THE BEAUTIFUL MADNESS OF FANTASY NOW

LISA ERICSON

Extreme folly, one definition of madness, is what we see in Lisa Ericson’s imagery.

Ericson’s is a beautiful madness. The artist, illustrator, and designer paints hyper realistic contemporary chimera -- images of imaginary animals.

Her latest series merges fish together with coral. At first blush, it seems as though fish are swimming among small pieces of the reef, but looking closer, fish and coral are intricately integrated.

Like fanciful inter-species hybrids, these brightly colored detailed subjects swish with life, starkly contrasting with their black backgrounds.

The series is painted in acrylic on wood.

Based in Portland, Oregon, Ericson studied painting at Yale.

Check out more of Ericson’s works on her Instagram and Facebook.

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Mermaid.”
2. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Ghost.”
3. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Last Chance.”
4. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Sanctuary.”
5. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Refuge.”
6. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Bloom II.”
7. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Refuge.”
8. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Bloom.”
9. Image: by Lisa Ericson. “Sanctuary II.”
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11. Image: by Lisa Ericson.  “Bloom.”