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Dreamlike Characters
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![Painting, Zornitsa, Eva Dimitrova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161151_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Beauté factice, Mathilde Oscar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177980_1_grid.jpg)
Beauté factice
Mathilde Oscar
Photography - 40 x 60 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$841
![Painting, Mask Off (Breathe), Gianluca Fascetto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2175017_1_grid.jpg)
Mask Off (Breathe)
Gianluca Fascetto
Painting - 90 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
$1,682
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![Sculpture, Journey, Geun Bae Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363203_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Journey, Geun Bae Kim](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1363143_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Ballon, Sylvie Cappe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2201597_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Mignon, Sylvie Cappe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199774_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dollars 2, Sylvie Cappe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195315_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emotional Sequence, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156973_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rising life V, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149227_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 26, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068017_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Spring girl in the window, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051238_1_grid.jpg)
Spring girl in the window
Elena Sokolova
Painting - 80 x 59.9 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$999
![Painting, Female portrait, Elena Sokolova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2051058_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Nuage d’hortensias, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1379016_1_grid.jpg)
Nuage d’hortensias
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$673
![Painting, Mer calme, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1362219_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Efective Emotion II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1194960_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The unique shape I, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2134990_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, See the light, Iris C. Pollyanna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Renosance, Iris C. Pollyanna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329213_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Introspection, Iris C. Pollyanna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329204_1_grid.jpg)
Introspection
Iris C. Pollyanna
Painting - 60 x 45 x 1.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.6 inch
$1,922
![Painting, Breathe, Iris C. Pollyanna](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1329198_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Passion I, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1174410_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Angel, no. EA III/IV, Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2011998_1_grid.jpg)
Angel, no. EA III/IV
Joanna Zakrzewska-Cholewa
Sculpture - 27 x 6.5 x 6 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 2.6 x 2.4 inch
$1,558
![Painting, Secret d'alcôve 1, Lillia Baudo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991907_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'effet papillon, Lillia Baudo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991889_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Genheadz OB1 - Blue Unique Handfinishing, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1532853_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mountain peak, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161665_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mountain river, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160889_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Expression with sunflowers, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159756_1_grid.jpg)
Expression with sunflowers
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,547
![Painting, Under the sun, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159059_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Three Irises by the pond, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2158904_1_grid.jpg)
Three Irises by the pond
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
$998
![Painting, Pond, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2150355_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Into the forest to cut down Christmas tree, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149335_1_grid.jpg)
Into the forest to cut down Christmas tree
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,099
![Painting, Snow alley, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149332_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Christmas evening in the forest, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149322_1_grid.jpg)
Christmas evening in the forest
Elena Lukina
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,446
![Painting, Icy river in the Christmas forest, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2149015_1_grid.jpg)
Icy river in the Christmas forest
Elena Lukina
Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,839
![Painting, Christmas Tree at the City Hall Square, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148978_1_grid.jpg)
Christmas Tree at the City Hall Square
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,121
![Painting, Christmas Market at Dome square, Elena Lukina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148977_1_grid.jpg)
Christmas Market at Dome square
Elena Lukina
Painting - 40 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,009
![Print, Paradise Garden, Joanna Sierko-Filipowska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1482396_1_grid.jpg)
Paradise Garden
Joanna Sierko-Filipowska
Print - 120 x 80 x 2.5 cm Print - 47.2 x 31.5 x 1 inch
$1,009
![Print, Untitled from Moniker Art Show, Hush](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/547744_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aeon 3: shamanic spiral, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068059_1_grid.jpg)
Aeon 3: shamanic spiral
Jason Lincoln Jeffers
Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 1.5 inch
$740
![Painting, Pablo Picasso, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1900182_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Essen 9, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1852857_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Orange Frida (1), Sylvie Cappe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200035_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Liberté mon amour, Cécile Desserle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157470_1_grid.jpg)
Liberté mon amour
Cécile Desserle
Painting - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$2,018
![Painting, The Unique Shape III, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135023_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Blue lagoon, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2090685_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colourful Night, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1823325_1_grid.jpg)
Colourful Night
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,924 $3,531
![Painting, Behind the Garden Wall, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1778709_1_grid.jpg)
Behind the Garden Wall
Gor Avetisyan
Painting - 105 x 110 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch
$3,700
![Painting, The continuation of life, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1371666_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les élégantes, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1349277_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ambiance retro, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342632_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black and White II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1336212_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstraction & Echo, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1331517_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dancing with a Wind, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1328850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Secret Soul, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285473_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moment III, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1212438_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Moment II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1178382_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sentiment with Movement, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1173054_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142343_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rond d’horstensias, Martine Grégoire](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1360773_1_grid.jpg)
Rond d’horstensias
Martine Grégoire
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$617
![Painting, Unlimited Time, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178263_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Le Graal de Vénus, Lillia Baudo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991913_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Bloom of Consciousness, Dasha Pogodina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2144631_1_grid.jpg)
Bloom of Consciousness
Dasha Pogodina
Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$561
![Painting, Essen 10, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1830864_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Essen 13, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1830654_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Essen 17, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1818489_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dream Flight II, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1626657_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, The Power of Love, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2136774_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Emdless love, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133979_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 7, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068074_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 8, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068071_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 13, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068053_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 15, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068047_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 16, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068044_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Gaia 17, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068041_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Gaia 27, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068014_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aeon 9: the ceres lights, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2068002_1_grid.jpg)
Aeon 9: the ceres lights
Jason Lincoln Jeffers
Painting - 50.8 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 20 x 1.5 inch
$550
![Painting, Gaia 34, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2067990_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aeon 12, Jason Lincoln Jeffers](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2067915_1_grid.jpg)
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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.