Joel's Profile « { Surreal Art } · · ·

WARNING: JAVASCRIPT NOT ENABLED
This site requires the use of JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your web browser's settings or add this site to your web browser's "Trusted Sites" list.

A Free Online Community for Surreal Art
2,977 Surreal Art Pictures · 170 Artists

Related Communities

Joel's Profile

Contact Joel

I am a self-taught, visionary surrealist painter (for lack of a better definition). I believe that reality is a cultural consensus, that people perceive the world through the "lens" of their society. This conditioned perception of reality along with the tendency to grow less observant of the world around us as we become adults, dulls our awareness. Our concept of an object profoundly affects the way we see it. Often, we are seeing our concept of the object more than we are actually looking at the object itself. When someone is unfamiliar wih something, they examine it more carefully than they do when they have a preconceived notion of what it is. I like to take images that seem familiar and render them unfamiliar, allowing the viewer to see them as if for the first time. I agree with Magritte that an artist's work should "evoke a sense of mystery" and feel that the best advice ever given to an artist was director Sergei Diaghilev's command to Jean Cocteau "Astonish Me"

http://newworldnewvision.com

Profile Link: http://www.SurrealArtists.org/Joel

Joel's Gallery Pages

Joel's Gallery ( Sub-Pages: 1 Comments: 1 )

View a Full Map of Joel's Gallery Pages

Gallery Categories

Surreal Art

Browse All Surreal Art

Abstract Surreal Art (15)

Conceptual Art (9)

Dark Surreal Art

Digital Surreal Art (40)

3D Surreal Art (4)

Fantasy & Mythical (27)

Free Surreal Art (3)

Geometric Surreal Art

Installation Art

Mixed Media Art (15)

Murals & Street Art

Performance Art (17)

Surreal Art Graphics (5)

Surreal Art Desktop Wallpapers

Surreal Art How-To's

Surreal Art Murals

Surreal Artist Photos (7)

Surreal Drawings (86)

Charcoal Drawings (5)

Crayon Drawings (3)

Illustrations (4)

Pen Drawings (9)

Pencil Drawings (30)

Sketches (1)

Surreal Paintings (225)

Oil & Acrylic Paintings (127)

Watercolor Paintings (17)

Surreal Photography (13)

Surreal Sculpture (4)

Surreal Tattoo Art

-Suggest a Category-

Surreal Art Marketplace

Browse All Surreal Art

Other / Misc

Join the Surreal Art Marketplace!

Your Shopping Cart

Other Communities in Our Network
Glass Pipes - Glass Art - Pin-up Art - Airbrush Art - Tattoo Pictures - Pin-up Models - Jewelry Design - Body Modification - Metal Working - Pin-up Pictures - Glass Beads - Fantasy Art - Dark Art - Tattoo Machines - Tattoo Designs - Lampwork - Pin Striping - Anime Art - Bikini Models - Custom Painters - Custom Motorcycles - Wire Wrap - Street Art - Manga Art - Custom Autos - Nature Photography - Tattoo Flash - Pole Dance - Pipes - Piercings - Comic Art - Tattoo - Stained Glass Art - Fused Glass Art - Glass Jewelry - Hot Rod Culture - Sculpture - 3D Art - Wood Craft - Tribal Tattoos - Lowbrow Art - Skateboard Art - Sand Rails - Modeling Portfolios - Neon Art - Glass Casting - Art Furniture - Guitar Collectors - UV Tattoos - Pet Photos

SurrealArtists.org is a free online community for Surreal Art. Create your own free online gallery to display your Surreal Art related images. For questions/comments please read the FAQs page, or Contact Us. SurrealArtists.org is part of the BigReef.org network of Online Communities. Dedicated Server Hosting by Wicked-Fast Web Hosting.