Photorealism is an art genre where the artist tries to create an image as closely as possible to real life – as if it were a photograph. Sometimes the paintings are indeed recreated from photographs and it can be hard to tell the difference!
This art form also goes by the names “Hyper-Realism” or “Super-Realism”. Photorealistic painting requires a great deal of skill and practice. It takes a great eye for detail and knowledge on how certain forms appear in different situations to truly make it look photorealistic.
If you love photorealistic art, here are 5 artists to follow on Zatista.
Crystal Energy by Valeria Radzievska
Painting, Oil on Canvas
28.0 inch x 36.o inch
Valeria is a self-taught painter from Ukraine who originally came from the world of journalism. She first broke into painting in April 2015 when she took a piece of paper and pastels and used them to draw clouds. Since then she has studied the art of oil painting privately with other Ukrainian artists and has gone on to create over 100 pieces of her own work.
Some of these pieces now sit in private collections in Ukraine, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden and the USA.
Valeria’s favourite subjects to paint are landscapes, people and plants and she aims to show them in their most realistic form.
Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
19.7 inch (50.0 cm) x 39.4 inch (100.0 cm)
Abi Whitlock
Abi specializes in painting the human form when submerged in water. She is carefully able to capture the way light bends, reflects and distorts with water along with the emotions of the swimmer.
She has most recently started using a technique called acrylic pouring which uses the natural fluidity of paint to mimic the fluidity of water. This gives her paintings a natural sense of freedom and adds to the depth of it’s photorealism.
Painting, Oil on Canvas
31.5 inch x 31.5 inch
Roman Rembovsky
Roman Rembovsky is an artist born in Rivne, Ukraine and based in Slovakia. He has studied in the Department of Painting and Media in Ján Berger’s studio at the The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia. He also completed his doctoral degree at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia in the studio of classical painting disciplines, Department of Painting under Professor Ludovit Holoska Akad.
His work is described as: “The pragmatism, new pragmatism, psychological and contextual themes in his work have the ambition to urgently give an account of the existential situation of humans. He expresses fascination with artistic form, triumph of phenomenon, beauty of textiles, and attraction to the boundless variability of human body shapes and psychological meaning of their gestures and body language.”
Pomegranates with a jug by Albert Kechyan
Painting, Oil on MDF Panel
17.7 inch x 23.6 inch
Albert Kechyan
Albert has been painting professionally since 20 years old and graduated from Armenian State Pedagogical University (Faculty of Art Education). He began his career as a stamp designer at the Armenian Post and created over 100 Armenian stamps.
Albert has also participated in exhibitions like philatelist’s and has worked in private collections around the world. He’s also a proud member of the Artist’s Union of Armenia.
Federico Lepe
Frederico has experimented with different styles and themes like abstract, realism and hybrids of the two.
He developed a keen eye for art because his mother and grandmother were avid painters throughout his childhood.
In Federico’s art he always tries to depict entropy which he describes as, “a very dynamic situation that enhances movement, depth in composition, compelling use of colour and a balance that hangs by a thread.”
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