Surreal Art
Surrealism actually started as a literary movement under André Breton and his colleagues but quickly spread to the visual arts where is produced the fantastic imagery for which it is world famous.

Surrealist artists were concerned, like the Expressionists before them, with the working of the subconscious mind, the symbolism of dreams and the increasingly popular theories of psychoanalysis. The juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated objects in a single image might force associations or spark a sudden flight into the irrational.

Impossible objects or situations, credibly rendered became the benchmarks of Magritte's and Dali's works and the meticulous rendering of unidentifiable objects could be found even more so in Ernst's work. Surrealists like Miro became increasingly non-representational, whereas painters like deChirico became deeply evocative while never leaving the sphere of naturalism.
(definition©Prof. Lawrence Waldron)

Surrealism in Shastri Maharaj's art mainly focuses upon images and symbols which are to be found in the Christian and Hindu religions. There is a visual narrative which borders on the sublime and the fantastical.