2 paintings by the same artist, painted 11 years apart.
Top: The Sun Sets Sail, 2001
Bottom: Toward the Horizon, 2012
Artist: Rob Gonsalves, acrylic on canvas
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Toward the Horizon, 2012, revisits the earlier concept from The Sun Sets Sail, but shifts the setting from a daytime aqueduct and sunset to a cooler, modern, moonlit roadway.
From one perspective, the arches and pillars of a moonlit highway bridge carry a car forward. From the opposite visual interpretation, those exact architectural shapes become the hulls and white sails of ships cutting through the water.
Gonsalves stated that the wonder of life depends on one’s point of view. His paintings suggest that magic is an essential truth of our environment, hidden just beneath the surface of ordinary things.
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‘art is the perpetual motion of illusion. the highest purpose of art is to inspire.’
-bob dylan
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WOW! Thank you so much for sharing. Though after searching in my local library’s online search I didn’t find a book by Rob but did find one about surrealism with activities so ….. Yes I did order it :)
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wonderful
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That’s really very interesting. I like the optical illusion in the paintings. I like the concept of the modern roadway transforming seamlessly to a fleet of ships. Thank you so much for sharing! 👍☺️
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my pleasure –
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Have a nice weekend ahead!
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Beautiful share Beth. A real pleasure to read this. Xo
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thanks, selma
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Such fascinating art that really appeals to me. I have seen these before online and they warrant repeated viewings.
Best wishes, Pete.
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they were new to me, and the more i looked at them, the more i saw
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I’ve seen this before somewhere on social media. It’s mesmerising. Thanks for sharing 👋
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my pleasure
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Amazing!
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the more you look at them, the more they change
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Yes, I kept seeing new/different things!
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I really like both ♥
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i do too, ute. they’re so interesting
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So cool! I love the motion in these.
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i do as well, so interesting to look at from different perspectives
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Gosh that wonderful!!
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Perception paralles perfection, Beth
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indeed
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I knew it wasn’t Escher, but wow! Amazing! Good to know about this painter.
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in reading about him, it sounds like his work was somewhat inspired by him
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Love optical illusions and that first one is particularly good. Would like to be a fly on the wall when children see something like this.
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Yes!
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Gonsalves had a point about wonder of life depending on one’s point of view, and I would add, an individual’s curiosity
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yes, that too
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😊
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All I can say is AMAZING!!! 😍
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yessss
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Marvelous imagination.
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very much so
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This is so beautiful and amazing
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How interesting! I love these kinds of optical illusions. I have a book of M. C. Escher’s optical illusions and a woven textile showing birds from one perspective and fish from another. All this strikes me as a window into a deeper sense of reality with all its transformations.
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he did say that he was inspired by M.C. and i love your take on this
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Very clever illusions, Beth. As you suggested in your comment on my blog post today involving a Goya painting, we seem to be in sync. Thank you.
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I don’t seem to have identified myself and am instead listed as Anonymous. Perhaps this will help.
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thanks, doc
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Very cool. I love optical illusions like this!
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i do too, and it always takes me a bit to see them, or i have the get dizzy option
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Both are such beautiful, magical paintings. 😊
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they really are
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and I have this rather empty white wall that is yearning for these…
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probably would be perfect there
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what an inspiration —- and a challenge: take one of your own poems and rewrite it 10 years later: note the changes
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wouldn’t that be interesting ?
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I’ve seen these before and I love them. Brilliant creativity and agreed that the world depends on how we view them. Must be a lot of fun to plan out these illustrations then painting them to life!
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yes, quite an undertaking i imagine –
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Incredible – what cool paintings!
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fascinating, aren’t they? the more you look at them…
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It’s so interesting when I’ve read about these experiments that ask people what they see first. It shows how our brains process things differently.
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you’re exactly right, pete
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They are such cool paintings. I love images like this.
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i do too
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Wow, how interesting.
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<3
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Amazing paintings, both beautiful and great illusions.
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so interesting to look at
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I certainly agree
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Interesting!!!😎optical illusion is always so mesmerising 🤩
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i love watching them change the more i look at them
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Fascinating!
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💕
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These are amazing, beth. Optical illusions are mesmerizing.
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They really are magical
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I love this style of illusory paintings. I think we told you about Vladimir Kush before. I paints this way, and it is absolutely stunning.
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I’m always amazed by this type of art
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Oh, so am I. I admire their ability to see this picture already before they paint it, and then paint it to perfection. Amazing!
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Impressive!
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Very nice, thanks Beth! I’ll check next time I’m at the AGO to see if any of his work is there.
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Love this, especially that top painting. The ability of the “mind’s eye” to interpret, and then re-interpret, what we see is pretty amazing. Poets and artists have figured out how to maximize this skill.
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So interesting!
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I love, love these paintings! Hats off to Bob Dylan.
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aren’t they amazing?
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Yes!
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