![Painting, Morning Fowles, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178831_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Morning Fowles, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178831_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Italian town, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051283_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Magic girl, no V/VIII, Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1993878_1_grid.jpg)
Magic girl, no V/VIII
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 20 x 6 x 9.5 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 2.4 x 3.7 inch
$1,446 $1,302
![Painting, Marian, Lu Mourelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1635504_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dyad, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012337_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dyad AP with special background, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2012310_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Luminous Dimension, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1336275_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring symphony#1, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178187_1_grid.jpg)
Spring symphony#1
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Apples Garden, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2145346_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deeper dream III, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2139004_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 28, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068011_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 29, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068008_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 32, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2067996_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 35, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2067987_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 45, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2067951_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 48, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2067945_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue Dream story, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978995_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Angel Painting - Secret Garden Story, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978989_1_grid.jpg)
Angel Painting - Secret Garden Story
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 85 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Landscape painting, Impasto olive trees, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1900113_1_grid.jpg)
Landscape painting, Impasto olive trees
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,345
![Sculpture, Miaou, Sylvie Cappe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199766_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Stepping out, Reasons of life, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175911_1_grid.jpg)
Stepping out, Reasons of life
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 110 x 95 x 2 cm Painting - 43.3 x 37.4 x 0.8 inch
$4,484 $4,036
![Painting, Playful elegance, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2132272_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Glowing Emotion I, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1574103_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Secret Reality and Fear II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1542186_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lovers, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1539753_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Secret Reality and Fear III, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1504908_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Glowing Kiss, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1348455_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Action with Sentiment, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1326726_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Desire II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309821_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Light and Darkness, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1301652_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Light Spring Breeze II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1294170_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Autumnal echo, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1219545_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pearls of Passion VI, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1213155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Action of Life, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1191063_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le Buste II Metallic Gold, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1166169_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Winter View, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1103028_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Red Box, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1069977_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Secret of Intimate Dance II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1043616_1_grid.jpg)
Secret of Intimate Dance II
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,915
![Photography, Tibetan dance, Mathilde Oscar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173870_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Foundations, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687794_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Swing, Mary Noga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188171_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sicilian beach, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051124_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Faces 1 & 2 Box with original screenprint stickers, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/558736_1_grid.jpg)
Faces 1 & 2 Box with original screenprint stickers
Hush
Print - 30 x 45 cm Print - 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$897
![Painting, Night garden, Mary Noga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193436_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, With the bird, Mary Noga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193186_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Cosmic thoughts, Mary Noga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187976_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Best friends, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180009_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Little Woman, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178830_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sisters at a Picnic in the Garden, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161898_1_grid.jpg)
Sisters at a Picnic in the Garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 90 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,906
![Painting, White Transparent Apples, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155861_1_grid.jpg)
White Transparent Apples
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 94 x 94 x 2 cm Painting - 37 x 37 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
![Painting, My dear princess, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2140638_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Maria, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039352_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Janne, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039349_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Vestiges - UnderWater, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194662_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The shell - UnderWater, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190138_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Thau - UnderWater, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187225_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Face à face - UnderWater, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186823_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Le poulpe - UnderWater, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186822_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Dyad, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1996410_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Tender Love, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1800210_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Muriel, Lu Mourelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1758699_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Impression of Sunset IV, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1196964_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait III, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1043874_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Égérie, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479783_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Turbulence, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1170462_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Anatomy: Class VII, Dominik Jasinski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1097892_1_grid.jpg)
Anatomy: Class VII
Dominik Jasinski
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1 inch
$3,139
![Painting, Equestrienne 2, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051223_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Guardian, Mary Noga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179694_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bati, Bernard Gaulbert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176186_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Plateau Visions, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175823_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring pond, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158902_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Unlimited Love, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156115_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aude, Ouroboros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2129275_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vibration, Ahmed Zaibi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1797108_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sun dance, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1708782_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Carnival, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471683_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Clair de lune, Electre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2202496_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lumineuse, Electre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187848_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cape dorée, Electre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2180816_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Magical Forest, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2017647_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gardens Guests, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1978998_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Window to the secret garden, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1977372_1_grid.jpg)
Window to the secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Angel Painting - Secret garden, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1977369_1_grid.jpg)
Angel Painting - Secret garden
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 100 x 85 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch
$1,457
![Painting, Angel Painting - Blue dream story, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1867104_1_grid.jpg)
Angel Painting - Blue dream story
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 85 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 33.5 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,345
![Painting, Dream flight, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626642_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dream City, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212330_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Give me my wings, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191569_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La descente - UnderWater, Julie Ruelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186670_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pastors lake, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051337_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Forest road 4, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1814367_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Zornitsa, Eva Dimitrova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161151_1_grid.jpg)
Dreamlike Characters
It must be so liberating to depict a world that may not exist, or elevate a side to life often ignored and forgotten. To dream is to escape reality – imagine being able to recreate this escapism. In a way, artists who have taken their visions, dreams and even nightmares and dared to chronicle them in their work possess the ability to portray escapism. From Pablo Picasso’s depictions of those dreaming to Marc Chagall depicting his own dreams, dreams in art is not a modern concept. Such an exploration has revealed both the fantastic and the dark, the divine and the prophetic whilst attempt to recreate the indescribable. What cannot be described may be too painful to depict, thus the beauty in escapism was conveyed by the likes of Chagall in The Dream (1939) when living through the beginning of World War II. To paint color that only exists in your mind paired with optimism or nostalgia (or indeed doubt), is no mean feat. In Artsper’s own collection of works, Irina Bast depicts beauty with paint whilst Minas Halaj uses her floral-clad portraits of dreamlike figures to question the concept of beauty as a double-edged sword. Both highlight that dreams, their dreamlike characters and the light and color they omit are quintessentially of the artists beautiful mind… for us to then to find meaning.