Gallery: 20 Bizarre Fantasy Worlds, Done as Amazing Watercolors

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    Lansdowne says he envisioned *The Encyclops* as a meteorological research station. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Kleptoparasitic Orphan*. Many of the structures in Lansdowne's paintings are inspired by the architecture he sees in real life. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Axis Mundi* draws inspiration from Moshe Safdie's Habitat 67 complex in Montreal. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Beacon*. Lansdowne says his inspriations are natural history illustrations, scientific diagrams, modernist and utopian architecture, as well as the history of landscape painting. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Precipice*. Most of Lansdowne's paintings begin as sketches. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Ultra High Island*. He then paints watercolors into lush pastel palettes. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Typus Montis Ventris* is one of Lansdowne's older paintings. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *The Nurse*. His past work used to be more architecturally focused, but lately he's been focusing more on painting lush, tropical plant life. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Observatory*. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Hermetic Island*, 2010. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Island*, 2010. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    Untitled, 2010. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Semi-Detached*, 2010. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *After the Storm*, 2010. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    Untitled, 2009. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Ham Shack*, 2009. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Rotator*, 2009. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Treepee*, 2010. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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    *Fountain*, 2011. *Image: Tristram Lansdowne*
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