Robert Gonsalves was a Candian painter of magical realism. He was born on June 25, 1959, and died on June 14, 2017. He produced original artworks and had limited edition prints and illustrations. Gonsalves was born in Toronto, Ontario. As a child, he developed an interest in art. By the age of thirteen, his awareness of architecture grew as he learned perspective techniques and he began to create his paintings and renderings of imagined buildings. After the introduction to artists Escher, Dali, and Tanguy, Gonsalves began his first magical realism paintings. The magical realism approach of Rene Magritte along with the perspective illusions of Escher came to be influenced in his future work. 

In his post-college years, Gonsalves worked full-time as an architect, also painting Trompe-l'œil murals and theatre sets. After an enthusiastic response in 1990 at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Gonsalves devoted himself to painting full-time.

Although Gonsalves' work is often categorized as surrealistic, it differs because the images are deliberately planned and result from conscious thought. Ideas are largely generated by the external world and involve recognizable human activities, using carefully planned illusionist devices. Gonsalves injects a sense of magic into realistic scenes. As a result, the term "Magic Realism" describes his work accurately. His work is an attempt to represent human beings' desire to believe the impossible, to be open to possibility. Gonsalves exhibited at Art Expo New York and Los Angeles, Decor Atlanta and Las Vegas, Fine Art Forum, as well as one-man shows at Huckleberry Fine Art, Marcus Ashley Gallery in South Lake Tahoe, Hudson River Art Gallery, Saper Galleries, Discovery Galleries, Ltd., and Kaleidoscope Gallery. Huckleberry Fine Art handles the publishing of Gonsalves' limited edition prints.