Jules Perahim
A Romanian Surrealist, Perahim's imagery combines abstracted shapes into peculiar looking lifeforms.

2nd Gallery
3 Paintings
1 Painting and Drawing
1 Painting
1 Painting

Jean Benoit
"One of the most exciting members of the French surrealists during the 40's and 50's, and up till the present day, Jean Benoît was a performer of unsettling activities, bazaar rituals... most notably the Exécution Du Testament Du Marquis De Sade in 1959. Strange drawings, macabre sculptures, even now he has one eye in the shimmering spectral cities of the dark world, and one eye that casts a pitch black shadow in the sunlight of the everyday. He sees all with his blood that masquerades as a window..."

Benoit's unique sculptures stand apart from most other works associated with the Surrealist movement in their absolute nightmarish appearance. The costumes designed by Benoit, two of which can be seen here and one here, have been a source of great inspiration in my own work. Click here to see a character I designed which was inspired by Benoit. Other artists which I've noticed to be inspired by his works are Giger and Axel.

The two galleries I've found online with the works of Jean Benoit can be seen here and here.

Donna Balma
Lots of unusual environments in these paintings and drawings. Some of the best art on the site is on the archive page.

Andy Kehoe
Many incredible paintings here with a bit of Maurice Sendak influence.

NeckFace - The Night After Halloween
There's a new collection of Neckface art, click the following numbers to see pages dedicated to the show.

1 - 2 - 3 - 4

The Zymoglyphic Museum





















"The world's only repository for the study and display of Zymoglyphic art, artifacts, and natural history. The creative output of the region relies mainly on the assemblage of natural objects. The museum also presents special exhibits on related topics in natural object assemblage, and maintains a curiosity cabinet of items that reflect the spirit of Zymoglyphic culture."

Lots of unusual objects on display at this online museum. Check out this shoe box museum with strange creatures checking out the art.

The peculiar sculptures on display on this and this page are some of my favorite works from the site.

And don't miss the curator's blog.

Martin Ontiveros





















Lots of really colorful demonic monster cartoon paintings. There's not a lot of work on the official site linked to above so I've collected some of my favorite works and posted them in the numbers below.
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9

Cheshire Cat Toy
2nd Gallery
Interview
The above painting is from a gallery show focused on paintings and toys made of the Cheshire Cat.

Jos A Smith
This gallery has a very bizarre series of images based around an unusual train.

Jamie Easter
According to this gallery, "JAMIE EASTER is an illustrator, a sculptor, a painter, an animator, and a chief member of Detroit's freakey performancegroup ODD CLOUDS."

Click here to see Easter's clay animated short "Bogglewart Forest".
The second image down on this page has a great drawing by Easter.

Rusty Nail Studio
Here is the art blog of artist Tom Carey. Apart from his prints and drawings there's also images in here of the cartoonish sculptures of Jamie Easter. Click here to read more about the artists.

Walmor Correa
This Brazilian artist has taken his ability to create intricately detailed scientific illustrations in a more fantastic direction as can be seen above. The first three images on this page have some very bizarre creatures with anatomies mixed with those of other more normal creatures. On this page you'll find images of a catfish headed penguin. And this page takes you to a gallery of many other strange creatures.

Seeing these creatures in this context seems to make them appear more real, as though someone had actually captured and studied them.

The "Cryptozoology" section has some great anatomical illustrations of strange looking individuals.

Artist found thanks to Hugo Strikes Back!

Jim Sheely - Ojimbo





















Artist Jim Sheely recently started a blog for his candy colored carved sculptures of monsters and freaks. Check out some of his other artwork including paintings and drawings at his flickr page.

Vladislav Yerko
Here is another Russian fantasy book illustrator.
Click here to see 30 illustrations from "Alice In Wonderland".
And as with the previous artist, scroll thru the text on this page to access links to additional artwork by Yerko and to find an interview.

Check out this strange drawing by Virgil Finlay . Many thanks to Hyperdave at Datajunkie for the great quality scan of this incredible image.

Cyril Chelushkin





















Cyril is a Russian fantasy illustrator with an Asian influenced painting style. The artwork made for the "Japanese Fairy Tales" is incredible. You'll find more examples from this book here. Each line of text on the right will take you to a different image.

More links to his art and an interview can be found here.

A few more pictures and what appears to be an article if translated into english can be found here.