Balinese style doors with intricate carvings is a real piece of art

Metaphorically doors may refer to portals and other non-physical entrances. Opening doors has philosophical implications when after opening the door whether you leave it open or not. Death – is a door with one handle. They say there are no closed doors, locks are in our heads. Doors inspire artists, designers, craftsmen all over the world. So, let’s look at Doors as art.
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Painting by Italian artist Omar Galliani

Italian painter Omar Galliani was born in 1954 in Montecchio Emilia, where he lives and works now. Omar Galliani has graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and teaches painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera. Central place in the work of Galliani takes the image of women. Beauty, spirituality and energy-creating beautiful half of humanity inspired the artist. In recent years, Omar Galliani turned his attention to the East. In an effort to find common ground between the classical traditions of Western Europe and Eastern cultures, Galliani participated in international projects in China, Hong Kong and Russia.
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Beatrice. 1855. French painter Odilon Redon

French painter Odilon Redon (April 20, 1840 – July 6, 1916) was one of the founders of the symbolism and the Society of Independent Artists. Creativity of Redon is divided into two periods: the “black” depicting human subconscious with his fears and nightmares, and “colored” with still life flowers and landscapes. Odilon Redon was born in Bordeaux April 20, 1840 in a family of entrepreneurs. The future artist spent his childhood in family estate Peyerbald, located a few miles southwest of Bordeaux. Here he was left in the care of a nurse for eleven years. It is likely that the boy suffered from seizures and epilepsy, parents deliberately hid him from the eyes of friends.
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Carousel. Painting by Russian artist Alexander Dolgikh

Russian artist Alexander Dolgikh
Born and raised in Crimea, Alexander grew up in the artistic atmosphere. His grandmother, Nadezhda Kucher was a Professor of Architecture at St. Petersburg Academy of Art. Their neighbors were Russian artist Andrei Panteleev and Angelina Alexandrova, a well-known local storyteller and later, Alexander’s nanny. On his 8th birthday, Alexander Dolgikh got a gift from his grandmother – it was a book of Dresden Gallery reproductions. Enchanted by the beauty of the paintings, he later realized his dream. Alexander entered The Art College of N.S.Samokish, Simferopol, then he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kiev. In 1992 he returned to his hometown and worked as a painter – decorator in Crimean Academic Russian Drama Theater named after M. Gorky.
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Bumblebee cottage. Mysterious Gold leaf paintings by Yoann Lossel

Mysterious Gold leaf paintings by Yoann Lossel
French artist Yoann Lossel (born 23 May 1985) transforms mythological world with its fantastic images, landscapes, scene compositions into his gold leaf paintings. Mythology of the world and his own dreams become an inexhaustible source of inspiration for the talented graphic artist, author of a series of paintings framed in gilded ornament in art nouveau style with elements of Celtic epic. Peculiar combination of gold leaf and monochrome images of the scene or portrait, traced with many details, working with a Graphite, Gold leaf and hydrangea petals, or ink stains with blackouts – became the hallmark of the artist.
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Madonna of the Rocks. Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump, American self-taught artist

Murrine Glass painting by Loren Stump, American self-taught artist, is a real masterpiece. Loren makes his paintings in the technique called “Murrine”. Invented 4,000 years ago in the Middle East, and later virtually forgotten, the technique was revived by Venetian glass-makers. First the artist makes colorful glass rods, and later imposes one on another. Then, he melts the entire stack in a special oven, until it turns into a thick glass “sausage”. Cutting off one slice of this “sausage”, he gets a little picture, which he uses, for example, for making a beautiful pendant.
Meanwhile, stained glass artist Loren Stump perfected his Murrine technique over the past 35 years. Now he has more than 40 years experience in glass-art and can create entire portraits and paintings.
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Beautiful Painting on glass by Lesley Pyke, British artist

Painting on glass by Lesley Pyke
Talented woman jeweler, Lesley Pyke doesn’t work with precious metals, but nevertheless creates amazing beauty and elegance for which she has won the hearts of millions of people worldwide. Her drawings engraved on glass and crystal are so expressive that the weightless drawing seems about to come to life. Her creations can truly be called outstanding. Lesley has 30 years of experience in engraving on glass and crystal, which gave impetus to the development of her own business. Meanwhile, huge numbers of people are eager to see firsthand the handiwork by Lesley Pyke. Known almost all over the world, people attend her engraving courses to learn the secrets of create drawing on the glass. Lesley Pyke lives in Halesworth, the UK, a hundred kilometers north-east of London.
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