Trouble

Dawid Planeta is a Polish artist (on Tumblr) who battles his depression by painting through it. His work produces murky scenes of mini people coming into contact with the gargantuan creatures that inhabit the jungle in his mind.

Currently on an expedition deep in the Columbian jungle, Dawid plans to return in March 2018 with new works. Connect with Dawid on Facebook.

Surreal Illustrations by Andrew Ferez

Andrew Ferez aka 25kartinok is an digital artist and illustrator based in Moscow, Russia. He creates these magically artworks - they are often covers for various books, completely digitally, drawing on the computer with his Wacom pad. For more check out his DeviantArt profile.

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Alexa Meade: Your body is my canvas

A California artist Alexa Meade is turning people into paintings. She skips the canvas in her artwork. Instead, she physically paints on human subjects - on their clothes, their shoes, their skin, their hair. Then she places them in a real-life setting and photographs it. The result is an image that looks like a painting within a photo. It’s an optical illusion that blurs the lines of where reality ends and art begins.

I like for my work to create this living element. When you look at a photo of one of my installations, you see the painted thing but then you actually see the person coming through it.

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