“Ray Caesar’s works visualize a vast psychological panorama made up of a blend of personal memory and imagination. His characters act as costumed dolls exploring this diverse terrain: sometimes Rococo, Edwardian or Film Noir, Sci-Fi or Manga. They wander through ice palaces, jungles, and country estates encountering surreal and inexplicable phenomena. Much like a dream, the scenes can be both sweet and horrid, and are coded by experiences lying deep in the artist’s own history. It is a use of the past that explores its surrealistic potential, and its ability to channel hidden parts of the psyche.” - James Freeman Gallery . “Another Country” group show will be on view at @jamesfreemangallery (London, UK) till July 6th, 2019. Don’t miss it! . . Artwork Details: Minotaur by Ray Caesar, 32x30”, Digital Ultrachrome on Archival Paper, Edition of 20, 2018 . #raycaesar #popsurrealism #beautifulbizarre #beautifulbizarremagazine #hifructose #hifructosemag #hifructosemagazine #artoftheday #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #fineart #digitalart #darkart #platinumcheese #artoftheday #instaart #painting #portrait #popculture #popstyle #masterpiece #newcontemporary #newcontemporaryart #contemporaryartist #3dart #jamesfreemangallery #artinlondon #artlondon #londonart #londonartgallery https://www.instagram.com/p/Byv0znJAjOQ/?igshid=153k4527qoh5a
26/30 (air) dry brush is love, dry brush is life #heavypaintapp
dramatic sunset
photo courtesy of @darkwocher
This post is for #PleinAirpril, organized by @warriorpainters and supported by @procreate @blickartmaterials @warriorartcamp @huiontablet @graphixly @tourboxofficial @cupeasels @winsorandnewton @etchr_studio @heavypaintapp @cottonwoodartsbook
These painted drawings seem to be more difficult to do the smaller I make them. It would be nice to do one mural size. —– Even Though She Has Everything 2018 oil on canvas 75cm x 60cm —– #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #painting #drawing #pittura #pitturacontemporanea #contemporarypainting #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #artecontemporanea #arteitaliana #arte #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #laart #hamont #canadianart #montrealart #torontoart #vancouverart #portrait #cubism #surrealism #smoking #arthistory #disegno
I remember drawing like this in my twenties. I would just randomly change pencil crayons as I drew. It’s true that we move in a spiral and not a straight line. —– The Corporate World of the 1990’s 2018 oil on canvas 100cm x 80cm —— #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #painting #drawing #pittura #pitturacontemporanea #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #contemporarydrawing #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #hamont #nycart #laart #montrealart #torontoart #vancouverart #portrait #corporation #businesscasual #ponytail #cubism #surrealism #arthistory
Is it a painting or is it a drawing? —– The Red Head 2018 oil on canvas 120cm x 85cm —– #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #painting #pittura #pitturaitaliana #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #contemporarypainting #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #laart #hamont #canadianart #torontoart #montrealart #vancouverart #portrait #monochrome #redhead #cubism #surrealism #drawing
I’ve been thinking for a while to make a painting like the drawings I’ve been making lately. It’s actually green and not black. —– Smokestack Lightning, Don’t You Hear Me Crying? 2018 oil on canvas 120cm x 85cm —– #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #painting #pittura #pitturaitaliana #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #arteitaliana #arte #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #nycart #kunst #laart #hamont #canadianart #montrealart #torontoart #vancouverart #portrait #drawing #cubism #surrealism #duality
Why make drawings like this? It does something in my mind, trying to put things in order, it becomes quiet. Trying to see things that can’t be seen or it’s just good fun. —- The Small Crowd 2018 ink and collage on paper 41cm x 55cm —— #inkdrawing #ink #drawing #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporaneo #artecontemporanea #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #montrealart #torontoart #vancouverart #portrait #collageart #crowd #cubism #surrealism
This piece of paper went through a lot. Drawn on cut up glued re drawn gessoed more drawing. Sometimes when drawing I try to keep the surface immaculate and it works and other times I screw it up which often leads to a more interesting surface and mark making. —— Yoga for Goya 2018 ink collage and gesso on paper 70cm x 100cm —– #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #disegno #cutup #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #arteitaliana #arte #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #montrealart #canadianart #hamont #torontoart #vancouverart #collage #portrait #recliningnude #nude #cubism #contortionist #arthistory #smoking #anatomy #bones
I noticed a plant on the side of the road. It was unusual. It looked like a houseplant growing outside among the grass. It was beautiful. Then suddenly it changed. It was huge and covered in thorns. Eventually it was as tall as me, twisted and thorny, like a monster. —– The Weed 2018 oil on canvas 100cm x 80cm —– #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #painting #pitturaitaliana #pittura #dipinto #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #torontoart #montrealart #vancouverart #portrait #weeds #weed #plants #arthistory #surrealism
I noticed a plant on the side of the road. It was unusual. It looked like a houseplant growing outside among the grass. It was beautiful. Then suddenly it changed. It was huge and covered in thorns. Eventually it was as tall as me, twisted and thorny, like a monster. —– The Weed 2018 oil on canvas 100cm x 80cm —– #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #painting #pitturaitaliana #pittura #dipinto #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #torontoart #montrealart #vancouverart #portrait #weeds #weed #plants #arthistory #surrealism
Things rarely go how you want them to. If you’re not flexible you’re done. —– Mirror Mirror 2018 ink and collage on paper 42cm x 60cm —– #inkdrawing #ink #drawing #disegno #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #montrealart #torontoart #vancouverart #collage #portrait #introspection #mirror #reflection #shadow #arthistory
Sometimes less is more but sometimes more is more. This one is from last month. I thought I stopped too early, maybe I didn’t though. Who knows? —– The Bored Conquistador 2018 ink on paper 42cm x 60cm ——- #inkdrawing #drawing #disegno #linedrawing #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #vancouverart #montrealart #torontoart #horse #horsebackriding #riding #conquistador #arthistory #cubism
The false self we build around us, the persona, false attitudes, a shell hiding some secret pain. —– Some Kind of Smoker 2018 ink on paper 42cm x 60cm —— #inkdrawing #drawing #linedrawing #disegno #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #contemporaryartist #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #vancouverart #montrealart #torontoart #portrait #smoker #smoking #persona #innerself #shadow
All the things that go on inside of a person. Thoughts, feelings, ideas, sensations, intuitions, beliefs. —– Inner Workings 2018 ink on paper 42cm x 60cm —— #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #disegno #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #nycart #kunst #hamont #canadianart #montrealart #torontoart #vancouverart #portrait #shadow #arthistory #cubism #psychology #surrealism #innerworkings
That feeling when you’re in the woods and know you couldn’t survive there for more than a day. Separate from nature, our true nature. —— Becoming the Alien 2018 oil on canvas 75cm x 60cm —— #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #painting #pittura #pitturaitaliana #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #torontoart #montrealart #vancouverart #arthistory #portrait #moonlanding #astronaut #alien #alienation #spacesuit
Two drawings here. Breaking the continuity of the surface with collage and changing the mark making. —– Falling Apart and The Dark Side 2018 ink and collage on paper 42cm x 60cm and 42cm x 52cm —– #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #collage #disegno #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #contemporarydrawing #artcontemporain #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #torontoart #vancouverart #montrealart #portraits #blackandwhite #linedrawing #cubism
Would like to change something in these drawings. Add something more accidental. That’s probably what the collage ones are about. I want to go further. —- Learning to Fly or Autopilot 2018 ink on paper 42cm x 60cm —– #inkdrawing #ink #drawing #disegno #linedrawing #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #montrealart #vancouverart #torontoart #airplane #pilot #flying #cubism #surrealism
Often I get lost in the work and think I can’t bring it back. More so in painting. A feeling of hopelessness. This is shit, I’m shit. But always an insight arrives, a flash of light showing the way out. —— The Big Little Man and the Little Big Man or the Ventriloquist 2018 ink, gesso and collage on paper 42cm x 49cm —— #ink #inkdrawing #drawing #disegno #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarydrawing #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #torontoart #montrealart #vancouverart #canadianart #collage #portrait #ventriloquist #twoheadsarebetterthanone #cubism #blackandwhite
Persephone is the goddess of the underworld too. The whole cycle of life includes death as well. One of the entomologies of her name is “to bring (or cause) death”. —— Persephone 2018 oil on canvas 80cm x 60cm —— #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #painting #pittura #pitturaitaliana #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #contemporarypainting #arte #arteitaliana #artecontemporanea #artecontemporaneo #artcontemporain #kunst #nycart #hamont #canadianart #montrealart #torontoart #vancouverart #arthistory #portrait #persephone #death #winter #flora #mythology #greekmythology #goddess