Magical realism

Often categorized as surrealistic, they differ as the images are deliberately planned and result from conscious thought

Paintings that are not what they seem at the beginning, bigger images in the post, to appreciate all of the details. Rob Gonsalves, not only has he been featured on DesignStack before, but is currently the most popular post of all time on our site, with 195,752 views, to date. I will put a link to his previous work here, or you can look at the right hand column, of the page, further down. Gonsalves always enjoyed daydreaming from a young age. As he grew up, he took a different path, working…

Ships become clouds and towns become cobblestone streets in the magical realist works of Rob Gonsalves.

Excellent and very narrative paintings of Canadian artist Rob Gonsalves

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The magic realism and surrealism art of Paul Bond.

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Quint Buchholz was born in Stolberg near Aachen 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. He has worked as a painter and illustrator since 1979, illustrating over fourty books for German and international publishers. From 1982 onwards his works have also been exhibited in over seventy solo exhibitions in Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Greece and Taiwan.