Because of its brilliant luminous properties, watercolor paint is favored by many artists. The transparent media is used by artist Marcos Beccari to create serene images of people swimming in rippling ponds. He captures not only the motion of the waves but also the fascinating way that water refracts the picture of persons who are submerged. Beccari, who is based in Brazil, … [Read more...] about Beautiful Watercolor Paintings Capture Swimmers Having a Good Time in the Water
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Two Magical Scenes are Merged into One in Surreal Optical Illusion Paintings
You'll look twice when you see Robert Gonsalves' magical realism. His imaginative paintings show at least two different scenarios from one glance to the next. Trees change into spectral forms, and the interiors of bedrooms abruptly transform into a vast forest. Each of these perplexing compositions has a hazy distinction between the several stories. The artwork of Gonsalves … [Read more...] about Two Magical Scenes are Merged into One in Surreal Optical Illusion Paintings
In The Oil Paintings Of Jon Ching, Flora and Fauna Combine To Create Fantastic Hybrid Creatures
In his painstakingly detailed oil paintings, artist Jon Ching skillfully balances texture and color to create fantastical creatures—owls with plumes of mushrooms and fuzzy molds, seahorses producing leafy stems, and fish with striped tulip fins—that appear natural in their surroundings. Ching's collection of work, which imagines a mystical ecosystem that visualizes the … [Read more...] about In The Oil Paintings Of Jon Ching, Flora and Fauna Combine To Create Fantastic Hybrid Creatures
Cinematic Paintings Capture the Calm Beauty of a Romanticized American Southwest
In-depth oil paintings by artist Brett Allen Johnson portray the serene beauty of the American Southwest. His memories of magnificent desert landscapes dominated by crimson rock formations and covered in deep blue sky are meticulously captured in his artwork. They work together to get stunning images of the famous landscape. Johnson's fascination in the West was sparked when … [Read more...] about Cinematic Paintings Capture the Calm Beauty of a Romanticized American Southwest
Researchers Discover Thousands of Ice Age Rock Paintings in the Amazon, dubbed the “Sistine Chapel of the Ancients.”
Early human occupants of the region have memorialized their surroundings in rock art deep within the thick Amazon rainforest of modern-day Colombia. An 8-mile length of rock embellished with hundreds of artwork has recently been uncovered deep in the secluded Serrana de la Lindosa region. The intricate images date from between 11,800 and 12,600 years ago, just as the Earth was … [Read more...] about Researchers Discover Thousands of Ice Age Rock Paintings in the Amazon, dubbed the “Sistine Chapel of the Ancients.”