Surreal Art and Optical Illusion Paintings

Romanian Artist Mihai Cristeis, is one of those artists, that puts a lot of thought into his painting, but especially the composition.  His art can be seen as a surreal base with a bit of optical illusion sprinkled about.  Not all painting have a built in optical illusion but, all of the paintings, play on the double meaning of the scene they portray.  Help comes from Cristeis, in the form of titles, that said, surreal paintings are often open to more than one interpretation and these are no exception.  See if you can find a more personal and better fitting meaning for you...

Perpetuance of Vice.
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Concert no 4.
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The King is dead, Long live the King.
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Swans Lake.
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The Last Paradox.
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Nature's Captivity II.
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Memories of a Butterfly.
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Never ending Chronicles.
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Amazonian Scream.
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Intelligence of Wood.
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Ancestral Sin.
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In Search of the Lost Time.
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Ages of Time.
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Rien ne se perd - Nothing is lost.
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Persistence of Memory.
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Artistic Message.
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The Lost Secret.
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The sleep of conscience.
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