Often categorized as surrealistic, they differ as the images are deliberately planned and result from conscious thought

Paintings that are not what they seem at the beginning, bigger images in the post, to appreciate all of the details. Rob Gonsalves, not only has he been featured on DesignStack before, but is currently the most popular post of all time on our site, with 195,752 views, to date. I will put a link to his previous work here, or you can look at the right hand column, of the page, further down. Gonsalves always enjoyed daydreaming from a young age. As he grew up, he took a different path, working…

Ships become clouds and towns become cobblestone streets in the magical realist works of Rob Gonsalves.

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Magical realism prompts are a gateway to enchanting tales where the extraordinary seamlessly blends with the ordinary.