Written by Guest Blogger Harmony Difo “Is this real? Or am I imagining things. Those strawberries must be real, they look too perfect and delicious not to eat!” These are the types of dreamy, irrational thoughts that floated across my mind as I stared longingly at the work of Pedro Campos,
At first glance, Eckart Hahn’s paintings appear to have a 3-dimensional quality to them. His brushstrokes illustrate melting plastic, undulating fabric, and muscular forms, all giving the work a tangible quality.
Painter Shawn Huckins evokes the visual style of 1950′s and 60′s USA in this series. Gas stations, swimming pools, neon street signs, cars, everyday commercial products, driveways and bars appear in his earlier work. His series Paint Chips again examines the consumer culture of America and at the same time features the implication of color [...]
For many people, retirement means having ample time to indulge in their dreams and pursue the things which matter most to them. For Englishman John Tierney, retiring from his Criminology post at Durham University has afforded him the opportunity to take on the iconic cityscapes of Los Angeles, which he featured in these lovely photo-realist [...]
Since 1987, Dutch Photo-realistic artist Tjalf Sparnaay has been working on his imposing oeuvre, constantly seeking new images that have never been painted before (mostly painting food). What he calls Megarealism is part of the contemporary global art movement of Hyperrealism, and with prices of original oil paintings between 10.000 and 45.000 €, Sparnaay is [...]
Best Ever are an artist duo hailing from Bournemouth, England whose approach to street art is somewhat against the grain of what we normally see.
All about transparency and reflection, the photorealism paintings of Glennray Tutor really looks like photography, see how amazing are the details on the jars and the marbles….
I’m loving Adam Sennett’s photorealistic paintings of over the counter drugs and homemade grenades. The lighting and style makes the paintings reminiscent of 18th or 19th centuries household remedies and weaponry. See more of Adam Sennett’s painting here.
DIEGO GRAVINESE Photorealism is the genre of painting based on making a painting from a photograph. Photorealism evolved from Pop Art and as a counter to Abstract Expressionism in the late 1960s and early 70s in the United States…
Chris Acheson realism paintings are pretty amazing. The Manchester born artist have a great talent to paint reflection, ever single piece he have looks like photography, but they are all oil painted on canvas. Inspired by everyday life, Acheson’s compositions range from the mundane local café to the[...]
Terry Rogers is not an Artist like others ! He paints what we call representational realism and one of his favorite subject is rendering the upper-class leisure life stands as an iconic vision of today’s society. ( Basically Sex & Hollywood ) – His style is disturbing sexy and intriguing – Personally I
So I went on a crash course of German artist, Tim Eitel’s work after spotting his oil painting Boot, 2004 in a magazine. It’s hard not to be fascinated by…