French surreal lighthouse
Winner of the Surreal Phare Design Competition ~ Sadly now forgotten..
Yes its French, it ended up on a French beach in the Languedoc-Roussillon area,
the Government lost its nerve at the last moment and tried to hide it in the most remote part of France..
These days its quite a headache for the local council, they are sick of cleaning the linen covering and washing off the graffiti..
French surreal lighthouse belongs to the following groups:
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Jonicool
Fantastic!
Jill Ferry
My favourite :-)
Simone Riley
love your work
midzing
brilliant work,,, well done
Martine Roch
brilliant !
mimi yoon
a beautiful world you’ve created….
Wendy Adele Wi...
Argghh, that’s brilliant!! I love it.
paulgrand
Thanks, It used to have a TTV frame but I removed it to upload here;-)
TsipiLevin
Great work!
ToastedGhost
So you made it to RB
Glad you did
Great work
Toastedghost alias framedview
Headcrime
Great work!
Dorit
incredible… just incredible… amazing work… this must be my all time favourite. Brilliant!
David Lade
Great piece of work Paul!
Allison Lane
This is amazing! Well done!
Martine Roch
One of your best Paul :-)
Lindsay Blamey
Incredibel work – love the atmosphere in this!
Larry Butterworth
great looking image
Karin Taylor
yup, just brilliant!
syd baker
This is most lovely, including what you say (and don’t say!) in the description!!
follicle
wow this actually exists! I thought it was just great photoshopping!!!! Merde!
mfortune
Incredible work! Bravo!
linda858100
BRILLIANT WORK
Imber
This is great!
Globalphotos
Fab work, love this !!
Heather Rivet...
amazing work i will be back to go through it some more wow
madworld
Wow, this is stunning! Great work
SheriS
I think its pretty cool! Love all the birds flying around.
SheriS
Holly Martinson
Fabulous!
Carol-Anne Kozik
Oh Yes!!! this is what we’re all talking about…..... Fab-u-lous indeed!!!!
Mark Ross
How uniquely beautiful and wonderfully atmospheric this is! Such a great work of art you’ve made here.
Earhart Chappe...
love the shape you chose , and the color makes it seem so natural.
--wait that’s the real shape?no way!retepk
Brilliant.
paulgrand
Thanks!
The original dummy was warped in CS3 to give it a bit more grace.
sugargirl
Gorgeous and so clever.
Aimelle
creative ! I like your imagination , the tones and all of it in fact ;-)
instant fav
Colleen Milburn
Absolutely brilliant work!!
genaro1
nice looking girl, sorry nice shot
paulgrand
Thanks guys, sorry, I’ve not been back to this thread for ages!
EctoOne
I really love this.
Martine Roch
Congrats for the first page Paul. You are sharing it with other great artists ;-)
CapturedByKylie
Congratulations on being featured on Red Bubble’s Bastille day themed home page. July 14th 2009.
paulgrand
Goodness, thanks, i’m thrilled!:-)
Maxoperandi
Billiant Art!
Mikhail Zvonkov
great work!!!! like it)
Brandie1
Fantastic.
Michael Matthews
Brilliant ! .. I love it. Congratulations on being featured on the Homepage.
sherryegger
The mysterious feeling in this is intriguing!
Andy G Williams
Didn’t Jean Paul Gautier have something like this on the catwalk recently! Fantastic art, great humour! It’s such a shame you have to live in France.
nicklayton
Love the subject. The photo is pretty stunning as well
ltruskett
such a gorgeous piece….......
Heather Nel
incredible work ….. well achieved : )
terezadelpilar
super work
Frances Perea
I think it would be an interesting experience to live in this for a while!
marcwellman2000
just…....................wow
Luckyvegetable
this place is real??
what a fantastic capture
izzybeth
most beautiful…
Hena Tayeb
oh wow.. that is fantastic. congrats on making the homepage
Wendi Donaldson
Delightful….and congrats on your Home Page feature!!
paulgrand
Thanks guys, well mostly, I created this image years ago,
the proof is there, its been on flickr for several years now,
take a look!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63263430@N00/536964774/
As for living in France, I’m not here by accident!
I have to say its probably one of the best counties in the world to live in, we have over 330 days of sun for goodness sake! :-)
paulgrand
PS,
this image has been lovingly made up from several images.
The clue is in the title; “Surreal” ! :-)
sandraellen
I love this..the idea of a ‘Light’ house in feminine guise.
wonderful shot
sandra
deborah zaragoza
very cool photo Paul !!!
FossilFox
Great job! I love it.
lukasdf
Fantastic!!
Andy G Williams
Hey tongue was firmly planted in cheek with my french comment. Just another jealous ‘rosbeef’! Apologies for any offence
paulgrand replied
No probs, but normally, you put a” :-) “afterwards if you are joking.
Dan Elbourne
brilliant :) i love that it looks feasible enough to be real (especially with the write-up), yet surreal enough to for us to doubt that it is real. if that makes sense. i had to google Languedoc-Roussillon lighthouses just to be sure :)
paulgrand
Lol, if only it were true, I’d be the first to put an offer in!
Thanks! :-)
Mugsy
Excellent work!
Alex Preiss
Wonderful work. The way you used the torso and the two small people by the base reminds me of de chirico’s art. And that’s a good thing. :).
Aimelle
I’ve probably seen this on dA… anyway a unique image and still like as much as the first time I saw it. well done !
Susan Weller
Brilliant image
vampvamp about 1 month ago
wow totally awesome…..
RosaCobos about 1 month ago
This is…..humouresque.
It is…and I know..understand that the comment is also…in that fashion.
Are they ashamed of the far seeing womanship?
I have always thought that the “faro”..is somehow a totem…and a masculine one.
You know….
But here…you have broken the myth that an erected phalo is a tree….is a tower…is a phare…..a lighthouse…is here.. a turgent, young, moulded and flexibel woman, huge….inviting….homely and careful. And the result is a wonderful sight.
Rosa
Ramasg 27 days ago
Brilliant composition and mood…a rather sad and tierd feel to the lighthouse…beautifully rendered
Maggie Hegarty 25 days ago
Congratulations on being featured in the Visual Texture group, this is a wonderful image. Maggie.
Andrew Bradsworth 8 days ago
Excellent work
-Whisper- 4 days ago
Awesome work! And I like all the birds and adds really nicely to the texture.