feature art friday | almost real

i did a post a couple years ago about an artist name alyssa monk. i thought she was a photographer but boy was i wrong! along with the rest of the artists below, she is a painter. however, her work, as well as joel penkman's and christopher stott's is so realistic you would assume they were photographs at first.

i'll be completely honest when i say that i'm not usually a fan of true to life paintings. i'm a die hard abstractionist with a penchant for artists that never attempt to capture our world as it visually is. however, ever since i was introduced to the work of artist richard estes in university, i've had a major thing for hyper realism and obscure still lifes.

see if any of the works below trick you, despite the fact that i've already spoiled the surprise.

 richard estes

 richard estes

 alyssa monk

 alyssa monk

joel penkman

christopher stott

christopher stott