Desaturating most of this scene (draining it of color) allows surrealist painter Ray Caesar to draw attention to the pale pink of this woman’s skin and the dark red of her lips. While there are Asian elements in the scene to match the Asian woman, some objects in this painting are from other cultures, eras or have simply emerged from Caesar’s imagination.
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Ray Caesar’s Victorian Ladies are Seductive and Sinister
Ray Caesar was born in London, England in 1958. He describes his childhood art as “atypical and aberrant” as it was unlike the bright pop art of the 60s and 70s. Drawing inspiration from Classical, Baroque and Romantic era paintings, Caesar creates fantasy scenes that include innocent young girls, sensual young women or ageless divas. […]