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!
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Balance - Sabir Haque
Balance by Sabir Haque is a very simple art style, practicing the postmodern element of minimalism. Minimalism is shown here as this painting is very simplistic and does not have a lot of focus points. The main thing is the rocks balancing and there is nothing else in the painting that might want to catch the viewer's eyes. What I find so incredible about this painting is the message it sends. Nothing is impossible if you try hard enough, and I think we all need to be reminded of this when we get too hard on ourselves.
Check out more of Sabir Haque's paintings here: Sabir Haque Paintings | Fine Art America