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- fustercluck, on 10/12/2007, -8/+57Very nice stuff. But, to compare it to Escher? I don't think so.
- TheWalkingDude, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20The BBC called Julian Beever the Pavement Picasso, for his 3D chalk art:
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/birmingham/content/articles/2006/01/27/pavement_picasso_feature.shtml - bronstad, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18very cool, escher definitely a good comparison
but unlike escher, ...um, kitschy - dmsteg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Defiantly Escher inspired.
But this guy focuses on one aspect of Escher's work, that being the melding of background scenery into the foreground, playing on depth perception.
This in and of itself is good and the work is magnificent, tho this does not encompass everything that Escher's work was about.
Saying that we have found the next M.C. Escher may be a bit of an overstatement. - Olle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12I think it was pretty uneven quality. Some of the drawings were really great. Others were not so good and broke the "spell" so to say.
I would have had an overall higher opinion of this guy if he had taken out say 10 of the pictures. He may actually be as good as Escher, only, in books about Escher we only see his best works of a life time. Escher probably had some duds as well.
Well, maybe he isn't as good as Escher, but my point is that it is unfair to compare the best of Eschers lifes work with this guys entire portfolio. - bitslayer, on 10/12/2007, -7/+16I would say a more apt comparison would be to Rene Magritte.
http://images.google.com/images?q=Rene+Magritte - coyote4til7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Bitslayer is right... the artist is clearly a descendant of Magritte. Escher (if I remember Godel Escher Bach right) worked from a mathematical basis. Gonsalves is exploring questions of what is real just like Magritte. You can see this in the batch of images that play with picture frames and windows in exactly the same way as Magritte.
But... the confusion is actually a good thing. I suspect surrealists (Gonsalves, Magritte), Escher and the Magic Realists often appeal to the same audiences. - templest, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Seriously, this is freakin' cool.
A lot of really clever ways of blending images to the next.
Overall, I must say: Impressive.
People who are really skeptical and saying this guy isn't all that great,
honestly, remember these are hand-drawn, original, creative works. Not
rendered on a server farm for six days straight.
To be fair, though. Escher was *insane* (and I mean that the good way). - MrPhelps, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Very cool. Nothing mathematical about it though, just play with perspective. Some of the paintings Looks a bit like Magritte.
- radial, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6who cares who this is 'like', this is great art
- boxomojo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5i can't believe people are comparing this guy to dali, escher and magritte. this is some of the ugliest and feel-good-kitchiest art i have come across.
- boxomojo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4except dali and escher are amazing and this guy draws the kitchiest stuff i've seen in a long time. i would love to have this burning in my fireplace.
- Coletrickle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7This certainly is alot like esher, there's for more to him than the few famous things he made. he made a lot of stuff like this.
- burtonownz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9Yeah, very cool stuff, but fustercluck's right, it's no Escher...
- aximbigfan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4 its like comparing apples to oranges. Escher's work was impossibe objects. this guys work is blending stuff.
- ruindpzzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2no bad, no where NEAR escher though.
- RobotCitizen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Escher drawings were optical illusions. He drew things that were mathematically impossible in real life, like the infinite staricase. These Gonsalves paintings are not the same. They are just pictures of 2 different things connected by a subtle transition. The bed quilt becomes the cornfields. The lake becomes the floortile. The houses become the audience. Not the same.
- vbsurfer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3pick up the guys book. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689852185/102-3099090-2428943?v=glance&n=283155
- allenu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Looks reminiscent of the art at the back of Mad Magazine. You know, the ones that you had to fold to reveal a new picture. ;-)
- DanAtkinson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Flagged as inaccurate since he hasn't actually been reincarnated!
- mzkw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3kitschy
- jdonner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2As good as Escher? What have you been smoking?
- gabechou, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Perhaps this is a better comparison.... but in photos not paint... Scott Mutter
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=scott+mutter - sogracefully, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i agree--more of a conceptual connection to surrealism than to the mathematical basis of escher. it's more amusing and light than a mindblowingly calculated optical illusion.
- SLIPSTR3AM, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Regardless, it's made my day. That and that Julian Beaver guy. Amazing amazing stuff.
- UsernameTaken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Geez, good to see a post that actually makes some sense. This is utter rubbish. I could applaud the dedication of the guy, but that's about it. To say that's Escher reincarnated is just blasphemy.
- echosierratwo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Agreed. Nice work tho.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4the original link to the arts: http://www.progressiveart.com/gonsalves_page.htm
the commie didn't put one. - BrianEnigma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I believe that those illustrations are from the books Imagine A Day:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689852193/qid=1148317141/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8274389-2685448?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
and Imagine A Night:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0689852185/qid=1148317169/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/103-8274389-2685448?s=books&v=glance&n=283155 - maxplanar, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Horrendous, awful, crass and cheesy crap. Typical geek-appeal art. The colour palette is vile, the topics are schmaltz, the work is pure technique and no content, it's total arse, sorry. While Escher was indeed a genius - despite being heavy on the technique side- this is barely above the level of black velvet paint-by-numbers art. The OP probably takes Lordi seriously.
- franksands, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I think there's a progression in the order the drawings are presented. The first ones are quite simple, but as we go long, the different techniques start appearing. I like particularly the red house that is transformed in a tree house. Definitely Escher and Magritte influences. Great work nonetheless.
- cryonix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Escher!? no more like Salvador Dali. but nice try :)
- vhold, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Lots of people saying this is nothing like Escher. I find it very similar, just a lot more organic.
Lots of transforming shapes, and making physically impossible scenes. I particularly like the scene of a woman holding up a globe and a flashlight from the ground, casting a shadow on the moon.
This art also gives me the same kind of strong "This came from a mentality totally alien to me" feeling. - chubbyduck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I'm nor sure I like the lighting in this guy's work. I don't think it brings you into the space. I prefer a little more "push and pull" into the space and he makes his space flat and the composition is relatively boring. He could do with stronger cropping on some of his work. Great technical work though.
- twinklyJesus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yeah, I know, someone already posted this, but this is not close to Escher. I immediately thought of Salvador Dali (in a watered-down sense). Yes, definitely a wishy-washy Salvador Dali. Dali worked in more mediums than just paint, though. I saw an entire gallery of Jewel pieces he did out of Rubies, emeralds, diamonds and gold settings. These where large items that followed themes from his painted features. Like a beating heart and dripping time.
- acidzebra, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2this guy has nothing on escher. Nice in its own right, though.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2oh man, I _DEMAND_ Wallpaper size pics - make it happen people!
- suprchunk, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6Not even close to Escher. It is like he is trying to blend the surrealism of Dali with the tessellation side of Escher. He falls way short on many accounts. There are only two pieces in that whole collection that are even close to decent. Well maybe three. But most of them are duplicates of others. It seems that he did about ten and then "cloned" those to add to his portfolio.
- mp3dog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1So where can I buy a poster?
- dhunter65, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2His official website is http://www.RobGonsalves.com
This link will take you to the Rob Gonsalves section of his publisher's website - http://www.DiscoveryGalleries.com
By the way, I've met Rob Gonsalves a number of times and he's as nice as he is talented. He's just a great guy. - franksands, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Another thing, does someone knows if the author has a official web site?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Ehh.. nothing like MC Escher I'm afraid. Nice none-the-less.
- SkaAgent11, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I love some of what the art says. The people flying the kites around the Roman architecture is a clever way of illustrating man's Illusion of Grandeur and governance by fate/nature/the Gods/(pick your higher power). The illusion of reality as something shaped by man is also a prevelant theme in a lot of this art (the observatory one, the girl eclipsing the moon with a globe, etc.). My favorite has to be the childlike fascination with the world. My desktop is now the kids swinging over the neighborhood.
- manbergur, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2this stuff is pretty damn amazing.. kindof a combo with escher and dali i would say.. i would love to have one hanging on my wall
- ksgant, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2What's with the Russian art stories showing up here on Digg in the past few days? I'm not complaining as they're all very nice...but it just seems to be a large influx of stories all of a sudden. All from Live Journal.
- Sculptor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Personally I find this work by Ron Gonsalves far more enjoyable than M. C. Escher or Rene Magritte. This artist has a playfulness and curiosity that is open to awider audience and enlightening for those with less ability creativity. He hasapplied skill, care, and passion to utilize his own creative perceptions todevelop diverse subject matter. As an ever growing artist I daily struggle withthe choices of the numerous options available for every development. As manyare interesting enough in their own way to be fleshed out. But there has to bea culling in order to express ones particular main dialog. Ron fleshes out manyof the fleting visions that most artist are unable to bring to the world toshare with others. Ron Gonsalves%u2019s work is delightful and exceptional in manyways.
- Dufresne, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4I think this is just as good Escher, but it's a totally different style and thus totally incomparable.
- boxomojo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2i hope youre not talking to me. this has nothing to do with being grown up. diggers giving their philosophy on "art", (and i use that term loosely here), is, in my opinion, gross.
- ngageguy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I feel also that this is very cool, but it's no Escher...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Yay, I can read it. I have seen those ships near the top on the cover of a book about Escher-like artists (actually it was about illusionists).
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