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Heroic Greeks. Ancient Greeks holding a spear and an urn, stand heroically. Handmade paper collage.

Link to collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/heroic-greeks-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Mindfulness. An elegant woman sits in contemplative meditation. She exudes tranquility and calmness. A surreal portrait collage made of paper with watercolor added.

Link to Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/mindfulness-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Flower Head. Elegance and mystery against a blue and gold background. Handmade collage using paper and watercolor.

Link to Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/flower-head-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #playful

Dos Hombres. Portrait of two Spanish men against an abstract background. Elegant, gallant, youthful and handsome. Handmade collage using paper and watercolor.

Link to Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/dos-hombres-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #ErnestoBeckford #SurrealArt #LGBT

Couple Under Stars. Star-crossed lovers, under a canopy of stars and in a sea of love. Handmade collage from paper and watercolor. Good night everyone.

Link to Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/couple-under-stars-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #romanticart

Saint Sebastian Martyr. Saint Sebastian was an early Christian saint and martyr. He was tied to a tree and shot with arrows, though this did not kill him. This unique collage updates San Sebastian to show the beauty of his martyrdom. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/saint-sebastian-martyr-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #Art #saints

I Hear Sirens Calling. That crossroad in our lives, when we hear the sirens calling, and we wonder whether to follow them or plug our ears and move on a different path. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/i-hear-sirens-calling-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #Art #sirens

Saint Sebastian Martyr. Saint Sebastian was an early Christian saint and
martyr. He was tied to a tree and shot with arrows, though this did not kill
him. This unique collage updates San Sebastian to show the beauty of his
martyrdom. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage:

https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/saint-sebastian-martyr-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #Art #Saints

Bow Tie. Putting on the finishing touches for a night out in the town: a
feathered headdress, wig, gold-leaf mascara, a fancy suit, and a bow tie.
Now ready to dance. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/bow-tie-art-
ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #Art #bow tie

Bow Tie. Putting on the finishing touches for a night out in the town: a feathered headdress, wig, gold-leaf mascara, a fancy suit, and a bow tie. Now ready to dance. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/bow-tie-art-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #Art #bowtie

Saint Sebastian Martyr. Saint Sebastian was an early Christian saint and martyr. He was tied to a tree and shot with arrows, though this did not kill him. This unique collage updates San Sebastian to show the beauty of his martyrdom. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/saint-sebastian-martyr-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #Art #saints

I Hear Sirens Calling. That crossroad in our lives, when we hear the sirens calling, and we wonder whether to follow them or plug our ears and move on a different path. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/i-hear-sirens-calling-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #Art #sirens

Flowers and Bird. A beautiful arrangement of flowers in a delicate glass vase, filled to the top with water, and a little bird sitting at the foot of the vase. Handmade collage made from paper and watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/flowers-and-bird-ernesto-beckford.html

#gifts #RetiredAttorney #vase

Dog and Man. A middle-aged man sits with his boots on the chair, sharing time with his yellow lab. A calming portrait of domesticity. Hand cut collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/dog-and-man-ernesto-beckford.html

#gifts #RetiredAttorney #domestic

Dressed for a Walk in a Surreal World. A man who is both young and old, both muscular and delicate, is dressed for a walk in a surreal landscape with palm trees and baroque fountains. Paper collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/dressed-for-a-walk-in-a-surreal-world-ernesto-beckford.html

#gifts #RetiredAttorney #lgbt

Garden Flowers. Flowery creatures in a garden of flowers. Handmade collage using paper and watercolor.

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/garden-flowers-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #ErnestoBeckford #SurrealArt #Flowers #FlowerArt

Crown of Feathers. A beautiful woman looks at you sideways, displaying her crown of feathers. Collage using paper and watercolor.

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/crown-of-feathers-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #ErnestoBeckford #SurrealArt #Feathers

Waiting for the Bus in Angelic Bodies. Two angels waiting for the bus. A haunting but calming collage, handmade from cut paper.

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/waiting-for-the-bus-in-angelic-bodies-ernesto-beckford.html

#Mastoart #collage #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney #ernestobeckford #celestial #angelic

Arabian Nights. In the Arabian nights, in the shadows of a quarter moon, I came to know myself. William Beckford, Vathek. Collage from paper, pen and ink. In homage to William.

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/arabian-nights-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #ErnestoBeckford #ArabianNights

Butterfly Royalty. Humorous depiction of a romantic couple in a fairy tale kingdom. The collage is symbolic of love that can be found anywhere—even in our imagination or make-believe worlds.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/butterfly-royalty-ernesto-beckford.html

#gifts #RetiredAttorney #butterfly

The Scholar. The most important aspect of an analytical book is the bibliography (la bibliografia), buried at the end. For those curious, this particular bibliography comes from page 109 of an art book on Giovanni Antonio da Pordenone. Cut and paste collage with watercolor, set against and old bibliography page that smells of smoke and coffee.

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/the-scholar-ernesto-beckford.html

#Mastoart #collage #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney #bibliography

Fragmented Mexican Woman. Portrait of a Mexican woman in cubist style. The hot bright Mexican sun is on the right top corner, illuminating the sandy dessert arid landscape. Her tightly curled hair and full eye brows give a full moon-round face aspect to her portrait. She holds a paper fan made of newspaper, to calm the heat. Paper collage with watercolor.

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/fragmented-mexican-woman-ernesto-beckford.html

#Mastoart #collage #watercolour #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney #ernestobeckford #cubism

Celestial Nudes. Classically draped or naked beauties guide the way to the heavens, perhaps through a wormhole time tunnel. Handmade paper collage. (Classical drawings semi-clad)

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/celestial-nudes-ernesto-beckford.html

#Mastoart #collage #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney #ernestobeckford #nudes #classical #timetravel #celestial

Meditating Buddhas. This piece explores the beauty of meditation religious pieces from the European Renaissance period and the Chinese Buddhist art period of the Han dynasty. Each religion relished the importance of meditation, which I have combined into a contemporary piece. Paper collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/meditating-buddhas-ernesto-beckford.html

#gifts #RetiredAttorney #meditation

Mirror Mirror. A handsome man in a handsome mirror. Handmade paper collage, using paper, magazines and old books that smell of smoke and coffee.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Marie Antoinette. She was known for wearing elaborate, tall wigs. Her piled-high hairstyle was designed by Leonard Autie, and was known as “the pouf.” In this contemporary collage, Marie is shown wearing a “spiral staircase” wig, and she has her arms fully tattooed in roses and carnations. Handmade collage with a background of black acrylic painted on newspaper.

Link to the Collage:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marie-antoinette-ernesto-beckford.html++

#Mastoart #collage #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney #tattoo+s

Flower Child. In homage to the hippies, flower children, Godspell lovers, Jesus freaks, Woodstock fans, peaceniks, and age of Aquarius young people that were such an enormous influence in my teenage years in the late 60s and early 70s. Watercolor collage.

Link to the Collage:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/flower-child-ernesto-beckford.html

#Mastoart #collage #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney #flowerchild

London Living. An elegant woman, who seems to have stepped out of a Roman mosaic, stands in a London living room, inquisitively looking at you in the eye. Imaginative collage from paper and watercolor.

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/london-living-ernesto-beckford.html

#Mastoart #collage #ArtistOnMastodon #watercolour #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney

Woman and Flower. Portrait of a woman holding a flower. The words on the forehead are a pathway to her thoughts; she is an open book. Handmade collage using paper, newspaper bits and watercolor.

Link to the Collage:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/woman-and-flower-ernesto-beckford.html

#Mastoart #collage #watercolour #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney #flowerart

The Guitar Muse. A muse holding a guitar. Handmade collage.

Link to the Collage:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-guitar-muse-ernesto-beckford.html

#Mastoart #collage #surreal #gifts #retiredattorney #guitar

Victorian Arabesque. Mystical, arabesque figure, in a field of flowers and cupids. Handmade collage with watercolor, combining the Victorian taste for arabesque and floral art.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/victorian-arabesque-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Expelled from the Garden of Eden. An Edenic couple is seen clutching each other as they are expelled from the Garden of Eden. A surreal exploration of the story of expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/expelled-from-the-garden-of-eden-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #eden

A Wedding Story. The romantic and carefree bride, the dandy groom, and the no-nonsense father of the bride. Each has a different tale to tell. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/a-wedding-story-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #wedding

Flamenco Dancer. A Spanish flamenco dancer (una bailaora), with a fan and a mantilla. Flamenco is closely associated to the gitanos (gypsies) of the Romani ethnicity who have contributed significantly to the flamenco dance. Handmade collage in the cubist style, using paper and watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/flamenco-dancer-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #cubist #flamenco

Silhouettes At Gallery. Three beauties, ready to paint the town blue, pose for a photograph at an art gallery opening. A large linear and geometrical painting in back of them serves to frame their stylish silhouettes. Surreal paper collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/silhouettes-at-gallery-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Turquerie Boy in Yellow Background. Turquerie (sometimes Torquoiserie) was a style of art in Western Europe from the 16th to 18th centuries, imitating aspects of Ottoman art and culture. In this handmade watercolor collage, I present a modern Turkish young man, wearing fashionable Ottoman clothing (robes) from the 18th century. Watercolor and paper collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/turquerie-boy-in-yellow-background-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Cool Contemporary Bronze. Inspired by Greek bronze statutes of athletes from 300 B.C., and the young gods that now grace our fashion magazines. A handsome young warrior, wearing an armor plate, seems to be observing us from the perch of a tree and the clouds. A bit of mystery and Greek nostalgia. Handmade paper collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/cool-contemporary-bronze-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy #classical

Park Bench. An angel sitting on a park bench, on a beautiful June day in Central Park. Handmade collage using paper bits and watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/park-bench-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Angels at Rest. At the end of the day, a Mother Angel and her Angel Son relax in a solid embrace laying down on their living room pillows. Handmade collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/angels-at-rest-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy#angels

Angel at Home. Even angels must rest at the end of long workday. Handmade collage using paper bits and watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/angel-at-home-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy #angels

Focus of Attention. All dressed up, self-conscious, looking your best, bighting your nails, and feeling both in life and in your inner space that you are the focus of attention. Collage from paper and watercolor.

Link to the Collage:
https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/focus-of-attention-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy #anxiety

Worried in Living Room. A woman sits with a worried look in her living room. Cut-and-paste paper collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/worried-in-the-living-room-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy #anxiety #livingroomart

Living Room Angel. An angel holding red roses, sitting in a living room Handmade paper collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/living-room-angel-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy #livingroomart

Portrait of a Teenager. Portrait of my son sitting in the living room. I could also see how much he was like me, and how very different at the same time. Handmade portrait collage made from cut-and-paste paper and watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/portrait-of-a-teenager-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy #livingroomart

Cubist Male Portrait. A man in black tuxedo sitting on a red leather chair. A handmade collage with watercolor, in the cubist style

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/cubist-male-portrait-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Aging Gracefully. Portrait of a middle aged man, aging gracefully. Part of my series of collages examining middle age. Handmade paper collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/aging-gracefully-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Eyes Forward. As you approach middle age and old age, you keep looking forward. You reminisce about the past, but you realize how much you have learned and how much more is ahead of you A surreal paper collage with watercolor. Part of my series of collages examining middle age.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/eyes-forward-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Tokyo Map. A brunette beauty, wearing a green kimono shirt, is lost in a map of the City of Tokyo. Handmade collage using torn paper, watercolor, and an old map that smells of sake.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/tokyo-map-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy #tokyo

Butterfly Queen. A butterfly queen, seen only by those who believe. Handmade collage.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/butterfly-queen-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Flowers in Hair. A dark eyed beauty stands in a living room of flowers, with petals, violets and grasses adorning her long black hair. Handmade collage made from paper and watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/flowers-in-hair-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy

Dressed for Gardening. A happy retiree sits in in her sun-drenched patio, s dressed to the ninths ready to do her gardening. Handmade collage with watercolor.

Link to Collage: https://ernesto-beckford.pixels.com/featured/dressed-for-gardening-ernesto-beckford.html

#MastoArt #collage #surreal #gifts #RetiredAttorney #SurrealArt #artsy #gardening