An Artist Paints Aristocratic Frogs, Masked Lemurs And Weird Florals In Lush Gouache, Turning Classical Portraiture Into Surreal Dreams
Bill Mayer is an American illustrator and painter based in Decatur, Georgia, celebrated for exquisitely rendered gouache paintings that fuse classical still life and portrait traditions with strange, whimsical and sometimes dark fantasy characters—royal frogs, masked lemurs, birds in suits, flowers with human faces and more. Continue reading »
This Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb Ring Contained Polonium-210, One of the Most Dangerous Radioactive Isotopes Known to Man
The 1940s were swept up in an atomic fever, with nuclear power hailed as the dazzling symbol of a bold new future. 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 »
Italian Surrealist Creates Toads, Beasts And Insects In Ink With Every Line Crawling, Curling And Conspiring Against The Blank Page
Gaia Perissutti is an Italian surreal illustrator who calls herself the “Surrealist Great Archduchess of Tiny Details,” known for dense black‑and‑white ink drawings filled with eyes, tentacles, teeth, bugs and strange hybrid creatures. Continue reading »
Gérard DuBois Creates Thought‑provoking Images With Slight Surreal Twists Asking Viewers To Reread The Story Through The Picture
Gérard DuBois is a French‑born, Canada‑based visual artist and illustrator known for quietly surreal, narrative images that blend classical painting sensibility with contemporary editorial bite. Continue reading »
Caroline Gaudreault Creates Enigmatic Oil Paintings With Anthropomorphic Cats, Birds, And Girls Draped In Rococo Detail And Quiet Symbolism
Caroline Gaudreault is a Canadian magical‑realist figurative painter from Alma, Québec, known for strange, classical‑looking portraits of animals and humans that sit somewhere between fairy tale, allegory, and fine art. Continue reading »
Laust Højgaard Creates Grotesque, Post‑apocalyptic Giant Portraits With Dark Humour and Heavy Texture Turning Misfits Into Fragile Gods
Laust Højgaard is a Danish painter (born 1989) whose large acrylic works depict “grotesque and quirky” giant figures—misfits, outsiders and fragile titans—set in a surreal, almost post‑apocalyptic universe. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Paintings Where Plants, Animals and Space Collide, With Dreamlike Compositions Exploring Time, Mystery and Quiet Transformation
Scott Mills is a Detroit‑born, Asheville‑based painter and illustrator whose work sits between surrealism and pop‑surrealism, often featuring animals, plants, space motifs and glowing, otherworldly atmospheres. Continue reading »
“Eyes Full of Landscapes”: The Surreal Artworks of Naoto Hattori
Naoto Hattori is a visionary Japanese painter, celebrated worldwide for his intricate surrealist art. Continue reading »
“Another America”: The Fictional History of United States by Phillip Toledano
In his project ‘Another America’, artist and photographer Phillip Toledano uses artificial intelligence to construct a fictional, yet hauntingly familiar, history of the United States. Continue reading »
Photographer Captured The Beauty Of Decay In Georgia’s Abandoned Sites
Dimitri Bourriau is a photographer with a passion for exploring abandoned places. For years, he’s traveled the globe seeking out forgotten sites—quiet remnants of history where time seems to stand still. His work captures the delicate beauty of these deserted spaces, revealing stories etched into crumbling walls and fading details. Continue reading »
This Supermarket Has a Giant Rock in the Middle of It
Imagine walking into a grocery store and coming face-to-face with a giant glacier-carved boulder older than civilization itself—that’s everyday life in Haabneeme, Estonia. Continue reading »
Purr of Sorrow: The Surreal and Psychedelic Pastel Art of Irem Kurban
Irem Kurban, a Turkish artist now living in Berlin, creates mesmerizing surreal portraits with pastel pencils. Continue reading »
Strange and Humor New Year Greeting Cards Issued by Kinney Bros in 1890
The Kinney Tobacco Company, a prominent American cigarette manufacturer of the 1870s-1880s and creator of the Sweet Caporal brand, merged with other firms in 1890 to form the American Tobacco Company. That same year, its New Year greeting cards likely showcased the era’s love for humor and surrealism, featuring whimsical and amusing designs to captivate audiences. Continue reading »
Paleoartist Recreates Prehistoric Creatures For The 2025 Calendar
It means “Indian pig,” but it has nothing to do with pigs. It’s actually a whale of the future.
The 2025 Prehistoric Pocket Calendar by Roman Uchytel combines 12 stunning prehistoric animal illustrations, spaces for notes, coloring pages, and interactive QR codes linking to new reconstructions, offering a creative and immersive journey into the ancient world. Continue reading »
Scientific Precision Meets Absurd Creativity in a Delightfully Strange Universe of Tim Andraka
Tim Andraka’s work, highlighted in “Plausible Nonsense,” blends scientific precision with whimsical imagination. Continue reading »
Beautiful Surreal, Dreamy And Collage Photoworks by Elianne van Turennout
Dreams are often fleeting and mysterious experiences. For some, they are merely nighttime adventures that fade in the morning, but for Elianne van Turennout, they are an endless source of inspiration. Continue reading »
Humorous But Sad Illustrations By Santiago Bara That Might Make You Reflect On Life
In today’s world, life can be pretty strange and absurd, a craziness that isn’t new but now seems omnipresent, and while it might seem confusing and hard to make sense of, that’s not always a bad thing; artist Santiago Bara from Spain, who initially started drawing cartoons for practice, now uses this absurdity as inspiration for his simple yet humorous and thought-provoking illustrations, which have gained him over 8,000 Instagram followers and help people notice the weirdness of modern life. Continue reading »
Forbidden Toys: Digital Artist “Creates” Bizarre Toys That Were Never Made
Rosemberg, a digital artist from Spain, has created a project on Instagram called “Forbidden Toys.” Continue reading »
The Superb Stylish Expressive Illustrations by JiHun Lee
JiHun Lee is a digital artist from Korea who makes unique graphical works that have a quality that is both mysterious and strange. Continue reading »
Beautiful-Bird Winning Photos From The GDT Nature Photographer Of The Year
“Surfing on the other side” by Levi Fitze
The GDT Nature Photographer of the Year competition showcased stunning photographs capturing the beauty of birds in their natural habitats. These award-winning images highlight the diversity and elegance of avian species, from vibrant exotic birds to graceful common varieties. Continue reading »
Peering into the Strange Past Through the Lens of Bizarre Historical Photographs
In the 20th century, photographers captured world changes, from wars to new inventions and odd events. Photos like Boston’s Molasses Flood or alligator picnics in Los Angeles fascinated viewers and historians. Even simple mugshots reveal intriguing stories.
These images, evoking smiles or sadness, piece together our history, showcasing peculiar inventions, outdated customs, and unique moments in all their strange and captivating glory.
A woman tests a stroller intended to be resistant to gas attacks in Hextable, England in 1938, not long before the outbreak of World War II. Continue reading »
Who Killed Laura Palmer? Twin Peaks Inspired Undercover Fall Winter 2024-2025 Menswear Collection
In a bold move, Jun Takahashi of Undercover draws inspiration from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks for the Fall Winter 2024-2025 Menswear Collection. With official authorization, Takahashi seamlessly blends Twin Peaks’ eerie world into his unique design aesthetic. The collection features title graphics and stills, encapsulating the series’ essence through intricate details and symbolic elements. Continue reading »
You Will Never Find a Stranger Family Photo Album Than This One
William Josephs Radford’s art series redefines family portraiture by moving away from traditional, idealized images towards a more complex and realistic exploration of family dynamics. Continue reading »
