I was looking for a surreal art when this had caught my attention. I love the way colors and shapes are used to perfectly describe that psychedelic feeling when I plug into my iPod to listen to my ambient, electronic collection. It is the very color I see when I close my eyes, lost between space and sound.
This eye is a bit unnerving to look at, and yet, I can't take my eyes off it. James Sebor knows how to create that stir in his artworks, always infusing his distinct sense of humor in every work.
This work is made on 36 x 24 inches with acrylic media. I love the attention given to the tinniest detail of this work. I think the eye here is a symbol of what we see outside ourselves. Simply eye-catching!
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James Sebor is one of 50 Artists featured in Beinart's first publication entitled Metamorphosis.
What is Your Inspiration?
"I was reading Revolution of the Mind by Mark Polizzotti and was amused by the coincidental parallels between Breton’s concept of the Great Invisibles and a series of paintings I was working on at the time. Like other occurrences of serendipity, synchronicity, the mystery of chance and intuition that happen from time to time in life, the fact that I began this series before I was introduced to the Great Invisibles keeps me open to the idea that we all have access to a higher awareness of things. When a coincidence like this occurs, I can’t help but be convinced that there really is something to Carl Jung’s theory of the Collective Unconscious.
When one intentionally ignores the defining shapes of “real” objects, an infinite amount of new, imaginary objects become available. When an element of reality is transferred on to canvas as a point of departure, and one observes it through irrational eyes, new objects appear, seemingly all on their own. While this approach to painting may not reveal any great mystery about me or the world, a common chord may be strummed now and then that opens the surrealist eye in everyone."
The innocence and beauty of being in love... at some point of our lives, we can just smile on those honey-coated days of sharing sweet nothings with the one you love. This work, in its subtlety, makes me recall those sweetest memories.
I like the way the feeling of love is portrayed on this acrylic work. The art is executed on an 18 x 24 inches clay board, perfect for hanging in the most cherished area of your home.
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A. Andrew Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited in several countries. Born on October 13, 1963, and raised in a creative family, Andrew's art education is largely self-taught. His artist father, Anthony A. Gonzalez, encouraged his early interest in drawing and painting but gave him no formal training.
In the year 2000, Andrew Gonzalez had the distinct privilege to work closely with the well-known Fantastic Realist artist Ernst Fuchs in Monaco and Austria. Photos of the experience can be seen at L. Caruana's website. The paintings of Gonzalez are created with airbrushed acrylics on panel or canvas. Forms, values and highlighting are created by lifting pigment with an abrasive eraser, followed by the application of transparent layers of pigment.
Andrew Gonzalez is one of fifty artists featured in 'Metamorphosis' (beinArt Publishing)
What is Your Inspiration?
"My first calling to paint was inspired by the Visionary and Fantastic Art traditions and by my interest in mysticism, symbolism and archetypal psychology. I became obsessed with perfecting my drawing and reviving a classical sensibility within a modern visionary aesthetic. By exploring the technique of letting go and allowing my subconscious impulses to come to the fore while drawing, I soon realized that my creative imagery can be used as a mirror to reveal the archetypal depths of the psyche. For over twenty years the core of my imagery has centered on the revival of the sacred feminine in an eternal dance of rebirth. Over the years, inspired by the revelatory power and primacy of the beautiful, I have come to view my work as mystical love poems to the soul."
Forging metal is as old as our very own history, where strength meets the cleansing heat of fire, melting into a durable piece of art. I have always been intrigued by metal weaving, of the amount of time and patience given to achieve an object of beauty.
The artwork takes on a modernist approach to metal art, at a dimension of 34 x 30 inches. It is currently being sold at $3000, which I believe is fair enough, considering the craftsmanship and details given to the work.
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Tom L. DeHoog has been working primarily in metal for just a few years, and many of his pieces represent the first and, sometimes the only example of a particular direction or idea.
Why Metal?
I love to work in metal, and I owe a great deal to the focus that 'weaving' provides me. The goal of my art is to please visually. I want my work to entice your eye into enjoying the earthy complexities and designs again and again each time you see them.
Working with metal continues to hold a special attraction for me. I have exercised my artistic energy in many other areas, in and out of doors. I have been an avid ornamental gardener in landscape construction. Working with soil and working with metals have similarities. Like soils, metal can be altered and shaped. Reshaping to fit your needs and artistic ideas is not easy though without imposing various forces. Forces, when working with metals that include heat and the impact of a hammer are part of the appeal because of the way the metal reflects those events.
This work is made with the acrylic media and is displayed under the category: Surreal Music Paintings. This work takes me back to memory lane, of childhood days spent in hours of playing a perfect etude to the haunting music of my suzuki violin. It was a very long time ago since I've played these instruments and this art evokes that sense of longing I have for music... and its ethereal realm.
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Stephanie Cox was born in Dallas, Texas U.S.A. in 1968. She has painted numerous murals, portraits, landscapes and paintings that are in private collections throughout the United States. Graduated from Howard Payne University in Texas with a degree in Art and a field specializing in the area of Public Relations with 6 art awards awarded by the university. She also writes and composes music and is working on a
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Past Exhibitions:
•Internationale Biennale Contemporanea 6th Edition
•Florence Biennale, Italia
•Homage to Picasso's Les Desmoiselles D'avignon
•Klamath Falls, Oregon at the Ross Raglin Theatre
•Television: HGTV Austin, Texas U.S.A Documentary
•Channel 16 United Kingdom
I love the expression of naiveté and curiosity stamped on the woman's face. The wind seems to gently blow her hair with its music. I can see violin scrolls and G-clef painted on her hair, as if to convey that message. Or perhaps, my eyes had deceived me. But what I love about this painting is its subtle simplicity... of charm and femininity.
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" My name is Nome Edonna - I'm a self-taught artist who likes most often to paint and draw.
I've been drawing as long as I can remember and started playing with paint about 10 years ago. I'm most often influenced by the state of our world, how people treat each other and their environments, exploitation and the rising tide of commercialism. Although I do at times make art just for art's sake & simple communion with the mystery of beauty and creation, I also really find it necessary to create works with content vs. just painting cute/trendy pictures - which seems to be so prevalent these days. "
I love the way mystical creatures are hidden in this painting. At first glance, it's just another forest, but when one looks closer, one can see another realm hidden within. Just a Genius. I can relate to how the artist feel when he painted this work.
Sometimes, I often find myself lost amidst all those paint tubes and brushes. So, I just start without any thought at all, until this senseless work becomes a unique form. I guess, a true artist will always have that power to create something out of nothing, even if there's no inspiration to start with.
( Too bad I didn't get any info on the artist himself )
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" A painting I made entirely at my friend's place !!! Didn't count how many hours I spent on it but I know that I enjoyed working on this canvas a lot. Didn't have any clue of where i was going which gives the chaotic aspect. Hope you like it !!! "
I have always been fascinated with Glass Art, the way light is reflected in a solid form that can easily break into thousands of tiny pieces. Big names like Lalique have been in the mainstream of anything made of glass, but there are independent artists out there, making their own statement in this fragile craft.
This art reminds me of blue waters and fresh corals. I love the candy-colored glass that reminds me of my lost charm bracelet of colorful murano glass beads.
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Patty Gray learned the art of glass blowing in 1973 when she took Art Studies on Clay in her College Years. She began working with fusing glass in the early 80’s. With her husband, they have been producing architectural fuse or cast glass work for installations in major hotels, public buildings and private residences for over ten years. Her work is included in numerous private and public collections and has been shown in galleries and exhibitions.
What is Your Philosophy?
My personal objective is to never stop learning, continue to experiment with glass and explore its possibilities without limiting myself to traditional methods. I spent several years working with local elementary schools (artist in residence program) teaching and exploring projects for school/community. I found this experience very rewarding; the children’s enthusiasm and willingness to learn new things without a lot of preconceived ideas was refreshing. My favorite project while working with the children was a glass mural measuring 42”x 90” that is permanently installed in the Brier Public Library.
This work is a careful fusion of stainless steel, titanium and copper in a dimension of 1100 x 400 x 500mm. It is simple yet sophisticated in form, and have captured my taste for contemporary minimalism. It somehow reminds me of a fallen twig and leaf that is a beauty in itself, if only the eyes would look beyond what is ordinary. This piece would make a curious addition to modern lofts and contemporary homes. The artist surely knows how to bring out the life from cold metals.
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Murray Swan was born in Tauranga, New Zealand and moved to Auckland with his family as a youngster. He developed an artistic flair during his intermediate school years, but chose not to persue art in favour of an engineering career. He did a woodworking and metalwork course at Kelston Boys High school and then a 5 year Apprentiship with Air New Zealand (then TEAL).
The training and experience he gained as an aircraft engineer both in New zealand and the United States over the next 34 years gave him some of the fairly unique practical and design skills he would need to express his artistic leanings later in life.
What is Your Philosophy?
It is my desire through my art, to reveal the inherent beauty within some of the metals we commonly use. The textures colours and shapes available from many metals are often taken for granted and sometimes not used to their full advantage. Living in close proximity to one of New Zealand's active volcanic hot-spots, one is sometimes reminded of the part nature has to play in the production of some basic metal elements. It is not uncommon for volcanoes to give up gold, silver, iron etc., during an eruption.
Within my artwork, I can express what I think are our links to the past, and the many uses of metals over the ages, with frequent references to the explosive creativity of nature's forge. It is my personal challenge to explore to the greatest possible depth, all the elements of colour, texture and form that can be achieved from the metals I work with.
The proverbial Garden of Eden will always captivate the imagination. Forbidden knowledge has a price and it has been an innate human desire to seek what is beyond our reach. It is human to be curious of many great, fascinating things.
I love the way innocence is captured in these two lovers. Though I am not sure if the apple is really that fruit of wisdom in the immortal garden, the point is that lust can be a powerful force that moves even the purest of hearts. The tree of life looks like a morbid twist of sin, carefully hiding the serpent of desire. This work in oil is an ingenious depiction of alternate realities.
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Michael Cheval is the world's leading contemporary artist, specializing in Absurdist paintings, drawings and portraits.
Born in 1966 in Kotelnikovo, a small town of Southern Russia, Cheval developed passion for art in his early childhood. When his family moved to Germany in 1980, the West European culture made a great impression on the young artist.
In 1986, he moved to Turkmenistan and graduated from Ashgabad school of Fine Art. Absorbing Eastern philosophy and the character of Central Asia, he began working as an independent professional artist, shaping his style and surrealistic direction. His decision to immigrate in 1997 to USA began a new epoch for the artist. He returned to the Western culture that greatly inspired him in his German youth, but now he brought his own experience, his philosophy, and vision.
What do you believe in?
In his definition, "absurdity" is an inverted side or reality, a reverse side of logic. It does not emerge from the dreams of surrealists, or the work of subconsciousness. It is a game of imagination, where all ties are carefully chosen to construct a literary plot. My paintings are maps of my journey into illusion. My work is often metaphorical and requires a sharp eye to decipher the often hidden allusions.
The eyes can play trick on us when objects are really static, and yet, they somehow seem to move. I was browsing the web when I came across some visual illusions that really made me a bit dizzy.
Akiyoshi Kitaoka have made a lot of visual trick art, as a tool for study. I can't seem to take my eye away from these rollers as I struggle in making them stop. Of course, I lost the battle. My eyes will always play these tricks on me...or more likely, my brain.
I don't know if it's right to tag this work here, but I think it is an art on its own. Besides, it's just a curious stuff to look at on a lazy day.
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Akiyoshi Kitaoka is a Professor of Psychology at the College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. In 1984 he received a BSc from the Department of Biology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, where he studied animal psychology (burrowing behavior in rats) and (at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience) neuronal activity of the inferotemporal cortex in Macaque monkeys.
After his 1991 PhD from the Institute of Psychology, University of Tsukuba, he specialized in visual perception and visual illusions of geometrical shape, brightness, color, in motion illusions and other visual phenomena like Gestalt completion and perceptual transparency, based on a modern conception of Gestalt Psychology.
This artwork reminds me of an elephant's tusk, depicted in the modern way the artist feels like. What fascinated me with Kenneth Huff's work is his keen attention to details, even in the tiniest pixels.
This kind of work separates the genius from the rest of the group. I can see patience and love in the execution of this work. This art comes in the size of 40 x 40 inches, and limited to a variant of twenty, full-colored prints. Ingenious!
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Kenneth A. Huff is an interdisciplinary visual artist working in a variety of traditional and new media. Through intricately-detailed abstractions, he explores evolving patterns and forms in nature. His body of organically-inspired work spans more than fourteen years and includes prints, sculptures, time-based projects and photographs.
Ken’s works have been included in over 350 public showings in Australia, Austria, Canada, China, France, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom and twenty-seven of the United States of America.
What is your Inspiration?
"...Inspired by the random, yet structured beauty and minute details of nature (flora, fauna and mineral), multitudes of objects often are included in works, frequently similar in form, yet always unique in their details. Details of color and texture mimic the level of physical detail found in the natural world and create an illusion of reality even while the viewer is confronted with the practical knowledge that the objects illustrated do not exist.
One of the most satisfying aspects of the process is the ability to create an image with physical levels of detail and realism without the constraints of physical materials. The path from inspiration and idea to implementation and image is direct and unencumbered. "
This artwork increases my longing for the pristine shores of Boracay, even if it's not in the heart of the Pacific. Looking at this work, I remember those long walks on the wet sands, where the water dances with harmony as it swirls around my feet. Suddenly, the water becomes a metallic sheen that glows beneath the hot summer sun.
I am reminded of those lazy strolls by just looking at this painting. I love the subtle blend of colors that looks - simply vibrant.
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Mary Capan profession is painter artist, designer and illustrator. She creates a new elegant style of fine deco art design. Her optimistic and natural beauty colors are suitable for any interior design furniture, rugs or wall decorations.
For the last years Mary Capan was creating abstract acrylic paintings, oil landscapes, watercolor and realistic portraits, experimenting successfully as well on ceramic sculpture and glass paints. She is having an exceptionally successful art vocation and an enormous new inspiration studying Monet, Dali, Picasso and Chagall. Some of her famous recent paintings represent a new abstract vision of various 3D floral geometries. Mary Capan is a member of important international artists associations of the contemporary paint art. She is listed in World Artist Directory and EBSQ self-represented artist group member.
What is your Passion?
" Abstract art is my passion, I find an absolute harmony and satisfaction in painting. My art is spontaneous, original, very optimistic and this can be seen in all my creative artwork . My paintings can bring a distinct focus and change the look in various spaces improving the same time the imagination, inspiration and creativity. I am fascinated with color combination and their noticeable effects on peoples life, also adding extra color energy into different spaces. "
I have always been fascinated by the wisdom of ancient lore, especially those dealing with the gods and goddesses - from Ancient Sumer, Babylon, Egypt and Greece. There is just an affinity with the goddess Isis, which have wakened the mystical woman in me. I believe my first encounter with the legends of Ancient Egypt is on my 15th birthday, when I received the most unusual gift - an Ibis Tarot card collection sealed in a red, velvet box.
Spirits... are forever reshaping the world, even in a modern time of absolute realities. I love the use of colors and magical symbols on this painting. Serpents are symbols of eternal knowledge and I could only fathom the enlightenment carried by the gentle wind.
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Martina Hoffmann is one of 50 Artists featured on Beinart's first publication entitled Metamorphosis.
What is the message behind your Art?
"My painted work has been greatly informed by expanded states of consciousness, with the sacred feminine as a central theme. It attempts to portray the language that lies beyond words. This language presents us with truths and messages that guide our lives towards the source that all beings share as their departing point and final destination. As an artist, I ask for nothing more than absolute openness to the ‘Esperanto of the Unknown’ and to become an open channel to its infinite wealth of imagery and wisdom."
I love Numeric Art, which flows easily from the depths of my imagination to the subtle brush strokes of my hands. It is something I do normally and I didn't know it was called as such..until a painter friend told me so.
This work is one of Maurice's work under the Numeric Art Gallery. There's just hidden dimensions under the colors that it seems to be morphing. The grid lines have caught my curious eyes...and still, I am trying to make some defined shape out of it. Or maybe, it's not meant to be defined.
I'm just impressed with his fighting spirit in challenging his disability...just for the sake of Art.
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Maurice Odic is a sculptor and painter for more than 30 years. Maurice having lost the use of his hands in consequence of an accident, have had to reconvert themselves with numerical into 98.. To see more about Maurice, please click here.
I remember writing a poetry with the same title and it is like de javu - only this time, my poem is captured by brush strokes. Mia is a new artist who can paint life into colors. I love the use of complementary hues and shades, subtly contrasting in its surreal form. Simple yet executed with grace. I may only assume that this is a self-portrait of a girl who will someday make her name in the artist's hall of fame. I can only look forward to it in the future.
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MIA was born and raised in Los Angeles, and grew up watching cartoons and animated films, drawing, reading, and writing. She has long been fascinated by story and character, and the qualities that make people unique.
What is your Philosophy?
I believe that all individuals contain an entire universe within them. Her recent work strives to represent the unseen forces at work within the subject -- spirits, inner demons, conflicting emotions, and the imagination. The result is a surreal amalgam of imagery that weaves multiple layers of detail, endeavoring to represent the multi-faceted personalities of her characters, their complex identities, and their personal mythologies.
When I was a child, I had been so fascinated with stories on magical faeries with glowing butterfly wings. They are just beautiful, ethereal beings from lost stories that haunt my imagination...up to now.
Doug Beekman must have been lured by these magical beings in a picture of innocence and freedom. I love the way light is painted using Mixed Media, as if I can almost feel that ethereal glow in this sacred forest where they dance. Perhaps, the artist must have seen them for real. I may never know. The possibilities are endless and it's nice to have an open mind.
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Doug Beekman was born at an early age and grew up in northwestern Ohio. At age 19, he moved to New York City, enrolling at the School of Visual Arts and then the Art Students League of New York, where he studied with Daniel Greene, David Leffel and the late Robert E. Schulz.
To date, Beekman has exhibited at the Delaware Art Museum, Canton Museum of Art, Society of Illustrators of New York, Salmagundi Club, Words and Pictures Museum, and in numerous gallery exhibits. He has also had a one man show at the Wistarihurst Museum of Massachusetts in 1998.
What is your Passion?
"Passion is key to my art. When I experience a strong internal sense evoked by a special place or visualized scene, then capturing and conveying that feeling becomes my goal. It’s an evocative quality that draws me to want to paint a given subject - out of the thousands of images I could put on canvas...that I want share with the person looking at it."
Last week had been full of surprises when I was so excited to open up this blog and start my first post. I thought now that I have a good motivation, I am going to a journey into the vast world of the unknown: Art.
There are so many artists and artworks out there and it was hard to choose the first inspiration that will have me writing on the right path... Until I stumbled upon a striking image of a woman that somehow reflects the way I feel right now.
Perhaps, I may not be in sync with what Amanda Sage have in mind when she painted this work, but I feel that the woman is torn apart by voices inside her head...which is so like me right now. It is like a world full of options with only one choice to make. I love the way how doubt is captured on that innocent-looking face... and from what doubts or sin she is torn apart, I may just wonder.
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" My Art is a language, in which I converse with spirit, the world, myself and the people around me. Subliminal, whispering or screaming it is a guide if I allow it to be. It is my teacher as it patiently waits for me to listen… it is a journey that is endless, one that will help lead me to the awakening of my full potential. "
What is your dream?
" My dreams are vast and grand, reaching around the globe, and further, to touch, share and inspire as many creatures as possible to awaken to their inherent right to be creators of their lives and the world around them or us. "
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James Sebor is one of 50 Artists featured in Beinart's first publication entitled Metamorphosis. 
A. Andrew Gonzalez, of San Antonio, Texas, is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited in several countries. Born on October 13, 1963, and raised in a creative family, Andrew's art education is largely self-taught. His artist father, Anthony A. Gonzalez, encouraged his early interest in drawing and painting but gave him no formal training. 
Tom L. DeHoog has been working primarily in metal for just a few years, and many of his pieces represent the first and, sometimes the only example of a particular direction or idea. 
Stephanie Cox was born in Dallas, Texas U.S.A. in 1968. She has painted numerous murals, portraits, landscapes and paintings that are in private collections throughout the United States. Graduated from Howard Payne University in Texas with a degree in Art and a field specializing in the area of Public Relations with 6 art awards awarded by the university. She also writes and composes music and is working on a
" My name is Nome Edonna - I'm a self-taught artist who likes most often to paint and draw.
Patty Gray learned the art of glass blowing in 1973 when she took Art Studies on Clay in her College Years. She began working with fusing glass in the early 80’s. With her husband, they have been producing architectural fuse or cast glass work for installations in major hotels, public buildings and private residences for over ten years. Her work is included in numerous private and public collections and has been shown in galleries and exhibitions. 
Murray Swan was born in Tauranga, New Zealand and moved to Auckland with his family as a youngster. He developed an artistic flair during his intermediate school years, but chose not to persue art in favour of an engineering career. He did a woodworking and metalwork course at Kelston Boys High school and then a 5 year Apprentiship with Air New Zealand (then TEAL). 
Michael Cheval is the world's leading contemporary artist, specializing in Absurdist paintings, drawings and portraits.
Akiyoshi Kitaoka is a Professor of Psychology at the College of Letters, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. In 1984 he received a BSc from the Department of Biology, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, where he studied animal psychology (burrowing behavior in rats) and (at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience) neuronal activity of the inferotemporal cortex in Macaque monkeys.
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Mary Capan profession is painter artist, designer and illustrator. She creates a new elegant style of fine deco art design. Her optimistic and natural beauty colors are suitable for any interior design furniture, rugs or wall decorations.
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MIA was born and raised in Los Angeles, and grew up watching cartoons and animated films, drawing, reading, and writing. She has long been fascinated by story and character, and the qualities that make people unique. 
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