Very expertly drawn and painted, the artworks of Californian born Wes Hempel seems to come from the age of the French salon. With flare he draws inspiration from a variety of sources - from David up to Bouguereau. Some paintings are just reworkings of paintings from these artists, but the larger part of the them are drawn from the artists own, rather surrealistic artistic vision, making them much more interesting.

The website also includes a collection of beautiful works on paper, most of them painted on the pages of old books.

I rate the website four out of 6 stars.

Click here to visit Wes Hempel’s online gallery.