These illustrations by Mike Davis blend surrealism, religious iconography, Dutch portraiture, and a touch of fairy tale magic to create narrative paintings that seem to tell fantastical stories while stretching beyond the confines of a simple “Once upon a time…”
Surrealism is a hard genre to define, and every artist approaches the creation of surrealist works in their own way.
Some go for all out oddity, others simply tweak reality to their liking, while painter Mike Davis likes to tell a strange little tale with each of his pieces.
His works depict a fairy tale world gone mad, and they demand a second look in order to absorb all the minor details and get an overall sense of what’s happening in each scene.
Ruminating 