The Fantastic Art of Jacek Yerka

 

Jacek Yerka is Jacek Kowalski's alias.  In the early works of the author you can see the letter "K", instead of his signature "YERKA" in later works.

The critics refer the style of this wonderful Polish artist to the realistic surrealism and fantasy. His canvases are filled with the echo of the famous surrealists of the past, from Hieronymus Bosch and Pieter Bruegel to Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte.

American fiction writer Harlan Ellison was so impressed by Yerka's works that wrote 13 new short stories for "Mind Fields" - the book of Yerka's works first published in 1994. Each story relates to one of the thirty pictures included in "Mind Fields". In 1999 Jacek Yerka published another book - "The Fantastic Art of Jacek Yerka" - a portfolio of 21 works by the artist . In 1995 Jacek Yerka was honoured to get the prestigious "World Fantasy Award" as the best artist. JacekYerka's works are exhibited in Poland , Germany, France , Monaco and the United States , some of them are in private collections around the world.
 

Dive into the atmosphere of fairy dream in which reality, parallel worlds and  your own subconscious create mysterious images, intertwining and merging into one entity. That's what I feel watching these paintings... 

 Self-taught master of pencil drawing

    

Each new work by Diego Fazio (the artist under the nickname DiegoKoi) creates a wave of doubting comments online. That is the reason why this talanted young master of pencil drawing decided to share his secrets with everyone.

This hyperrealist started his career with sketches for tattoos. Inspired by the work of Japanese artists of the Edo period, the great Hokusai to be precise, Diego began to hone his skills, developing his own technique of drawing.

He works like an inkjet printer, starting to draw from the edge of the sheet. He uses pencils and charcoal. It usually takes him 200 hours to create a portrait.