Cosmonauts of The Cubic Worlds: Illustrations by Huleeb
Huleeb is a Montreal-based artist and master of dreamlike subjects. A unique part of his work is illustrations with astronaut-like characters who have a cube instead of a head. It is unknown why the cubes fascinate Huleeb so much, but it is impossible not to note their hypnotic aspect. Continue reading »
Occult Creatures from The Wilds: Illustrations by Luna Ana
The artist working under the nickname Luna Ana doesn’t say anything about herself, except the terse phrase that she draws “weird shit”. In fact, I would add: “occult-monstrous woodland weird shit.” Continue reading »
This Artist Draws Dark and Mysterious Surreal Creatures
Valentina Asadova is a Russian artist who turned her two passions into one. Fond of psychology and painting, she was doing an assignment to create the layout of the book, Synchronicity by Carl Jung, when she fell in love with the scientist’s work. This inspired her to make the mysterious illustrations she’s been working on, and you have to check it out. Continue reading »
Pointillist Paintings by Quint Buchholz
Quint Buchholz was born in Stolberg near Aachen in 1957 and grew up in Stuttgart. He studied history of art for four terms, followed by painting and graphic design at the Munich Academy of Art under Prof. Gerd Winner. Continue reading »
Canadian Artist Creates Humorous And Satirical Oil Paintings
Canadian artist Toni Hamel creates humorous and satirical oil paintings. Rooted in story-telling, her art practice draws from personal experiences and outward observations to create thematic bodies of work that reflect on and interpret the psychological unease characteristic of our age. Continue reading »
Artist Creates Surrealistic Paintings Of Hidden Portals
Scottish artist Andrew McIntosh creates surrealistic paintings of hidden portals. Andrew is a self-taught artist and a landscape painter for 8 years before shifting direction to more surreal work. Andrew won the National Open Art Competition in 2014 and was nominated for the John Moores Prize the same year. Continue reading »
Illustrator Creates Mildly Amusing Doodles That Are Surreal At Times And Frequently Silly
Meet Nadia Tolstoy, an illustrator and cartoonist from Stockholm, Sweden that might change the way you look at some words. As she describes on her Instagram, she creates “mildly amusing doodles” that are “surreal at times and frequently silly”. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Superb Surreal Photomanipulations
According to Modifeye: “I like to tell a story through imagery. If I can get you to stop and think about one of my images while you’re flipping through Instagram, then I have done my job! My goal is to thought-provoke, to communicate and inspire through imagery.
I do not use any stock photos and I shoot and retouch all of the photos needed myself. Thank you so much for viewing!” Continue reading »
Solarium: The 3D Surreal Scapes of Dennis Fandango
“My name is Dennis Zeevat. I am a 22-year-old 3D artist based in the Netherlands. I started out doing illustrations when I was about 14 years old. I did this for a couple of years but about 3 years ago I decided to jump into the 3D world. Continue reading »
“Look At Usual Things With Unusual Eyes”: Artist Creates Surreal Images By Combining Photos In Photoshop
According to Lila Frenopoulou: “Hi! I’m Lila and I’m a professional photographer and digital artist from Athens, Greece.
I combine my photos in Adobe Photoshop in order to make surreal scenes. I like to “look at usual things with unusual eyes”. Hope you like my art! For more images, check out my socials! You can find the links below.” Continue reading »
The Space Between: Stunning Acrylic Paintings of Micah Ofstedahl
As with so many of us, еhe American artis Micah Ofstedahl’s early recollection of how art fit into his life began with a strong gravitational pull and natural enthusiasm for the creative process. Continue reading »
Flow of Time: Fashion and Surreal Photography by Synchrodogs
Synchrodogs is an artistic duo from Ukraine – Roman Noven and Tania Shcheglova, working together since 2008. Had more than 60 exhibitions in museums and galleries all over the World. Clients: Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Lady Gaga, Bimba Y Lola, Swarovski, Kenzo, Warp records. Loving nature and sharing kindness. Continue reading »
A World Where Dreams Come True: Stunning Photo Works of Mücahit
According to an artist: “Hello, I’m Mücahit. I am 21 years old and I live in Turkey. People love to make thei Continue reading »
Under the Lens: Atmospheric and Conceptual Photo Works by Elle Hanley
The work of American artist Elle Hanley is very different from what you sometimes see on the Internet. The pictures created by the author have a huge emotional range, where tears, laughter, kindness, mystery, light and darkness are closely intertwined. Continue reading »
A Covenant: The Gothic Ladies of Tom Bagshaw
Tom Bagshaw is a British illustrator who draws charming girls in a gothic setting. His ladies are so charming in their decadent essence that they win over even the most conservative stumps at first sight. And no wonder – sometimes you can’t command your heart. Continue reading »
Beneath the Veil: The Psychedelic Art Works of Richard Ingersoll
You can find a lot in Richard Ingersoll’s drawings – and it’s not just in their crazy, psychedelic subjects, but in how different the perception of the pictures is from how the mood of the viewer changes. In moments of sadness they add to despondency, in moments of joy they add to cheerfulness. If this is not a sign of the artist’s skill, we wash our hands of it. Continue reading »
Stoned Mutants in Grotesque and Surreal Paintings by Fabrizio Riccardi
Fabrizio Riccardi (Italian, b.1942,) one of the last few living “traditional” surrealist painters, was born in Rome, Italy, but grew up in Turin, where he completed his studies and began to develop his artistic skills. Continue reading »
The Dark Surrealism of Arturo Rivera
Arturo Rivera was born in Mexico City in 1945. He studied painting at Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City (1963-68); and silk-screen process and photo-silk screen process at The City Lit Art School of London (1973-74). Continue reading »
The Absurd West, the Strange East: The Grotesque Paintings of Lui Liu
Lui Liu was born in March 1957 in North China and came to Canada in 1991. Speaking both Chinese and English fluently, Lui Liu possesses superb painterly techniques, his unique language that finds a wide range of audience around the world. His acquisition of techniques started during China’s Cultural Revolution when he was a young boy painting posters on the streets and continued in the most prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Continue reading »
The Amusing Melancholy of Crooked Faces: Paintings by Jeffrey Chong Wang
I’m sure you have photos that show you as if you were in the middle of something, like you were talking or doing something, and then you were suddenly filmed. As a result, the face in the photo freezes halfway through, turning into the funny grimace of a hung-over degenerate. Continue reading »
Master of His Magical Universe: Surreal Paintings of Chris Berens
Chris Berens is a Dutch painter. While he takes inspiration from the quality of light in the paintings of Vermeer and Rembrandt, his themes lie more within the realms of surrealism and visionary art than traditional painting. Although his work is completely hand-painted, his paintings are often assumed to be digital photographic manipulation. He lives in Amsterdam with his wife Esther and their daughters Emma & Juno Leeuwenhart. Continue reading »
Disturbing Dreams: The Superb Bizarre Art by Miles Johnston
Miles Johnston is a British artist who paints bizarre worlds of eerie, distorted dreams. The surrealistic images that Johnston transfers to canvas are felt more by the spinal cord than by the brain – they are intuitively frightening, and for the particularly tender ones they can even trigger a panic attack of trypophobia. Continue reading »
Creepy, Funny, and Very Strange: Eddy Stevens’ Surreal Portraits
Eddy Stevens is a Belgian surrealist painter, the author of a series of portraits of strange people who seem to have emerged from some kind of Black Lodge. Continue reading »
Before-And-After Pics Reveal How Much These Beautiful Images Are Photoshopped To Look Surreal
The photographer known as The_Nicest_Misanthrope has presented a collection of pictures in the fantasy genre. He assures us that such photos are in great demand! Seeing the original photos, we can conclude that they have come a very long way to their fairy-tale finale. Continue reading »
Find Your Totem Animal: The Anthropomorphic Bears of Richard Ahnert
Richard Ahnert (previously featured) is a Toronto artist who paints in the old-fashioned oil style. He also adores bears, he just loves them. He created a series of portraits of anthropomorphic bears. Continue reading »
