These images by Erik Johansson are very dream-like using illusions and surreal scenes to create the dreamscapes. Usually, all dreams are quite surreal compared to reality so you can tell that you are dreaming but sometimes they are very realistic and you are not aware that you are dreaming, just like how these images question the difference between real and surreal.
I really like the illusions given in some of these images. Especially the glass that makes the water look like it has shattered as we know water is a liquid and doesn't shatter but the image is so seam-free that it looks real which shows surrealism at it's finest and is intriguing to look at, like the 2nd last image with the sheep, this is an outside scene but the prop placement and seam-free additions of a ceiling and walls, it gives the impression it is the wall decoration even though we know that no one is skilled enough to decorate in such a way we still see a 'real' scene and therefore question it as to whether it is real much like when dreaming.
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