The Man with the Golden Coin

The artist cannot realize that the problem is in the art system, which still acts as a hidden tool of the Cultural war, passing off a genuine Soviet-style of the “Planning economics” as the “Free market” of Capitalism.
Oleg Korolev in Articles, Interviews No Comments Tags: Odd Nerdrum

The artist cannot realize that the problem is in the art system, which still acts as a hidden tool of the Cultural war, passing off a genuine Soviet-style of the “Planning economics” as the “Free market” of Capitalism.
Oleg Korolev in Interviews 1 Comment Tags: Oleg Korolev, Russia

In general the Slavonic native religions have a lot in common with the rest of the Indo-European spiritual traditions and have a direct connection to Vedanta. A Russian word Veda (t’) means “to know” or just a “knowledge”, “awareness”, came from Sanskrit.
Rob Percival in Articles, Interviews 5 Comments Tags: Ernst Fuchs, fantastic realism, HR Giger, laurence caruana, lineage, prime of styles, Wolfgang Grasse

Lila is proud to present this excellent overview of visionary art by Rob Percival. “Fuchs speaks elusively of “a secret art whose traces I have discovered with almost all people and cultures, but also in nature itself, there where the primeval world appears.” The nucleus of this secret art is a shared grammar, ‘ein verschollener Stil’, … this secret grammar is the unifying factor that underpins the bewildering diversity of the genre.”
Erik Davis in Articles, Interviews No Comments Tags: COSM, Erik Davis

The worlds visited by the shaman, the seer, the sibyl, and the prophet are all outposts of the mundus imaginalis. But this imaginal world is also produced through the labor of traditional sacred artists, who have incarnated these visions in the mythic maps, sacred geometries, and iconographies of tribes and cultures the world over.
Carrie Ann Baade in Interviews No Comments Tags: Amanda Sage, Carrie Ann Baade, political art

The painting is titled ‘ANA-SUROMAI’ which quite literally means ‘to lift the skirt’ derived from the Greek language. This painting is an outcry, an ultimatum, a visual denouncement of the system that has brought our world to a state of chaos with an ever widening gap between those that make decisions and those that are subject to those decisions.
Liba Waring Stambollion in Interviews 3 Comments

Expose of the painting and prose of Liba Waring Stambollion.
Jim Harter and Daniel Mirante in Interviews 3 Comments Tags: Collage, psychedelic

The combination of symbols expresses ideas. They help to define each other and make a larger statement. They offer the potential of creating an art laden with rich and substantive meaning. However this potential is contingent on the progress that one makes in their own spiritual development.
Mia Araujo in Interviews 1 Comment Tags: fairy tales, Mia Araujo

There are a number of references and metaphors in this piece, the largest being that of sleep- the aristocracy is lulled to sleep with music, beauty, riches, confections, wines, etc…
Oleg Korolev in Interviews 13 Comments Tags: Oleg Korolev

A master of 21st century sacred art, Oleg Korolev generously shares and discusses his latest work, ‘Michael’ with Lila.
Kuba Fiedorowicz in Interviews 2 Comments Tags: Kuba Fiedorowicz

Lila is proud to present Kuba Fiedorowicz latest outstanding work, ‘House of Many Mansions’ and a canto that relates to the piece.
Jill Smith in Articles, Interviews No Comments Tags: Sukhi Barber

In many of Sukhi Barber’s enthralling pieces the human form is a catalyst for exploring such themes as immateriality, metamorphosis, and transcendence.
Daniel Mirante in Articles, Interviews 8 Comments Tags: fantastic realism, italy, oil painting, Old master

The painting of Agostino Arrivabene are steeped in the archetypal wisdoms and depths found in classical and ancient mythology. Painting is a precision instrument in order to explore that which is not cognizable through science and rationality.
admin in Articles, Interviews 5 Comments Tags: Amazon, David Hewson, gold, painting, Peru

David Hewsen’s unique artwork carries within it the heart and beauty of the Amazon Jungle, in which he lives, and its inhabitants: plants, animals, people and mythological beings alike.
Daniel Mirante in Articles, Interviews 2 Comments Tags: Germany, Pop Surrealism, Psychedelic art

An illustrated guide to our journey on earth. The Original is 120cm * 200cm | acrylics on canvas
Daniel Mirante in Interviews 12 Comments Tags: Autumn Skye Morrison, Canada, ecology

In this exclusive interview with young Canadian visionary painter Autumn Skye Morrison, we hear in depth about the spiritual process of staying present and bearing witness to the spiritual energies and elements at play within the creation of Art. “I aim to share honesty and awakening. To celebrate this fantastic adventure. To inspire and be inspired.”
Daniel Mirante in Interviews 7 Comments Tags: Meredith Dittmar, sculpture

36 year old Portland artist Meredith Dittmar turned from multimedia to sculpture, creating beings and beautiful luminous worlds of human-animal-plant-energy through the medium of polymer clay.
Daniel Mirante in Articles, Exhibitions, Interviews 6 Comments Tags: galerie10, international group show, Vienna

September 2010, Vienna, saw the launch of a group show of 12 artists gathered internationally within Galerie10, a historic ‘home’ of the work of the Fantastic Realists, the originating European current of visionary art.
Daniel Mirante in Articles, Interviews 1 Comment Tags: Martina Hoffmann, teacher

The spiritual teacher Ram Dass is the subject of Martina Hoffmann’s latest masterly painting. It was created in harmonious and loving synergy between the artist and her subject.
Daniel Mirante in Interviews No Comments Tags: fairytale, Mia, Mythos

Mia believes that all individuals contain an entire universe within them, which is invisible to the naked eye. Her work concentrates on giving shape to the unseen forces in her subjects – their thoughts, memories, emotions and complex histories.
Daniel Mirante in Interviews 1 Comment Tags: illustration, Japan, Kashima
Kashima Echo is an illustrator based in Tokyo, Japan, and is a member of the International Fantastic Art Association. Kashima brings through fresh, clear, and simultaniously cute, ugly, beautiful and morbid images through, carrying resonances of the perverse illustrator Aubrey Beardsley, and the victorian fairy artist Arthur Rackham, amongst others.