The Founder of Our Group: Solomon Barroa and His Art

Unique and Extraordinary by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

In his biography, Solomon Barroa states: "I am a digital artist currently focusing on surrealism, fantasy, and fractal abstract art."

Much of Mr. Barroa's work is statement-oriented as well, particularly when it comes to the human condition. Here is the perfect example:

The Disintegration of Human Values by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

About this piece, Solomon Barroa writes: "Human values can disintegrate due to factors such as technology and mental disorders. These values are rooted during periods of growth and development. Thus it can be modified, changed or disinherited upon age as environmental influences empowers an individual. The disintegrating figure in this surreal artwork represents or symbolizes human values."

Solomon Barroa has spent a lot of his time in the nursing profession and is a book author (many of which have 5-star reviews!). Follow the link to the Amazon page where you can find his books. At the end of his Amazon biography he states: "We are born without built-in mental content and that their knowledge and ideas are developed from experience and perception about events and the environment."

Solomon has two separate shops. These include:
Solomon Barroa Art
Surreal Photo Manipulation

Here are some more of his fantasy and surreal art works:

Unexpected Ally by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

The Outside World by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Before the War by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

In Before War, he also has something philosophical to say about his piece:

War is a time where extreme power is exercised. Communities go into battle for rights and conquer. Killings and survival prevail. Such emotions also prevail among the affected either victorious or defeated. The knight and his lover in this fantasy photo manipulation exemplify such emotions.

Here are more of his pieces:

External Environment by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Dragon Flame by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Away From Civilization by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

The following art work depicting a lover's quarrel between two fantasy art figures is unique in concept, especially in our particular niche of art. His statement about the piece is:

Being in love can sometimes have conflicts and petty quarrels. It usually occurs in diverse relationships with cultural differences, incompatible lifestyle choices, hard personality, and other differences. The argument between two flying creatures in this artwork represents lover's quarrel.

Lover's Quarrel by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Some of his most prolific work includes those with stormy seas or with art that depicts something upsetting the water in some way. These are mostly in the category of surreal art images which we also feature on our group pages:

Breath of Fresh Air by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Stormy Weather by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Stormy Weather by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

No Way Out by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Recreational Activity by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

The following also depict water scenes, but they also cross into statement-oriented pieces, all good messages:

Life on Earth by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Going Back Home by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

We end this post with three more of Solomon's statement-oriented work:

Sense of Sight by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Future Idealism by Solomon Barroa

available for sale HERE

Solomon's shops:

Solomon Barroa Art

Surreal Photo Manipulation

Solomon Barroa on social media:

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our fantasy art group

Thank you for reading. 

Lise Winne (writer and curator for post)

Dragons contest winners and a few other outstanding works in the category

Book of Fantasies by G. Berry

available for sale HERE

FIRST PLACE (shared with Richard Hescox)

For this contest, of which the winners are chosen by members of Fine Art America with the exception of the honorable mention,  there were three first place winners. Actually, maybe I should say there were two winners, G. Berry and Richard Hescox. However between the two of them, there were three pieces that made it to first place (all got the same number of votes).

In this piece (above) by G. Berry, from Grand Blanc, MI, we have a dragon arising out of a book. In the background and through the book, we see a cliff with a castle rising out of a body of water. A moon shines over head.

Here are some product photos of this piece:

framed prints in this design available HERE

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Here is a tote for you

tote bags in this design available HERE

choose colors from drop-down (this one is #597591)

Here is our other winner:

Dragon for Sale by Richard Hescox

available for sale HERE

FIRST PLACE (shared with G. Berry)

In this piece we have a salesman before a castle carrying a briefcase trying to sell his dragon. This was originally a cover painting for the book "Dragon Companion".

Richard Hescox was initially an illustrator. His bio he states:

He has created many illustrations as a book cover artist, a production artist on Hollywood films, and as a concept artist and art director on computer games. His published works include hundreds of book covers, record album covers, movie posters and magazine illustrations. His paintings have been exhibited in shows held at the Society of Illustrators in New York, the Delaware Art Museum, the Canton Museum of Art and the Allentown Art Museum. Personally selected by the author, Richard recently completed a large series of illustrations for the Subterranean Press Limited Edition of George R. R. Martin's "A Clash of Kings".

Here are some framed print options for "Dragon for Sale":

 framed prints available in this design HERE

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framed prints available in this design HERE

choose type of frame and mat color from drop-downs

Here is his other winning piece:

Thats Mine by Richard Hescox

available for sale HERE

FIRST PLACE (shared with G. Berry)

framed prints available in this design HERE

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framed prints available in this design HERE

choose type of frame and mat color from drop-downs

Next up we have our second, third and honorable mention winners:

Keeper of Wisdom by Jutta Maria Pusl

available for sale HERE

SECOND PLACE

Serpentine by Catherine Melvin

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE

Legendary Archer by Rob Corsetti

available for sale HERE

HONORABLE MENTION

(for most inventive piece)

Here are some other outstanding dragon pieces:

Unfriendly Skies by Putterhug Studio

available for sale HERE

Sea Dragon by Sherry Shipley

available for sale HERE

The Red Dragon by Ali Oppy

available for sale HERE

Dragon Queen by Joseph Kemeny

available for sale HERE

Control by Joe Burgess

available for sale HERE

across America Surrealism today WOMAN by Vale Tek

available for sale HERE

These next are such fun, happy pieces:

Year of the Dragon by Pamela Schiermeyer

available for sale HERE

Mistress of Dragons by Brian Wallace

available for sale HERE

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

OUR GROUP HOMEPAGE

other dragon images for sale from our group

The Cutest Sweetest Fairies You Ever Saw Contest Winners and other outstanding works in the genre

Fairy Dust by Nicole Gelinas

available for sale HERE

FIRST PLACE

In this post, we feature the winners of the Fine Art America contest, The Cutest Sweetest Fairies You Ever Saw to contrast with our last contest (The Weirdest Most Bizarre Fantasy Art Creatures),  plus some other outstanding pieces.

The piece above is our first place contest winner, Nicole Gelinas from Joliette, Quebec, Canada (www.nicolegelinas.com).

Depicted is a little girl fairy with green wings and a wreath of flowers around her head, blowing fairy dust. This piece is from an original painting of watercolor on canvas. 

Here is how this piece can look if it is framed:

framed prints available HERE

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this frame is VN4 under copper frames and the mat is manor white

Here is another:

again, framed prints available HERE

this frame is CLU5 under green frames with a manor white mat

Here is what this piece looks like as a pillow:

pillows available HERE

you can choose background colors from the drop-downs

This colored background is: ba89db

Here are our other winners:

Fairy Lite by Ali Oppy

available for sale HERE

SECOND PLACE

Fairy Princess by Brian Wallace

available for sale HERE

THIRD PLACE

June Breeze by Adam Long

available for sale HERE

HONORABLE MENTION

(for most inventive piece)

The next few pieces were part of the contest too. They were all towards the top of the heap of contest winners (and is it any wonder?):

The Wood Sprite by Daniel Eskridge

available for sale HERE

The Knight and the Fairy, also by Daniel Eskridge

available for sale HERE

Fairy of the Butterflies by Edelberto Cabrera

available for sale HERE

Tree Hug by Jutta Maria Pusl

available for sale HERE 

Rose Fairy by Ali Oppy

available for sale HERE

Imagine by K.S. Rankin

available for sale HERE

To see all of the artists who submitted to this contest, check it out HERE.

Our group page: Fantasy Art for the Home and Office

Thank you for visiting. Our next contest is called "Dragons" ... yes, just dragons. See you then!