Alex Grey

Here is an artist that is not completely out on a limb as far as medium goes: a contemporary painter whose themes are strongly psychedelic and revolve around spiritualism and "the voyage of the body and mind". An interesting character who has been painting since he was 3 years old, Alex Grey paints in an incredible fashion.

Although I don't buy into the mystification myself, his works are undoubtedly incredible and beautiful. He uses special x-ray glasses and a high-tech brush to hand-paint all the details of his paintings--yup. All done by hand, no photoshop or anything.

Check out the "Sacred Mirrors" collection on his site. It is an internationally-acclaimed collection of giant "mirrors" representing different stages of the human body and the energy chakras and stages that go along with it. You don't have to be spiritual to see how cool these are!
Alexgrey.com