Rob Gonsalves is a Canadian painter of magic realism illusions. I couldn't find Rob's homepage, so if you know what's the adress, be sure to post it under comments. I included a set of 36 pictures Rob Gonsalves produced, and you can see all of them if you jump inside this post. I would appreciate if you commented which of these you find most beautiful and puzzling?









































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  1. Anonymous Andy 

    Those paintings are awesome!
    Any idea where we can get Hi-res versions so i can use one as my wallpaper?!

  2. Anonymous Sonia 

    Rob whatsisname is freakin awesome! his stuff is cooler than m.c.escher's.

  3. Anonymous Angelnr12 

    Oh, very clever, all of them!
    My favorite is the one with the bridge turning into a ship.
    Don't ask why tho!

    Hugz&Stuff, A12

  4. Anonymous Tiago Freire 

    Hi!
    Those paintings are something out of comomm!
    They transmit us peace and hapiness.

    Forgive-me for my english, I`m portuguese.

  5. Anonymous ocean 

    My favorite is the bridge ship. I also like the couch floating in the ocean. Thats the way I feel somedays :) and the one you put on the post,The green maze.

  6. Anonymous Anna MR 

    Being a mother, I think I like the ones with children best: the map, the jigsaw, the swing, the bouncing on the bed. They seem to have more content, rather than just being clever. Overall I think his stuff owes a lot to Magritte.

  7. Anonymous MrBill 

    They're all outstanding! If I had to pick 1 it's got to be jigsaw puzzle of the house being put together inside the house, very bizarre. Wallpaper sounds like a great idea.

  8. Anonymous heather 

    I love them all!!!!

  9. Anonymous Jack 

    An absolutely astounding collection of artistry. My favourite has to be the galleons materialising from the archways of the aquaduct, which, coincidentally, is the front cover of a book on optical illusions through the ages which I am currently reading. Inspiring work!!

  10. Anonymous Hai 

    all of them r so amazing!!!!!

  11. Anonymous ASDFGHJKL 

    heya...

    Those illusion-paintings were really really really good ..i mean the thought and the way it made you think it was somehting but it wasn't
    Its very unusal but really interesting aswell...great work (y)
    Heres what my friend has 2 say.....

    i think its awsome mate theres so much too it that makes yhoo think that its real and yhoo can do those things in real life "I WISH I COULD" againe awsome tell us how yhoo do it i want to now so i can draw it in school and show ma teacher LOL AMAZIN. GOOD JOB KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!

  12. Anonymous game freak 

    These paintings are sooooooooooo awsom. i would do anything to be able to paint like that!!

  13. Anonymous niki 

    wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    These are SOOOO cool.

    The ships in the sky one is my favorite but I didn't get the one with the boy treking through the snow.

  14. Anonymous loser 

    these are cool
    =^.^=

  15. Anonymous lala 

    kooooooool

  16. Anonymous dave 

    That was a fun visual, I wish there were more.

  17. Anonymous Red. 

    These are absolutely brilliant! I especially like the ones that take you a moment to realise what is 'wrong' with the picture. I'm really drawn to the one of the 'lake' made of mirrors, for some reason. And the ones where inhuman objects become human, they really show a different perspective.

  18. Anonymous Don 

    Rob Gonzalves is a mastermind. He shows us what the world could be like once the mind is freed of the mundane and normal causalities of our times. The mind has no limits, and the soul reaches forever. Very impressive works.

  19. Anonymous Pandas 

    OMG. It took me forever to get through those I was looking at them so much. They are so beautiful. I need to get one of those for my bedroom

  20. Anonymous unknown 

    love them all

  21. Anonymous kevin 

    hiya evrey1 this man is very clever i especially liked the 5th one down with like the mna as the windows i loves all of dem bit confusin sum of them tho lol :P

  22. Anonymous Feather 

    Wow. Those are very imaginative.

  23. Anonymous sk8ergirl 

    these pictures r fantastic!!!! I love these 1s: 1st one, 11th one, 12th one, 13th one, 15th one, 20th, 21st, 23th, and all the others!!!!! I would love 2 a talent like this!!

  24. Anonymous loser 

    SWEET!!!!
    and interesting
    =^.^=

  25. Anonymous Adreitz 

    His galleries are linked from his Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gonsalves

    Cool stuff!

  26. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I personally love the Beach Room, the River monks, and the Girl flying off her bed. I wouldn't say he's better than Escher, because escher did a more mathmatical exploration, but this artist is very Escher like, in a good way. I've seen a lot of these paintings featured in books about illusions. Very cool.

  27. Anonymous Jamie 

    Wow, what talent!! I love all of these, but my favourite has to be the one with the mirror-water around the castle :D

    Cheers Vurdlak for such a cool site, I've been hooked through the widget since november and I'm loving every minute!!

  28. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Whoa those were cool somebody plz post his webpage
    wow those were COOL

  29. Anonymous Anonymous 

    these are bull s^*%!

  30. Anonymous pines 

    i know every one else said the same thing, but those are REALLY cool

  31. Anonymous angelcat 

    wow thats cool

  32. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I like these, but they get really repetitive and I don't really think their elusions.

  33. Anonymous ME haha! 

    i love the one with the mirror lake! omgsh! i wish i was this insanely talented!

  34. Anonymous Anonymous 

    OMG these paintings are something else man! You difinately have a very wild and vivid imagination.
    Way to go keep up the awesome art.

  35. Blogger Optiguy 

    I've seen a lot of those. the one with the books turning into doors is in my school library. My favourite one is the kids jumping on the beds.




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