Fairies (Part II)

Fairy of the Garden by Joseph Stevens

available for sale HERE

Counseling by Nick Arte
available for sale HERE

Butterfly Fairy by Stephanie Yates

available for sale HERE

Firefly Fairy by Philip Harvey

available for sale HERE

Ostara by Julie Engelhardt

available for sale HERE

Fern by Julie Engelhardt
available for sale HERE

Forest Girl by Sherry Shipley
available for sale HERE

Faerie by Leanne Seymour

available for sale HERE

Quaking Aspen Tree Fairy Holding Leaf by Yuichi Tanabe
available for sale HERE

Faerie Queen by Jim Rehlin
available for sale HERE

Fey -- The Original -- Fantasy Elf Portrait With Polka Dots by Jayne Somogy

available for sale HERE

Fairy Queen by Dora Hathazi Mendes
available for sale HERE

Delightful Bed of Flowers by Belinda Threeths
available for sale HERE

Here are some of the product listings one can find on many of these items, starting with a framed print, then a pillow, and then a phone case. Other products such as totes, teeshirts, mugs and towels can also be found.

"Fairy of the Garden" Joseph Stevens framed print available for sale HERE
choose frame and mat colors from drop-down
(for this rendition the frame is under red frames and is CRQ5 and the mat is Las Cruces purple mat)

"Faerie" throw pillow by Leanne Seymour

available for sale HERE

choose background color from drop-down (this one is #c62aac)

"Fairy Queen" phone case (choose color for background ... this one is in the orange category)
available for sale from Dora Hathazi Mendes HERE

click here for more fairies (plus mermaids) from our group

our group home page

for Fairies (Part I) GO HERE

Fantasy Art Sea Creatures Contest winners and a few other outstanding works in the genre

Seahorse - Spirit of Contentment by Carol Cavalaris

available for sale HERE

FIRST PLACE (shared with Artful Oasis)

For this contest, there were two first place winners, three second place winners and three third place winners. All were chosen by Fine Art America members. The honorable mention for "most inventive piece" is chosen by the administrator of the group, Fantasy Art for Home and Office. A few other pieces were featured too, to give the niche of fantasy art more exposure.

Carol Cavalaris who made Seahose - Spirit of the Sea had this to convey about her piece (a kind of poem):

Seahorse
creature of contentment
symbol of good luck
you roam the sea
slowly and gently
with the currents
like a tiny dragon
of the deep
accepting the ebb and flow
as you survey all that is
around you
with inner vision
teaching me
to look
with my physical
and spiritual eyes
at all that is around me
so I can see
what makes me truly happy

This is what the piece can look like framed and as a tote bag:

framed prints available for sale HERE

choose size, type or frame and mats from drop-down

(this frame is MQ8 under gold frames, with Pompano Beach white mat)

totes available for sale HERE

choose background color from drop-downs

Here is our other first place winner:

Wild Octopus by Artful Oasis

available for sale HERE

FIRST PLACE (shared with Carol Cavalaris)

Artful Oasis states that this is a digital art piece.

This is what this piece can looked like framed and as a weekender tote bag:

framed prints available for sale HERE

choose size, type or frame and mats from drop-down

(this frame is GL8 under black frames, with a Mist mat)

weekender tote bags available HERE

Next up, we have our other winners:

Mermaid by Rob Corsetti

available for sale HERE

SECOND PLACE (shared with Daniel Furon and Henryk Gorecki)

Star Fish by Daniel Furon

available for sale HERE

SECOND PLACE (shared with Rob Corsetti and Henryk Gorecki)

Poseidon by Henryk Gorecki

available for sale HERE

SECOND PLACE (shared with Rob Corsetti and Daniel Furon)

Rainbow Dolphins by Carol Cavalaris

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE (shared with Ernie Echols and Jo King)

Jellyfish Digital Art by Ernie Echols

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE (shared with Carol Cavalaris and Jo King)

note: the following piece is only partial to adhere to Google guidelines:

Les Fruits De La Mer by Jo King

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE (shared with Carol Cavalaris and Ernie Echols)

A River Runs Through It by Susan Schneider

available for sale HERE

HONORABLE MENTION (for most inventive piece)

Here are a few other outstanding pieces:

Enchanted Waters by Sherry Shipley

available for sale HERE

Marlin and His Friends by Ali Oppy

available for sale HERE

Chambered Nautilus by K.S. Rankin

available for sale HERE

click here to see the placement of our other contest winners and to view other outstanding images

OUR GROUP HOME PAGE

other fantasy sea creatures available for sale from our group

Hard to Define Fantasy Art and Surreal Art (Part II)

The Secret by Prar Kulasekara

available for sale HERE

This is a continuation of the last blog post (part I) of featuring fantasy art work that defies category, but is jam-packed with creativity. This is a member post, of our group, Fantasy Art for Home and Office.

Aren't the colors in this one captivating?

Here are some others in the hard-to-define catagory:

The Love of Two Souls by Ali Oppy

available for sale HERE

Ballerina Bouquet by G. Berry

available for sale HERE

The Train Never Came by KaFra Art

available for sale HERE

Part of Me by Jenn Teel

available for sale HERE

Dominance by Anna Deligianni
available for sale HERE

Hold the Key by Another Dimension Art
available for sale HERE

Chekhov by Victor Molev
available for sale HERE

Hierarchy of Needs by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Space Time by Brian Wallace

available for sale HERE

The Big Move by Eric Nagel

available for sale HERE

Don't forget that a lot of these images from our respective shops come as prints (metal, canvas and framed), and on tote bags, pillows, greeting cards and other products. Here are just a few from our featured artists:

Dominance by Anna Deligianni

her tote is available for sale HERE

The Train Never Came by KaFra Art

framed prints available HERE

choose type of frame and mat from drop down:

This one is in the black category (GL8) and the mat is "Antique White Mat"

Part of Me by Jenn Teel

phone cases available HERE

choose type from drop-down

click here for more unusual art works from our group

our group home page

Hard To Define Fantasy Art and Surreal Art (Part I)

Alone by Louloua Asgaraly

available for sale HERE

The wonderful thing about practicing art is that pieces or ideas evolve into artworks that are often hard to define or pigeon-hole. 

We are a group of fantasy artists who often straddle between fantasy art and surrealism. They are both alike in a lot of ways.

This is the definition of fantasy art (according to the Wikipedia definition):

It can be characterised by subject matter – which portrays non-realistic, mystical, mythical or folkloric subjects or events – and style, which is representational and naturalistic, rather than abstract - or in the case of magazine illustrations and similar, in the style of graphic novel art such as manga.

Fantasy has been an integral part of art since its beginnings,[2] but has been particularly important in mannerism, magic realist painting, romantic art, symbolism, surrealism and lowbrow. In French, the genre is called le fantastique, in English it is sometimes referred to as visionary art, grotesque art or mannerist art. It has had a deep and circular interaction with fantasy literature ...

... Fantastic art has traditionally been largely confined to painting and illustration, but since the 1970s has increasingly been found also in photography. Fantastic art explores fantasy, imagination, the dream state, the grotesque, visions and the uncanny,[2] as well as so-called "Goth" art.

This is the definition of surrealist art (according to the Wikipedia definition):

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality into an absolute reality, a super-reality".[1][2][3] Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.[4]

Surrealist works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur ...

Our group of artists primarily practice both styles of art. 

Because many of the images in this post do not conform "exactly" to the subjects of fantasy art (or story-telling), per se, they are being featured to show that the "realm of fantasy art" is also often the realm of "surrealist art". 

At any rate, they are very creative, which is the point of art.

Here are some more images from the members of our group that fall into that category:

 Bananas by Marvin Blaine

available for sale HERE

Fantasia by Martina Rall

available for sale HERE

A Separate Reality by Jim Rehlin

available for sale HERE

Boating on Clouds by Martina Rall

available for sale HERE

Midnight Tale by Psycho Shadow

available for sale HERE

Treasure Chest by KaFra Art

available for sale HERE

Greek Gift Right by Melinda Dare Benfield

available for sale HERE

Harbinger of Light by Alice Chen

available for sale HERE

Alone in the Clouds by Louloua Asgaraly

available for sale HERE

Lady of the Lake by Susan Maxwell Schmidt

available for sale HERE

Texas Blue by Pamela Smale Williams

available for sale HERE

Don't forget that a lot of these images from our respective shops come on tote bags, pillows, greeting cards and other products. Here are just a few from our featured artists:

Bananas tote bag by Marvin Blaine

choose background color from drop-down (this one is #ddd092)

available for sale HERE

Treasure Chest shower curtain by KaFra Art

choose background color from drop-down (this one is #2e5d70)

available for sale HERE

(note: the Fine Art America watermark does not appear on products)

A Separate Reality phone case by Jim Rehlin

 choose background color from drop-down (this one is #a7c5e2)

available for sale HERE

click here for more unusual artworks from our group

our group home page

In the next post (part II) I will feature twelve more fantasy-surreal images.

See you then!