Imagine a Place

We bought a print several years ago. Kids love it and do we. The illusion of swinging above the houses is something I remember as a kid. The book is a picture book of the paintings, and it is well done.

I really bought this book for myself...I love his work!To be able to look at it anytime I want delights me!Only negative is not having the names of the paintings...But, I will introduce this fabulous artist to my 4 and 7 year old great grandchildren!Words are short and thought provoking!

The artwork of Rob Gonsalves in the books Imagine a Place, Imagine a Day and Imagine a Night is genius. Adults and children alike will spend hours looking at his pictures. Most of his art is a beautiful but impossible image - very imaginative. For example, you might find a picture of a hiker setting out across stones on a foggy creek. Gradually the stones turn into castle spires and hikers are hopping from tower to tower.If you ever as an adult looked back at a picture book from your childhood and found that the words were very few but your memories of that book were very detailed and vivid due to the artwork, these books will be among the best of those.I bought an extra copy of a Rob Gonsalves book and cut it up and had the pictures laminated and hung in my high school math classroom. Every student and teacher loves them. Everyone who has ever been in the room has a favorite picture that he finds amazing.

I LOVE this artist and the prose attached to each painting by Sarah Thomson. I already had the other two books "Imagine a Day" and "Imagine a Night" and felt compelled to add to this collection with "Imagine a Place". We have seen some of the original paintings by Rob Gonsalves in a South Lake Tahoe gallery and marvel at his imagination and talent. I show these books to all my artist friends and they, too, are taken with his creativity and style. As we can't afford one of his paintings, we are happy to look at the books! The prose in the book is very thought-provoking and appropriate to each painting. These two talents combined make for a beautiful, universal gift.

Imagine Just a Place takes you on a magically journey to a place that is found only in your mind's imagination and dreams. It is a wonderfully escape route to a place that is not found in reality; but is based on the dreams and imagination of the artist. The words of the story connects well to the beautiful and magical landscape found in this enchanting book. It is my perfect escape into the world of what ifs and dreams. I plan to use this book in my dream journal workshop this summer to encourage my students and to stimulate and motivate them to use the creativity found in their imagination as a source for their writing.

Rob Gonsalves art work is just exquisite. He is a creative master of the surreal landscape. This is his third book and again the story line like the other books is entertaining.My kids enjoyed his earlier books and my youngest has had the benefit of enjoying all three.Even if not purchasing for a child, the art work is so wonderful anyone would enjoy these books which are a compilation of Gonsalves work.

These books are excellent, but this is probably my least favorite. Seems a little more forced or uninspired but still... Love these books!

I'm prepared to get slammed about my review here, but here goes. Gonsalves is a genius, no denying that (above five star for sure). But the narration that accompanies the pictures are corny. I'd much rather have a description of the painting from the author. The book is cheaply made, thin, and the paper is substandard. I understand that producing an art book is very expensive. Too bad though. I'd pay double to have Gonsalves amazing artwork properly displayed.

"Imagine a place" is one of a series of art books which showcase the beautiful surrealist art of Rob Gonsalves.Each of his paintings is accompanied with words from Sarah L Thompson which evoke the tricks Gonsalves' artwork plays on your mind.Most of Rob Gonsales' pictures could never exist as a whole in the real world: you look at any given quadrant of his paintings and it makes sense and appears to show something real, but when you look at the whole thing, taking in the top as well as the bottom or the right side as well as the left, it shows something impossible.Topiary birds become real ones, birds become clouds, mountains become ocean waves, ships become clouds, kits, or the arches of viaducts, or sail through the air. Dolls become people, people become curtains or stone structures, sandcastles become real ones, cobblestones become buildings, skyscrapers become windows, waterfalls become people.Imagine if the art of Maurice Escher were much more colourful and easy on the eye and you have some idea what the art of Rob Gonsalves is like.You can also view his work in his "Master of illusion" calendars - the link to the 2018 one is here:  Master of Illusion 2018 Calendar or in the other books in this series: Imagine a Day (Byron Preiss Book) Imagine a Night Imagine a World There is also plenty of Rob Gonsalves' work and that of a number of similar artists in the book  Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali and the Artists of Optical Illusion It is perhaps also worth mentioning that if you like the work of Rob Gonsalves you may also find it worth following up should you ever have a chance to view any of the work of Tito Salomoni such as is found in this book (sadly not currently available:)  Surrealistic world of Tito SalomoniMaster of Illusion 2018 CalendarImagine a Day (Byron Preiss Book)Imagine a NightImagine a WorldMasters of Deception: Escher, Dali and the Artists of Optical IllusionSurrealistic world of Tito Salomoni

Lovely pictures but the print quality isn't good enough to do them justice. Would be fine for young children but it's very expensive for a children's picture book!

Fascinating pictures, you keep looking seeing different things. So glad I bought it.

Lovely book - Amazing pictures and nice wording too.

Love the series by this author and illustrator! His images pull you right in and make this an inspirational read. Condition was very good, seemed barely used. Price was great, better than buying from a bookstore chain.