Sleeby Gonsalves

apna Kottke babu has linked to the work of Canadian artist Rob Gonsalves and says his work is "part Salvador Dali, part Rene Magritte, and part M.C. Escher".

I agree with the last two, but Dali - certainly not! It is clear from Rob's work that he's into "merging dualism" in almost every painting. Dali was more scatter-brained than all of the above combined. Where Gonsalves, Magritte & Escher showed a highly defined conceptual continuity - Dali kept on trying to confuse himself so that his work is nothing short of hallucinogenic.

I do like his work - and here is one entitled "The Performer & His Audience". You will see that many of his other paintings borrow from the same theme. [[LINK]]