Featured Weekly Artist: For Daily Lucid Inspiration

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Starting out with one of my favorite surreal/magic realism artists! With the intrigue of an M.C. Escher drawing and the richness of a Chris Van Allsburg painting, renowned Canadian artist Rob Gonsalves depicts that time between sleep and wakefulness, creating a breathtaking, visual exploration of imagination and possibility that encourages us to think past the boundaries of everyday life, and see the possibilities beyond. His imagery invites the viewer to move past reality into a somewhat surreal depiction of what fantasy and imagination could be. Although Gonsalves' work may appear to be surrealistic, it differs in that the images are deliberately planned and result from conscious thought. Ideas are largely generated by the external world and involve recognizable human activities, using carefully planned illusionist devices. Gonsalves injects a sense of magic into realistic scenes. As a result, the term "magic realism" describes his work accurately. His work is an attempt to represent human beings' desire to believe in the impossible. On The Upswing Carved In Stone Bedtime Aviation Tributaries Still Waters Sun Sets Sail Written World White Blanket Ladies of the Lake Here Comes the Flood Chess Master Tree House in Autumn Autumn Architecture Astral Projection Pulling Strings The Performer Cold Comfort Acrobatic Engineering Unfinished Puzzle Time Pieces The Woods Within Castle on the Cliff In Search Of Sea Flight Plan Listening Fields Making Waves Medieval Moonlight The Mosaic Moat High Park Pickets Dolls Dreamhouse For the Birds The Dancing Wind Flood Fences Hopefully you've enjoyed this artist as much as I do.