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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Those paintings are awesome!
Any idea where we can get Hi-res versions so i can use one as my wallpaper?!
Rob whatsisname is freakin awesome! his stuff is cooler than m.c.escher’s.
Hi!
Those paintings are something out of comomm!
They transmit us peace and hapiness.
Forgive-me for my english, I`m portuguese.
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.
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.
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.
I love them all!!!!
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!!
all of them r so amazing!!!!!
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!!!!!!!
These paintings are sooooooooooo awsom. i would do anything to be able to paint like that!!
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.
these are cool
=^.^=
kooooooool
That was a fun visual, I wish there were more.
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.
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.
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
love them all
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
Wow. Those are very imaginative.
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!!
SWEET!!!!
and interesting
=^.^=
His galleries are linked from his Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gonsalves
Cool stuff!
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.
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!!
Whoa those were cool somebody plz post his webpage
wow those were COOL
these are bull s^*%!
i know every one else said the same thing, but those are REALLY cool
wow thats cool
I like these, but they get really repetitive and I don’t really think their elusions.
i love the one with the mirror lake! omgsh! i wish i was this insanely talented!
OMG these paintings are something else man! You difinately have a very wild and vivid imagination.
Way to go keep up the awesome art.
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.
He is Sooooo Cool! I Wish He Could Make More!
Stunning! Absolutely stunning! The transitions in these pics reminded me of the type of transitions that occur in dreams.
I like the jigsaw world one best, because it’s the best-blended boundary and I like seeing the characters in the puzzle carrying the pieces through it, very impressive concept and execution.
These are soo beautiful,
the most amazing paintings i have ever seen!!
xo
these were all in a book iv’e read before! amzaing!
wow, so beautiful…
I wish i was that talented!
I like them all. My favorite it the third one from the top. the one woth the sunflower ladies.
Thoses are totally awsome!~! *HEHE* they were mind blowing!~!
These pictures are fascinating. They’re like peeking into someone else’s mind and watching his dreams. I hope there are more in our future.
I love these.
My favourite one is the children jumping on the beds and flying over the hills.
It is an amazing insight into a child’s mind and how anything can be anything with an imagination.
It flows perfectly between the situations and gives me a beautiful feeling. If a piece of artwork can do that it is truly amazing.
I LOOOOOOVVVVVVVVEEEE THE men.
These are from the books ‘Imagine a Day’, ‘Imagine a Night’ and others.
absolutely mind blowing, what an amazing artist i’m looking him up now. Want some of these on my walls something you could look at everyday and find something you didn’t see before. thanks
This is so inspired
they best way to live in an imaginary world…
Esher rip off
The sad thing is that most people will associate these meaningless displays of ILLUSTRATION with fine art. And assume that “he” is a ‘Great painter’ simply because the work is painted in a representational style. ‘realism” is the beginning of art, not the end result.
IDIOTS.