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Mindscapes - A Place Where Emotion Becomes Landscape

Date

July/August 2025

Location

Pittsburgh, PA

Mindscapes – A Collection by Gaze and Graphite (MLM)

Where emotion becomes landscape.

Mindscapes is a surreal portrait series by Gaze and Graphite in which the boundaries between the human spirit and the natural world dissolve. Each work merges the contours of a face with mountains, forests, oceans, or bursts of color, transforming memory and emotion into symbolic terrain.

With dreamlike brushstrokes and vivid contrasts, the collection portrays quiet introspection that expands into vast inner worlds. From serene grayscale meditations to radiant color-saturated visions, Mindscapes captures the poetry of being human: the inner mountains we climb, the depths we surface from, and the limitless skies we drift toward.

Both intimate and expansive, each piece functions as a mirror and a statement, becoming art that resonates personally while sparking universal reflection. Collectors are drawn to Mindscapes not only for its striking beauty, but for its emotional truth: a reminder of the landscapes we all carry within.

Whether you’re seeking contemporary surreal portraits, nature-inspired symbolism, or contemplative works that invite conversation, Mindscapes offers a powerful journey inward providing art designed to live with, reflect on, and wonder through.

Between stillness and ascent, light awaits.

Surfacebound is a vivid surreal portrait in the Mindscapes Series by Gaze and Graphite. A submerged woman drifts upward toward the light, her fiery hair flowing like waves around her as golden fish swim alongside her rise. The composition captures the liminal moment between silence and resurfacing, symbolizing transformation, renewal, and emotional depth.

Rendered in luminous tones of orange, gold, and deep aquatic hues, the artwork evokes both stillness and motion. It speaks to resilience, release, and the beauty found in rising back into the light.

Artwork Features:
• Surreal portrait of a submerged woman ascending toward light
• Flowing fiery hair with golden fish swimming through the composition
• Palette of glowing oranges, golds, and deep blues
• Themes of transformation, renewal, and emotional depth
• Original illustration by Gaze and Graphite (MLM)

Part of the Mindscapes collection exploring inner landscapes reflected through surreal natural symbolism.

Surreal portrait of a woman with blue-toned skin and orange sunglasses, painted in bold abstract brushstrokes of orange, teal, and gray.

Surreal portrait of a blue-toned woman with cloud-like orange hair and goldfish swimming around her face, symbolizing dream states.

Black and white surreal portrait of a woman with mountains, trees, and flying birds emerging from her head, symbolizing inner landscapes.

Surreal orange eye artwork with trees and smoke blending into the form, symbolic of inner fire and resilience, from the Mindscapes series.

Surreal portrait of a woman with calm expression, her hair transforming into mythic figures and symbolic scenes, painted in warm earthy tones with hand embellished golden highlights. Mixed media artwork by Gaze and Graphite from the Mindscapes Series.

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