Extra Credit
This is Paul Bond's Lao Tzu's Dream. (Do you know what Lao Tzu's name means? Old Teacher. ) Yeah, I'm a total STAN. Look at how he uses hyper-realism (the stones' texture) but utterly surreal elements...you know, the tree & such...knock the viewer a little off balance. Plus, it's a little mockery of the whole hipster cairn-building fad. He's good.
Do you want to see a few more? Check out Magical Realism Art by Paul Bond and enjoy!
This is Rob Gonsalves "The Sun Sets Sail".The artist using a sense of optimism by realizing and looking at the fact that there is an illusion as a way of getting out.He also shows surrealism, by realizing the function of the thought that is expressed by the way the bridge turns into ships. Gonsalves intends the consumer to realize that the though process is real but you can't touch them.This painting is new level of reality, and a new existence for artist like Bob Gonsalves.
Here is the link to the painting: https://www.robgonsalves.live/poster-shop2/sun-sets-sail-1