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!
Jasper John is a famous postmodernist artist known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related topics like the map he created in 1961. He is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker whose work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. John's "Map" gives off an image that is seen and not looked at nor is it examined. He preserves the proportions of the country and some of the shapes of the states. John's usage of energetic application of the paint invites people to come closer and inspect the painting due to its content being both imaginary and familiar.