

Fungi: Fungi is the “essential decomposers and recyclers” and represent 22% of the collection.Plants: These are the “core energy producers” of ecosystems and is the most common class in the collection (66%).The collection is divided into five rarities: The artworks in the collection are exquisite and highly detailed. Additionally, he is leaving it up to the collectors and community to determine the value of each piece. Using its surreal pieces, the NFT project aims to “raise the beauty bar for profile picture art”. The project is the brainchild of Jay Eff Vee, who is the digital artist behind the NFTs. With its unique aesthetic and a touch of natural elements like plants and corals, the collection stands apart from other popular generative art collections like Animetas and 0n1 Force. Each NFT is randomly generated from a collection of hand-painted attributes. The Surreals NFT collection is made up of 10,000 unique NFT portraits built on the Ethereum blockchain. Credits: Surreals What is the Surreals NFT collection? Surreals is a generative art NFT collection comprising of 10,000 unique NFTs. On OpenSea, the total trade volume has surpassed $16 million. According to NFT Stats, the project raked in around $370,000 in the past seven days alone (at the time of writing). While the Surreals NFT collection is only about two weeks old, the exquisite artwork of the NFTs has resonated with the wider NFT community. The hand-painted collection will be particularly attractive to those who enjoy avant-garde artworks and have an eye for detail. The collection exudes a surreal, vintage aesthetic that blends in natural elements. Related: Abstract Portrait Paintings by Joseph Lee.If you are a fan of generative art, you don’t want to miss the latest generative art NFT collection in town: Surreals. In November 2019, Spirovski’s debut solo exhibition in the UK, ‘Love, Death And The Time I Knew You’, opened with House of Fine Art Gallery, London. In 2018 she held her first solo exhibition at Guy Hepner Gallery, New York. Since graduating, the artist has exhibited in numerous group shows across Australia, as well as internationally in the UK and USA. Spirovski completed a Bachelor of Art Education at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales in 2012. “In many ways she best embodies my experience growing up in my mother’s country, and I feel lucky that I have at last found some way of dealing with my grief for Tootsie and my experiences in the Philippines, through my art. The artist recalls being too young to properly take care of her pet monkey, and the deep sense of regret she now feels. A work titled ‘Memory Palace’ depicts Spirovski’s pet monkey, Tootsie, traipsing through a grand looking courtyard lined with arched openings. Recent works draw on personal memories from Spirovski’s childhood in Manila and as a migrant in Australia. Her dreamscapes are at once familiar yet slightly unnerving, feeding into themes of mental health and anxiety. Consistent throughout is her use of fluid lines combined with deliberate negative space, representing both the energy of her subjects and her own inner monologue. Her paintings are diverse, from Surrealist interior scenes to minimalist figurations and highly rendered portraiture. My practice is an attempt to externalise internal conflict, contrasting movement and stillness to create an unsettling effect, evoking a surreal and dreamlike quality,” says Spirovski. “In my practice I have found that portraiture enables me to reflect through the sitter, who becomes a conduit for both their own anxieties, as well as mine. Though citing varied influences such as Francis Bacon’s claustrophobic spatial relationships, David Lynch’s dreamlike surrealism, and Olivier Messiaen’s static musical tones, Spirovski notes her own inner conflicts were the earliest, most formative influences on her art. Sydney-based artist Loribelle Spirovski draws on her Filipino and Yugoslavian background in her surrealist paintings, with each body of work expressing a fascination with the human form and psyche.
