Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist whose breath-taking lego creations have been featured as exhibits in many North American museums. Per Nathan’s website:

Today Sawaya has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his New York art studio. His work is obsessively and painstakingly crafted and is both beautiful and playful. Sawaya’s ability to transform LEGO bricks into something new, his devotion to scale and color perfection, the way he conceptualizes the action of the subject matter, enables him to elevate an ordinary toy to the status of fine art.

Here are a few of our favorites from his gallery. Do you have an idea for the next great toy? ShouldBee turns your art into actual toys and compensates you for your creations: submit your art or learn more here.

You can discover more of Nathan Sawaya’s work at his official website, The Art of the Brick.