even better than the b&w pencil drawings! how do it without a single brush stroke showing is what gets me as they have to be completely flat, not let the canvas show through yet still not let the paint build up...
Paintings? Wow.
Unfreaking-Believable.
That’s not Magic Realism. Magic Realism is a movement in art and literature that started in Latin America in the 1920s. The term was coined by the Cuban novelist and historian Alejo Carpentier. One of the most well known examples of magic realism in art would be the paintings of Frida Kahlo.
Now that’s art.
If you like photo-realistic painting I highly recommend visiting the O.K. Harris gallery on West Broadway in Soho.
Long before there was CGI, there was “photo-realism” through the use of photography, projectors and airbrushes.
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even better than the b&w pencil drawings! how do it without a single brush stroke showing is what gets me as they have to be completely flat, not let the canvas show through yet still not let the paint build up...
Yeah, I don’t believe it. I think it’s BS.
Amazing!
What a talent!
My Favorite is Obscura.
Thanks, Doogle!
I like how he challenges himself with the use of mirrored gazing balls.
Man, this guy is really putting the ultra in ultra realism. I like how he reproduces the limited depth of field of photographs with paint.
Admittedly, it’s a cool effect but, isn’t making a work of art look like a photograph...umm...self defeating? Is it really art or just mimicry? Think about it. If I copy a masterpiece exactly- the Mona Lisa for instance. Is that art? True art comes from your heart, your id, your ego, your very soul- not a copy machine.
Mr de Graaf told Poets & Artists magazine that his paintings are about creating the 'illusion of verisimilitude', filtered through his own vision of the world. 'Though I use photographs as the image source, my goal is not to reproduce of document faithfully what I see, but to create an illusion of depth and sense of presence not found in photographs,' he said. 'Many of my paintings are about the relationship of light with reflective and transparent surfaces and my journey to understand those qualities and convey my sense of wonder and intrigue over them. 'Lately I have been trying to imbue my paintings with a sense of narrative and lyricism.' Mr de Graaf is represented by the Plus One Gallery in London and by Galerie de Bellefeuille in Montreal.
Things that make you go hmmmmmm...
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Well, thats sure a wonder.