Amazing Vintage-Inspired Space Battles And Surreal Worlds That Will Take You Back To The 80s

Simon Heller is a French illustrator, graphic designer, and art director based in Paris. Continue reading »

“The World of Fungi”: Award-Winning Photos from the Garden Photographer of the Year

1st Place: “Amethyst Deceivers” by Tony North

A walk through the woods quickly reveals that fungi are far more than a subtle presence—they’re essential to the life happening beneath our feet. Continue reading »

Incredible Cyberpunk And Synthwave Digital Art Exploring Quiet Isolation And Melancholy

Steve Schütz is a digital artist who creates nostalgic, atmospheric, and highly detailed dreamscapes by merging “creative intuition with AI tech.” Continue reading »

Amazing “Un‑gravity Constructions” Where Apartments, Stairs And Streets Twist In Escher‑like Perspectives To Show How Differently We Share One World

Cinta Vidal is a Barcelona‑based painter, muralist and illustrator known for her gravity‑defying “un‑gravity constructions” — acrylic-on-wood worlds where architecture, rooms and people float in intersecting perspectives. Continue reading »

The Digital Alchemist Turning Late‑night Pixels And Dreams Into Hyper‑detailed, Memory‑hazy Digital Landscapes

Mid Mind is a digital artist creating lo‑fi alchemist surrealism and cyberpunk dreamscapes that blend Adobe tools, AI and coding to evoke nostalgic, atmospheric worlds. Continue reading »

Amazing AI-assisted Dreamscapes Where Ruined Architecture, Distant Figures And Endless Horizons Become Metaphors For Memory And Fear

David Ribble, a Dublin‑based dark surrealist who creates moody, symbolic landscapes and dreamlike scenes that sit between painting, photo‑manipulation and AI‑assisted imagery. Continue reading »

Expressive Sculptures And 3D Characters By Ukrainian Artist Roman Chystakhovskyi

Roman Chystakhovskyi is a Ukrainian 3D character and creature artist and sculptor based in Leipzig, Germany, with a classical fine‑art background in painting from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv. Continue reading »

Horned Figures, Grinning Cats And Jungle-like Vegetation That Stage Human Psyche As A Dense, Confusing Tropical Wilderness in Paintings by Ozy Worldy

Ozy Worldy is a contemporary painter born in 1998 and based in southern Italy, whose work blends dark surrealism with expressionism to explore “daily and romantic darkness” and the brutal side of introspection. Continue reading »

Dreamy Watercolor Illustrations By Italian Artist Veronica Ruffato, A Nostalgic Window To Childhood Fantasy Worlds

Veronica Ruffato is an Italian illustrator and painter represented by Zagency (part of Collettivo Baldobranco collective), celebrated for her dreamy, watercolor‑based children’s book illustrations that evoke nostalgia, childhood wonder, and gentle fantasy. Continue reading »

Amazing Key Art And Concept Pieces With Perfect Lighting And Detail by Lee Vander

Lee Vander is a digital artist who specializes in digital art, character illustrations and key art. He focuses on detailed digital painting, brush testing and concept work, with an emphasis on fantasy and game‑related visuals that showcase strong anatomy, lighting and atmospheric effects. Continue reading »

Stunning Mist‑filled Forests And Broken Trees Painted In Old‑master Style by Martin Voigt

Martin Voigt is a Leipzig‑based German painter and draughtsman whose work focuses on quietly haunting landscapes and still lifes rendered in an old‑master, atmospheric style that explores refuge, silence and the passage of time. Continue reading »

This Artist Blends Javanese Tradition With Contemporary Painting, Turning Patterned Fabrics And Figures Into Quietly Surreal Scenes

Anjastama HP is a young emerging Indonesian painter who combines traditional Javanese culture and motifs with contemporary figurative painting, often using acrylic on canvas to depict introspective characters in symbolic, dreamlike settings. Continue reading »

Artist Paints Smoky Lounges And Quiet Strangers, Letting Half‑finished Details Turn Viewers Into Co‑authors Of The Scene

Michael Carson is an American figurative painter known for atmospheric oil paintings of solitary or small groups of people in bars, lounges and urban interiors, rendered with muted palettes, strong design and a mix of realism and stylization. Continue reading »

Artist Randy Ortiz Turns Oil Paint And Graphite Into Dark, Symbol‑packed Visions

Randy Ortiz is a Winnipeg‑based Canadian artist and illustrator known for dark, symbolically rich oil paintings and meticulously rendered graphite/charcoal drawings that often explore anxiety, suffering, faith and the uncanny. Continue reading »

World Of Halos, Wings And Symbolic Props and Emotional Afterglow in Acrylic Portraits of Willow Benjamin

Willow Benjamin is a 1999‑born contemporary pop‑surrealism artist who specializes in acrylic painting, creating vibrant, occasionally eerie portraits and fantasy scenes that “make acrylic paintings glow.” Continue reading »

Mariusz Lewandowski Painted Apocalyptic Monoliths And Lone Witnesses To Cosmic Horror, Turning Personal Nightmares Into Surreal Oil Masterpieces

Mariusz Lewandowski was a Polish surrealist painter (1960–2022) from Działdowo who lived and worked in Górowo Iławeckie, Warmia and Masuria, creating oil‑on‑canvas works dominated by mystical, apocalyptic and otherworldly motifs. Continue reading »

This Artist Paints Dark‑fantasy Characters, Then Scans Them Into Limited Prints For Occult‑minded Collectors

Xavier Ortiz is a Sacramento‑based dark‑fantasy illustrator working primarily in watercolor (often mixed with pastel), known for haunting yet tender images of witches, spirits, skeletons and seasonal beings wrapped in misty, glowing atmospheres. Continue reading »

Denis Zhbankov Blends Russian Folklore With Dark Fantasy, Summoning Comedy‑Horror Creatures That Feel Like They Moved Into Your Village And Never Left

Denis Zhbankov is a Russian freelance digital artist and concept artist known for mixing comedy and horror, often drawing dark fantasy creatures rooted in Russian folklore and “backwoods” atmospheres. Continue reading »

A Year of Al Moore Pin-Up Girls From Esquire Magazine, 1950

Renowned for his classic pin-up illustrations, Al Moore created a series of elegant, playful images that appeared in a 1950 calendar. These works capture the optimism and charm of postwar American visual culture. Continue reading »

Meet Aleardo Villa, The Master of Belle Époque Elegance

Aleardo Villa (1865–1906) was an exceptional Italian painter and illustrator whose work embodied the elegance of the Belle Époque. 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 »

This Artist Paints Surreal Female Portraits Where Tropical Leaves, Veils And Shadows Slip Across Faces, Turning Identity Into A Lush, Private Jungle

Marie‑Eve Proteau is a Canadian painter based in Austria, known for dreamy, surreal portraits of women whose faces and bodies are partially hidden by plants, hair, veils or patterned shadows. Continue reading »

Artist Kjell Daniel Francisco Drags Viewers To The Edge Of The Abyss With His Unconscious Encounter Series

Kjell Daniel Francisco is a dark‑surreal painter and digital artist whose work dives into desolate atmospheres, faceless figures and abyssal architectures. Continue reading »

Anna Mond Twists Everyday Archetypes Into Mask‑like Creatures Whose Expressions Refuse To Reveal Whether They’re Joking, Judging, Or Just Lonely

Anna Mond is a German artist best known for her ongoing series Fantastical Beings – oil and acrylic portraits of cigarette‑smoking, beer‑drinking, priest‑cosmonauts, cowboys and other strange humanoids who stare back at the viewer with unsettling, magnetic eyes. Continue reading »

Illustrator Creates Pop‑surreal Paintings Turning Everyday Life Into Bright, Storybook‑style Adventures

Nathan Durfee is an American painter and illustrator based in Charleston, South Carolina, known for whimsical pop‑surreal narratives packed with quirky animals, kids, and oddball objects in bright, storybook colour. Continue reading »