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Rob gonsalves optical illusion art book the fortune. Visionary canadian artist rob gonsalves is famous for creating paintings where the people or the objects in them seamlessly disappear into one another, effectively playing tricks on the mind of. He began exhibiting paintings in toronto in 1990, and his work is now shown throughout north america and beyond. 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. His paintings have illustrated picture books called imagine a day, imagine a world, imagine a place, and imagine a night. By age twelve, his awareness of architecture grew as he learned perspective techniques and began to do his first paintings and renderings of imagined buildings.
More specifically, his paintings have an autobiographical, symbolic narrative that invites the viewer into his beautiful mind where alternative realities exist at the same time. Wikipedia rob gonsalves on huckleberry and facebook. Although rob gonsalves art is often categorized as surrealism art, it differs due to the fact that each painting, each illusion is deliberately planned and result from conscious thought. Art center gallery is proud to feature original art, and limited edition prints from rob gonsalves. By age 12, his awareness of architecture grew as he learned perspective techniques and first began to paint renderings of imagined buildings. Gonsalves currently sells his latest work at exhibits and multiple websites.