It’s my party and I’ll geek out if I want to and today I dove into the world of concept art, depicting dying, abandoned, lifeless, or post apocalyptic landscapes … as you do. On the endless rabbit hole that is Reddit.com I found a few sub forums dedicated entirely to imaginary wastelands and I got a slightly hooked. It’s like looking through screen stills of the best scenes from your favourite disaster movies. It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I think these works show buckets of imagination and technical skill on the part of the authors, the majority of which, seem to call themselves ‘concept’ artists or painters (and may or may not be known for indulging in a video game marathon every now and then). All art snobbery aside, I thought I’d play imaginary curator and curate a little gallery of this underappreciated art form…
Abandoned library by Ratushnyak Vitaliy
“Settlement” by Eddie Mendoza
“A New Beginning” by Alen Vejzovic
“Cave of the Forgotten Books” by Martin Geupe
“Chicago Theatre” by Nicholas Schumaker
“White Castle” by Yuri Schredoff
“Canyon People” by Art of Marius
“Fortress Forgotten” by Jean-Pierre Lapointe
Blood Spring by Guodong Zhao
Burning Man by Jamie Jasso
“Loner” by Victoria Alamy
Railroad by Jonas da Ro
“All Gone” by Matte painter and concept artist, Rado Markovic
The Museum by Bill Melvin
“Disylnd” by Jeff Gillette
New York by Tiberius Viris
Wall street by Andree Wallin
Secret Drinking Spot by James Wolf.
Disaster by Sammy Artlove
“Fedex Plane” by Paper Blue
Forgotten Temple by Ahmed Maihope
“Thus Concludes the Lesson” by Joel Bewley
Old Observatory by Steve Cormann
“Exiled King” by Julian B
Forgotten Glory by Jonas da Ro
‘Master of the Books’ by Waldemar Bartkowiak
