Incomprehensible pictures. Unusual paintings by artists

Art can be anything. Some people see the beauty of nature and convey it with a brush or a chisel, some take stunning photographs of the human body, and some find beauty in the terrible - this is the style Caravaggio and Edvard Munch worked in. Modern artists do not lag behind the founding fathers.

1. Dado

Yugoslavian Dado was born in 1933 and died in 2010. At first glance, his work may seem completely ordinary or even pleasant - this is due to the choice color range: Many horror artists choose black or red, but Dado loved pastel shades.

But take a closer look at paintings like The Big Farm from 1963 or The Football Player from 1964, and you will see grotesque creatures in them. Their faces are full of pain or suffering, tumors or extra organs are visible on their bodies, or their bodies are simply irregular shape. In fact, pictures like “The Big Farm” are much more frightening than the sheer horror - precisely because at first glance you don’t notice anything terrible in them.

2. Keith Thompson

Keith Thompson is more of a commercial artist than an artist. He created the monsters for Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim and Scott Westerfield's Leviathan. His work is done in a technique that you'd expect to see on Magic: The Gathering cards rather than in a museum.

Look at his painting “The Creature from Pripyat”: the monster is made from several animals and is terribly ugly, but it gives an excellent idea of ​​Thompson’s technique. The monster even has a story - it is supposedly a product of the Chernobyl disaster. Of course, the monster is somewhat contrived, as if it came straight out of the 1950s, but that doesn’t make it any less creepy.

The SCP Foundation adopted this creature as its mascot, calling it SCP-682. But Thompson still has many similar monsters in his arsenal, and there are worse ones.

3. Junji Ito

On the subject of commercial artists: some of them draw comics. When it comes to horror comics, Junji Ito is a champion. His monsters are not just grotesque: the artist carefully draws every wrinkle, every fold on the creatures’ bodies. This is what scares people, and not the irrationality of monsters.

For example, in his comic "The Riddle of Amigara Folt", he strips people and sends them into a human-shaped hole in solid rock - the closer we see this hole, the scarier it is, but even "from a distance" it seems frightening.

In his comic book series Uzumaki (Spiral), there is a guy obsessed with spirals. At first his obsession seems funny, and then it’s scary. Moreover, it becomes scary even before the hero’s obsession becomes magic, with the help of which he turns a person into something inhuman, but at the same time alive.

Ito's work stands out among all Japanese manga- his “normal” characters look unusually realistic and even cute, and the monsters seem even more creepy against their background.

4. Zdzislaw Beksinski

If an artist says, “I can’t imagine what rationality means in painting,” he’s probably not painting kittens.

Polish painter Zdzislaw Beksinski was born in 1929. For decades, he created nightmarish images in the genre fantastic realism until his terrible death in 2005 (he was stabbed 17 times). Most fruitful period his work spanned the years 1960 - 1980: then he created highly detailed images, which he himself called “photographs of his dreams.”

According to Beksiński, he did not care about the meaning of a particular painting, but some of his works clearly symbolize something. For example, in 1985 he created the painting “Trollforgatok”. The artist grew up in a country devastated by the Second World War, so the black figures in the picture can represent Polish citizens, and the head is a kind of ruthless authority.

The artist himself claimed that he had nothing of the kind in mind. In fact, Beksinski said about this picture that it should be taken as a joke - that’s what truly black humor means.

5. Wayne Barlow

Thousands of artists have tried to depict Hell, but Wayne Barlow clearly succeeded. Even if you haven’t heard his name, you’ve probably seen his work. He took part in the work on such films as James Cameron's Avatar (the director personally praised him), Pacific Rim, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. But one of his most outstanding works can be called a book published in 1998 called “Inferno”.

His hell is not just dungeons with demonic lords and armies. Barlow said: “Hell is complete indifference to human suffering.” His demons often show interest in human bodies and souls and behave more like experimenters - they ignore other people's pain. For his demons, people are not objects of hatred at all, but simply a means for idle entertainment, nothing more.

6. Tetsuya Ishida

In Isis's acrylic paintings, people are often transformed into objects such as packaging, conveyor belts, urinals, or even hemorrhoid pillows. He also has visually pleasing paintings of people merging with nature or escaping into magical land your imagination. But such works are much dimmer than paintings in which restaurant workers turn into mannequins pumping food into customers as if they were servicing cars at a gas station.

Regardless of one's opinion of the artist's precision and insight or the vividness of his metaphors, there is no denying that the style of his work is eerie. Any humor in Isis goes hand in hand with disgust and fear. His career came to an end in 2005 when 31-year-old Ishida was hit by a train in what was almost certainly a suicide. The works he left behind are valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars.

7. Dariusz Zawadzki

Zavadsky was born in 1958. Like Beksinski, he works in the style of eerie fantastic realism. His teachers in art school They told Zavadsky that he did not have very good eyesight and a poor eye, so he would not become an artist. Well, they clearly jumped to conclusions.

Zavadsky's works contain elements of steampunk: he often draws robot-like creatures with working mechanisms visible under their artificial skin. For example, take a look at the 2007 oil painting “Nest.” The poses of the birds are the same as those of living birds, but the frame is clearly metal, barely covered with scraps of skin. The picture may cause disgust, but at the same time it attracts the eye - you want to look at all the details.

8. Joshua Hoffin

Joshua Hoffin was born in 1973 in Emporia, Kansas. He takes terrifying photographs in which fairy tales familiar from childhood take on terrible features - the story, of course, can be recognized, but at the same time its meaning is greatly distorted.

Many of his works look too staged and unnatural to be truly frightening. But there are also series of photographs like “Pickman’s Masterpieces” - this is a tribute to one of Lovecraft’s characters, the artist Pickman.

In the photographs from 2008, which you can see here, is his daughter Chloe. The girl's face shows almost no emotion, and she hardly looks towards the audience. The contrast is scary: family photo on the bedside table, a girl in pink pajamas - and huge cockroaches.

9. Patrizia Piccinini

Piccinini's sculptures are sometimes very different from each other: some sculptures are irregularly shaped motorcycles, others are strange balloons of hot air. But mostly she creates sculptures that are very, very uncomfortable to stand in the same room with. They even look creepy in photographs.

In the 2004 work “Indivisible,” a humanoid is pressed against the back of a normal human child. What is most disturbing is the element of trust and affection - as if the child's innocence was cruelly used to his detriment.

Of course, Piccinini's work is criticized. They even said about “Indivisible” that it was not a sculpture, but some kind of real animal. But no - it’s just a figment of her imagination, and the artist continues to create her works from fiberglass, silicone, and hair.

10. Mark Powell

The works of Australian Mark Powell are truly shocking. His 2012 show features a series of compositions in which fantastic creatures evolve, devour and separate each other from own bodies, multiply and decay. Creature textures and environment are extremely convincing, and the body language of the figures is precisely chosen to make the situations appear as ordinary - and therefore convincing - as possible.

Of course, the Internet could not help but give the artist his due. The aforementioned "SCP Foundation" took the disgusting monster from the image above and made it part of a story called "The Flesh That Hates." There are also many horror stories associated with his work.

Among peaceful pastorals, noble portraits and other works of art that only evoke positive emotions, there are paintings that are strange and shocking. We have collected 15 paintings that make viewers horrified. Moreover, they all belong to the brushes of world famous artists.

"Guernica"

One of the most famous works Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" is a story about the tragedy of war and the suffering of innocent people. This work received worldwide recognition and became a reminder of the horrors of war.

"Failure of Mind to Matter"

“The Loss of Mind to Matter” - a painting painted in 1973 Austrian artist Otto Rapp. He depicted a decomposing human head placed on a birdcage containing a piece of flesh.

"Dante and Virgil in Hell"

Adolphe William Bouguereau's painting Dante and Virgil in the Inferno was inspired by a short scene of a battle between two damned souls from Dante's Inferno.

"The Hanging Live Negro"

This grisly creation by William Blake depicts a black slave who was hanged from the gallows with a hook threaded through his ribs. The work is based on the story of the Dutch soldier Steadman, an eyewitness to such a brutal massacre.

"Hell"

Painting "Hell" German artist Hans Memling, written in 1485, is one of the most terrible artistic creations of its time. She was supposed to push people towards virtue. Memling enhanced the terrifying effect of the scene by adding the caption: "There is no redemption in hell."

Water Spirit

The artist Alfred Kubin is considered largest representative symbolism and expressionism and is known for his dark symbolic fantasies. “The Spirit of Water” is one of these works, depicting the powerlessness of man in front of the sea elements.

"Necronom IV"

This is a terrible creation famous artist Hans Rudolf Giger was inspired famous film"Stranger". Giger suffered from nightmares and all of his paintings were inspired by these visions.

"The Flaying of Marcia"

Created by an artist of the times Italian Renaissance Titian's painting "The Flaying of Marsyas" is currently in National Museum in Kromeriz in the Czech Republic. Piece of art depicts a scene from Greek mythology, where the satyr Marsyas is flayed for daring to challenge the god Apollo.

"Scream"

The cry is the most famous painting Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch. The painting depicts a desperately screaming man against a blood-colored sky. It is known that The Scream was inspired by a serene evening walk during which Munch witnessed the blood-red setting sun.

"Gallowgate Lard"

This painting is nothing more than a self-portrait of Scottish author Ken Currie, who specializes in dark, social-realistic paintings. Curry's favorite theme is dark city ​​life Scottish working class.

"Saturn Devouring His Son"

One of the most famous and sinister works Spanish artist Francisco Goya painted it on the wall of his house in 1820 - 1823. "Saturn Devouring His Son" is based on Greek myth about the Titan Chronos (in Rome - Saturn), who feared that he would be overthrown by one of his children and ate them immediately after birth.

"Judith Killing Holofernes"

The execution of Holofernes was depicted by such great artists as Donatello, Sandro Botticelli, Giorgione, Gentileschi, Lucas Cranach the Elder and many others. On painting by Caravaggio, written in 1599, depicts the most dramatic moment of this story - the beheading.

"Nightmare"

The painting "Nightmare" by the Swiss painter Heinrich Fuseli was first shown at the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy in London in 1782, where it shocked both visitors and critics.

"Massacre of the innocents"

This outstanding work art by Peter Paul Rubens, consisting of two paintings, was created in 1612, believed to be influenced by the works of the famous Italian artist Caravaggio.

If the paintings seem too gloomy to hang them at home, you can use one of them.

How much does it take to become an artist? Maybe talent? Or the ability to learn something new? Or a wild fantasy? Of course, these are all necessary factors, but which is the most important? Inspiration. When an artist literally puts his soul into a painting, it becomes as if alive. The magic of colors works wonders, but it’s impossible to shift your gaze, you want to study every little detail...

In this article we will look at 25 truly brilliant and famous paintings.

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"The Persistence of Memory", Salvador Dali

This small painting and brought Dali popularity when he was 28 years old. This is not the only title of the painting; it also has the names “Soft Hours”, “Fortitude of Memory”, “Hardness of Memory”.

The idea of ​​painting came to the artist at a time when he was thinking about processed cheese. Dali did not leave a note about the meaning and significance of the painting, so scientists interpret it in their own way, leaning toward Einstein’s theory of relativity.

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"Dance", Henri Matisse

The picture is painted in only three colors - red, blue and green. They symbolize heaven, earth and people. In addition to “Dance,” Matisse also painted “Music.” They were ordered by a Russian collector.

There are no unnecessary details on it, only a natural background and the people themselves, frozen in dance. This is exactly what the artist wanted - to capture a successful moment when people are united with nature and overwhelmed with ecstasy.

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"The Kiss", Gustav Klimt

"The Kiss" is Klimt's most famous painting. He wrote it during his “golden” period of creativity. He used real gold leaf. There are two versions of the biography of the painting. According to the first version, the painting depicts Gustav himself with his beloved Emilia Flöge, whose name he uttered last in his life. According to the second version, a certain count ordered the painting so that Klimt would paint him and his beloved.

When the count asked why the kiss itself was not in the picture, Klimt stated that he was an artist and that’s how he saw it. In fact, Klimt fell in love with the count’s girlfriend and this was some kind of revenge.

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"Sleeping Gypsy", Henri Rousseau

The canvas was found only 13 years after the author’s death and it immediately became his most expensive work. During his lifetime, he tried to sell it to the mayor of the city, but to no avail.

The picture conveys an original meaning and a deep idea. Peace, relaxation - these are the feelings that “Sleeping Gypsy” evokes.

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"The Last Judgment", Hieronymus Bosch

The painting is the largest of all his surviving works. The picture does not need an explanation of the plot; everything is clear from the title. Last Judgment, apocalypse. God judges both the righteous and the sinners. The picture is divided into three scenes. In the first scene there is paradise, green gardens, bliss.

In the central part is the Last Judgment itself, where God begins to judge people for their deeds. The right side depicts hell, as it appears. Terrible monsters, hot inferno and monstrous torture of sinners.

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"Metamorphoses of Narcissus", Salvador Dali

Many stories were taken as the basis, but the most important one is the story of Narcissus - a guy who admired his beauty so much that he died because he could not satisfy his desires.

In the foreground of the picture, Narcissus sits thoughtfully by the water and cannot tear himself away from his own reflection. Nearby is a stone hand holding an egg; it is a symbol of rebirth and new life.

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"Massacre of the Innocents", Peter Paul Rubens

The picture was based on a story from the Bible, when King Herod ordered the killing of all newborn boys. The painting depicts a garden in Herod's palace. Armed warriors forcefully snatch babies from their weeping mothers and kill them. The ground is strewn with dead bodies.

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"Number 5 1948", Jackson Pollock

Jackson used a unique method of applying paint to the painting. He laid the canvas on the ground and walked around it. But instead of applying strokes, he took brushes and syringes and sprayed them on the canvas. This method was later called "action painting".

Pollock did not use sketches; he always relied only on his emotions.

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"Bal at the Moulin de la Galette", Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Renoir the only artist, who has not written any sad picture. Renoir found the subject for this painting near his home, in the Moulin de la Galette restaurant. The lively and cheerful atmosphere of the establishment inspired the artist to create this painting. To write the work, his friends and favorite models posed for him.

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"The Last Supper", Leonardo da Vinci

This painting depicts the last feast of Christ with his disciples. It is generally accepted that the moment depicted is when Christ says that one of his disciples will betray him.

Da Vinci spent a lot of time looking for models. The most complex were the images of Christ and Judas. In the church choir, Leonardo noticed a young singer and drew an image of Christ from him. Three years later, the artist saw a drunkard in a ditch and realized that this was the one he was looking for and dragged him to the studio.

When he copied the image from a drunkard, he admitted to him that three years ago the artist himself drew the image of Christ from him. So it turned out that the images of Jesus and Judas were copied from the same person, but in different periods of life.

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"Water Lilies", Claude Monet

In 1912, the artist was diagnosed with double cataracts, and because of this he underwent surgery. Having lost the lens in his left eye, the artist began to see ultraviolet light as blue or purple, because of this, his paintings acquired new and bright colors. While painting this picture, Monet saw the lilies as blue, while ordinary people we saw just ordinary white lilies.

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"The Scream", Edvard Munch

Munch suffered from manic-depressive psychosis and was often tormented by nightmares and depression. Many critics believe that Munch depicted himself in the picture - screaming in panic and insane horror.

The artist himself described the meaning of the painting as a “cry of nature.” He said that he was walking with friends at sunset and the sky turned blood red. Trembling with fear, he allegedly heard that same “cry of nature.”

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Whistler's Mother, James Whistler

The artist’s own mother posed for the painting. Initially, he wanted the mother to pose standing, but this turned out to be difficult for the old woman.
Whistler titled his painting Arrangement in Gray and Black. The artist's mother." But over time, the real name was forgotten and people began to call her “Whistler's Mother.”

It was originally an order from a member of parliament. who wanted an artist to draw Maggie's daughter. But in the process, she abandoned the painting and James asked his mother to become a model to complete the painting.

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"Portrait of Dora Maar", Pablo Picasso

Dora entered Picasso's work as a “woman in tears.” He noted that he could never paint her smiling. Deep, sad eyes and sadness on the face - here characteristics portraits of Maar. And of course blood-red nails - this especially delighted the artist. Picasso often painted portraits of Dora Maar and they are all worthy of admiration.

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"Starry Night", Vincent Van Gogh

The painting shows night landscape, which the artist expressed thick, bright colors and an atmosphere of calm at night. The brightest objects are, of course, the stars and the moon; they are drawn most clearly.

Tall cypress trees grow on the ground, as if dreaming of joining the fascinating dance of the stars.

The meaning of the picture is interpreted in different ways. Some see a reference to the Old Testament, while others are simply inclined to believe that the painting is the result of a protracted illness of the artist. It was during his treatment that he wrote “Starry Night.”

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Olympia, Edouard Manet

The picture was the reason for one of the biggest scandals in history. After all, it depicts a naked girl lying on white sheets.
Outraged people spat at the artist, and some even tried to ruin the canvas.

Manet only wanted to paint a “modern” Venus, to show that the women of the present are no worse than the women of the past.

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"May 3, 1808", Francisco Goya

The artist deeply experienced the events associated with Napoleon's attack. In May 1808, the uprising of the Madrid people ended tragically and this touched the artist’s soul so much that 6 years later he poured out his experiences on canvas.

War, death, loss - all this is depicted so realistically in the picture that it still fascinates the minds of many.

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"Girl with a Pearl Earring", Jan Vermeer

The painting had another title, “Girl in a Turban.” In general, little is known about the painting. According to one version, Ian drew own daughter Maria. In the picture, the girl seems to turn to someone and the viewer’s gaze focuses on the pearl earring in the girl’s ear. The shine of the earring reflects both in the eyes and on the lips.

A novel was written based on the film, and later a film of the same name was made.

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"Night Watch", Rembrandt

This is a group portrait of the company of Captain Frans Banning Kok and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburg. The portrait was painted by order of the Shooting Society.
Despite all the difficulty of the content, the picture is full of the spirit of parade and solemnity. It’s as if the musketeers are posing for an artist, forgetting about the battle.
Later the painting was trimmed on all sides to fit in the new hall. Some arrows disappeared from the picture forever.

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Las Meninas, Diego Velazquez

In the painting, the artist paints portraits of King Phillip the Fourth and his wife, who are seen reflected in the mirror. In the center of the composition is their five-year-old daughter, surrounded by her retinue.

Many believe that Velázquez wanted to depict himself at the moment of creativity - “painting and painting.”

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"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus", Pieter Bruegel

This is the only surviving work by the artist on the theme of myths.

The main character of the picture is practically invisible. He fell into the river, only his legs sticking out of the water surface. The feathers of Icarus, which flew out from the fall, are scattered on the surface of the river. And people are busy with their own affairs, no one cares about the fallen young man.

It would seem that the picture is tragic, because it depicts the death of a young man, but the picture is painted in calm, dim colors and seems to say, “nothing happened.”

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"The School of Athens", Raphael

Before the “School of Athens,” Raphael had little experience with frescoes, but surprisingly, this fresco turned out brilliantly excellent.

This painting depicts the Academy that Plato founded in Athens. Academy meetings were held under open air, but the artist decided that more brilliant ideas come from a superbly made antique building and therefore depicts the students not against the backdrop of nature. Raphael also depicted himself in the fresco.

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"The Creation of Adam", Michelangelo

This is the fourth of nine frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel on the theme of the creation of the world. Michelangelo did not consider himself a great artist; he positioned himself as a sculptor. That is why Adam’s body in the picture is so proportional and has pronounced features.

In 1990, it was discovered that the image of God encrypts the anatomically accurate structure of the human brain. Michelangelo may have been well acquainted with human anatomy.

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"Mona Lisa", Leonardo da Vinci

The Mona Lisa remains to this day one of the most mysterious paintings in the world of art. Critics are still arguing about who is actually depicted on it. Many are inclined to believe that Mona Lisa is the wife of Francesco Gioconda, who asked the artist to paint a portrait.

The main mystery of the picture lies in the woman’s smile. There are many versions - starting from the pregnancy of a woman and the smile reveals the movement of the fetus, ending with the fact that this is actually a self-portrait of the artist in female image. Well, all that remains is to guess and admire the incredible beauty of the picture.

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"Birth of Venus", Sandro Botticelli

The painting depicts the myth of the birth of the goddess Venus. The goddess was born from sea foam, early in the morning. The wind god Zephyr helps the goddess swim to the shore in her shell, where the goddess Ora meets her. The picture personifies the birth of love, evokes a feeling of beauty, because there is nothing more beautiful in the world than love.

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Conclusion

We tried to include in this article only some of the most popular paintings in the world. But there are many others no less interesting masterpieces visual arts. What paintings do you consider popular?

Do you think that artistic masterpieces can be created only with the help of pencils and paints? These 10 contemporary artists prove that any material under the brush of talent turns into a masterpiece, and sometimes even a brush is not needed - the most unpredictable tools are used. Some works amaze with their realism, others with the skill of the author, and some are created in such a strange way that they cannot but give a good mood.

1. Vinicius Quesada. "Blues Written in Blood"

The Brazilian loves to shock the public with his works: the artist creates his apocalyptic paintings using human blood and urine. There are only three colors in the paintings - yellow, blue and red. Author, in literally words, puts life into his work, since he uses exclusively his own blood as a material, releasing 450 ml of blood every 2 months.

2. Elisabetta Rogai. Paintings that only get “better” over time

Elisabetta creates her paintings using quite refined materials - white and red wine. Moreover, she uses it not as a source of inspiration, but instead of paints. The peculiarity of her work is that the color of the paints on the canvas changes over time, as the wine ages and acquires new shades.

3. Tarinan von Anhalt (Jet Art). Jet art from a princess from Florida

The American artist creates her abstract paintings using air flows from an airplane jet engine. Tarinan's clients pay a lot of money for the opportunity to see how the artist creates, because this process itself is a small show with a risk to life. For the creation of one abstract painting, a connoisseur of creativity will have to pay at least 50 thousand dollars. The princess also uses her Jet Art technique to decorate clothes, which she demonstrates at various fashion shows.

4. Underwater paintings by Ukrainian artists

Creative Ukrainian divers create their works at depths from 2 to 20 meters in the waters of the Black and Red Sea. Artists are so inspired by beauty underwater world what did they come up with unusual way capture it with regular paint and canvas with the application of waterproof glue. Whole group artists annually present their paintings at exhibitions in Kyiv. It is noteworthy that the number of followers is growing every year and “underwater painting” is becoming more and more popular not only among professional divers, but also creative people.

5. Natalie Irish. Pictures with “love”

The artist paints with kisses and uses ordinary paper as a material. lipstick! On average, one painting takes about five tubes of lipstick, and thanks to modern capabilities In the beauty industry, the palette for painting is quite wide. The artist's first work was a portrait of Marilyn Monroe - it is with this actress that Natalie associates red lipstick. The artist admitted that creating her paintings is not an easy job, because she needs to methodically leave kisses on the canvas according to a certain pattern, constantly changing the focus of her eyes. One painting takes at least 3 hours.

6. Otman Tom. Creativity “with taste” or food as art

The Baghdad artist combines the pleasant with the creative and uses ice cream instead of the usual paints to create his works. His works are similar to watercolor drawings, have a wide range rich colors. The artist always photographs his work with leftover ice cream and brushes on canvas, thereby showing a small part of the process of turning his favorite dessert into art.

7. Karen Eland. Reproductions of world masterpieces and coffee

The artist creates paintings using regular espresso. Karen does extraordinary exact copies famous paintings, giving them a signature touch - a cup of coffee. Copies of works by Matisse, Picasso and Da Vinci came out of the artist’s brush so realistically that it’s hard to believe that they were created using ordinary coffee. The artist admits that she loves working in coffee shops most of all, as the warm atmosphere there is extremely inspiring for her.

8. Judith Braun. “Fingering” from an unusual American woman

The artist uses her fingers and coal dust to create her intricate paintings. Exactly this direction creativity of an artist who works in various techniques for more than 30 years, is extremely popular, especially the “Symmetrical Procedures” and “Diamond Dust” series. Judith herself does not consider her work to be art in its purest form.

9. Kira Ayn Varzegi Kira Ayn Varszegi. Why is the breast not a tool for creating paintings?

Apparently I thought so American artist, who uses her own breasts instead of brushes when painting. Abstract paintings are in great demand, and Kira herself is popular online. At exhibitions and modern galleries The creative artist has not yet been represented, but her paintings on the Internet are selling quickly and for good money.

10. Paolo Troilo. Monochrome paintings from an Italian self-taught artist

Paolo Troilo had a successful business career, taught himself to paint, and in 2007 was recognized as the best Italian creative. The master paints pictures acrylic paints without the help of any tools, just your fingers. Distinctive feature his paintings are monochrome, mysterious and realistic in the beauty of the male body.