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An illustration of a large tree draped in hundreds of colourful, beaded necklaces. The jewellery hangs in heavy swags across the branches against a black background, above a field of small wildflowers.

Fred Tomaselli's huge explosions of colour and detail will boggle your mind, guaranteed

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Date
20 June 2012

Caifornian born, Brooklyn-based artist Fred Tomaselli’s images are an utter explosion of detail; leaves, pills, images of eyes and mouths, and acrylic-painted forms drape, interlace, and overlap to reproduce incredible visuals that evoke fairy-tale illustration and freewheeling psychadelica alike. A graduate in painting and drawing, Tomaselli executes much of his massive work on wooden panels, bestowing the works with a bygone or otherworldly air. The forest scenes, birds, and landscapes are mesmerising enough, but keep zooming – and the image fragments into yet more discovery–- building-blocks of butterflies, herbs, photography. Woah.

A vibrant collage of crystals, gemstones and geometric shapes on a deep blue background. A large, explosive cluster of pink and white crystals forms a central burst, surrounded by smaller jewels and angular patterns.
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Fred Tomaselli: Geodem (Leaves, photocollage, acrylic, gouache and resin on wood panel 24 X 24 inches)

A painting of two long-tailed birds perched on a branch against a black background. The birds and the surrounding oak leaves are rendered in intricate, shimmering patterns of gold, red and blue.
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Fred Tomaselli: Migrant Fruit Thugs (Photocollage, leaves, acrylic, gouache and resin on wood panel, 78 X 96 inches)

An intricate illustration of a cosmic vortex on a black background. A swirling funnel of golden light leads up to a cluster of detailed, colourful mandalas and geometric patterns.
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Fred Tomaselli: Abductor (Leaves, photocollage, acrylic and resin on wood panel, 96 X 78 inche)

An illustration of a large bird of prey perched on a branch against a dark blue background. The bird and the surrounding network of branches are filled with intricate, colourful patterns and small floral motifs.
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Fred Tomaselli: Avian Flower Serpent (Leaves, Photocollage, Acrylic, Gouache and Resin on wood panel, 84 X 72 1/2 inches)

A painting of a large, concentric circular pattern resembling an eye. A black centre is surrounded by rings of small, multi-coloured circles, all enclosed within a deep blue oval.
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Fred Tomaselli: Big Eye (Photocollage, acrylic, resin on wood panel, 82 X 82 inches)

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