Omar rayyan

The broken vase - Omar Rayyan

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Illustrator Omar Rayyan specializes in "old world" style watercolor and oil paintings that feature unique creatures alongside Renaissance children, goddesses, ...

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image size is 5×7 inches watercolor on paper unframed

Omar Rayyan on Instagram: “"What Fun" is my new oil painting at the @havengallery for their Lewis Carroll-themed group show. 🦔 🎨 #aliceinwonderland…”

Omar Rayyan says he doesn't think in terms of genre. The fantasy illustrator's personal work, primarily watercolor paintings with the occasional oil-on-panel, is a combination of eclectic influences — the 19th-century symbolists, the pre-rafaelites, the romanticists and 16th-century Flemish painters. All these art historical references are wrapped inside a snapshots of a facetious mythology that doesn't take itself too seriously. "Painting pictures that tell a story or show a moment in that…

Omar Rayyan utilizes painting techniques harking back to the old masters juxtaposed with contemporary wit and whim. Mythological characters, woodland creatures, fashionable socialites, curious children and monstrous beasts take the stage in playful compositions that evoke a sense of wonder and humor.

Omar Rayyan utilizes painting techniques harking back to the old masters juxtaposed with contemporary wit and whim. Mythological characters, woodland creatures, fashionable socialites, curious children and monstrous beasts take the stage in playful compositions that evoke a sense of wonder and humor.