Explore the mesmerizing world of self portrait paintings with a surreal twist. Get inspired by these unique artworks and create your own masterpiece that tells your story.
Greek artist Nikos Gyftakis created this wonderful series of swirling self-portraits between 2004-2005. The works are made with oil pastels on canvas and are actually quite large, with a few of the pieces taller than 5′ (1.5m). You can see many more from this series and more of his recent work in his work gallery. More
Surreal Art: Realistic painting of a young woman behind a barn swallow by Turkish artist / illustrator Aykut Aydoğdu. Enigmatic and laced with symbolism.
Painting a self-portrait is both interesting and tricky. It’s not always easy to capture the likeness of yourself on canvas. But in the era of photography and selfies, self-portraits can show us much more than just how the artist looks. They can give us a hint at how the artist saw himself and the world around him at a given moment in time #portraitpainting #oilcanvaspainting #portraitoilpainting
Adam Caldwell’s work unfolds like a surreal psychological tableau, presenting simultaneity of antagonisms and unresolved impulses: life set against death, the serious in concert with the absurd, the beautiful coexisting alongside the abject. The Bay area painter’s work explores the intersection of the psychological and the cultural. Taking stylistic elements from abstract expressionism and classical […]