English artist Tom French blends love and death in his ghostly yet captivating series of painted skull illusions – but there’s more to them than that. The skulls in his black and white acrylic works are actually made up from couples of lovers, tangled up in rather passionate ways. Amazing use of human body forms and great depth effect creates an illusion of a skull at a first glance, so the viewers need a second look to actually see the people.
The skull illusions follow Tom’s style of skilfully blending surrealism and abstraction together with detailed photo realism, and the final result messes your head up completely. “French’s work often treads the fine line between the beautiful and unsettling, combining technically tight, classical charcoal drawings with carefree, loose and ostensibly unfinished abstract forms. His work seamlessly merges the use of academic tradition with contemporary urban realism,” as stated on the artist’s website. These won’t leave you indifferent!
Website: tomfrenchart.com
