illustrator who currently lives in Perth, Australia. Continue reading »
“Peace is Possible”: Amazing Surreal Pen Drawings and Paintings of Miles Johnston
Miles Johnston is a British artist renowned for his surreal graphite drawings and oil paintings that often depict transformations and distortions of the human form. Continue reading »
Spectacular Travel Winning Photos from The Artist Gallery Awards 2025
1st Place: “Venice of Africa” by Mauro De Bettio, Italy
The Artist Gallery Awards 2025 showcased 25 stunning travel photographs that capture the spirit of exploration, culture, and human connection. Continue reading »
“Aspect of Summer”: Amazing Painting Artworks of Martin Wittfooth
Martin Wittfooth, a Canadian painter born in Finland, creates evocative works where animals become symbolic messengers of ecological change—volcanic horses, glacial wolves, and glowing jellyfish populate his surreal landscapes. Continue reading »
“Royal Eyes”: Beautiful Painting Artworks of Maria Mazuchova
Maria Mazuchova is a self-taught visual artist best known for her project Royal Eyes. She began her creative journey with photography in 2014, later expanding into photo manipulation and painting, inspired by the surreal visions of Salvador Dalí. Continue reading »
Stunning Vintage Photographs of People Posing With Olmec Colossal Heads in Mexico
The Olmec colossal heads are massive stone sculptures carved from basalt, depicting human faces with distinct features like fleshy cheeks and flat noses. Continue reading »
