Painting that looks like a photograph

[Merganser]

Algoweirdo posted this somewhere else. I post it here, for love is my nature.

http://www.drublair.com/comersus/store/workshops/tica.htm

[Atropine Mama]

Holy. Shit.

:eek:

[Pigs in Space]

Holy, mutherfucking shit!

Look at her PORES!!!!

HE PAINTED PORES!!!!


wtf. WHAT THE FUCK.

[Merganser]

My wife thinks it's a hoax. I looked around for a few minutes, couldn't find any information either way.

[Iron Jenny Kidd]

My wife thinks it's a hoax. I looked around for a few minutes, couldn't find any information either way.I can't help but feel the same. I suppose it's because I've never seen results so realistic from something that's been 90% airbrushed. If it is not a hoax, that man has amazing skill. He even managed to create the blurred effect on the front earring. Crazy!

[Northcott]

What bothers me is that I know that there are several artists out there who use Corel's brilliant Painter program to take digital photos, layer some brush strokes over them, and sell them as paintings. There's a tutorial on how to take photos and turn them into gorgeous oil paintings, and it shows an 'artist' doing exactly that, printing it out on a giant canvas, and hanging it for an art show to sell.

This guy sounds like the real deal, but anybody can talk. I love what technology now allows me to do with digital painting, but hate how it casts easy suspicion on all works of art. I found the idea of using pencil and eraser to create texture on an airbrushed base to be brilliant in its simplicity.

[GreyOne]

I think it's fake.

[Space Cadet B^3]

Looks like a painting to me!


:D

[GreyOne]

They can fake anything these days.

[Dawnstar]

I was going to say that it does not look like it could be a painting. I think for me to actually believe it was a painting I would have to see some of the painting being done. It is just too perfect.

[Northcott]

On closer examination there's a couple areas where the skintone transition is too smooth, and hints of the fade edge of the airbrush blast show through... but they're damned subtle and you have to really look to find them. If it's a fake, he went through an awful lot of trouble to fake it.

[JavaElemental]

My wife thinks it's a hoax. I looked around for a few minutes, couldn't find any information either way.

I'm with your wife on this one. I had my hubby look at it -- he used to do a lot of painting -- and he thinks it's BS, too. He points out the fact that the "finished product" even still has micro acne showing, and such.

I'm afraid I just can't buy it. It's got to be a photo.

[FeatsofClay]

Hew is real, the product is real. Some of his students work will blow the top of your skull off. His will leave just a wet spot where you were standing.

GIS for him: http://images.google.com/images?q=dru+blair&ndsp=18&svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1T4DKUS_enUS219US219&start=0&sa=N

His page: http://www.drublair.com/

He is a photorealist. One of many.

[BOZ]

wow, that's something else.

[Prorpger]

St. Louis Art museum has a huge painting of this:

http://www.framemuseums.org/images/photos/1004/img_1146761284142.jpg

This painting is at least 10 feet by 10 feet tall. The picture doesn't do it real justice but it looks like a giant photo. The pours and little hairs and such are all painted in. Very cool. Chuck Close - Keith 1970

[Space Cadet B^3]

See, I look at that and think painting, maybe I'm a bad graphic designer. :(

[mollygrue]

when i was in college,in an art appreciation course, we did a series on what was called "photorealism" : it was boggling to me how very, very real the paintings looked---i specifically remember some classic car paintings that just gleamed---and some real unatractive ones of a large, older woman.


i dont know this particular artist--but i know ive seen it done before.

(since i learned abt in back in college, i would assume that the techniques can only have improved in the last hundred or so years.)

[mollygrue]

For the dubious--heres wiki's listings on photorealism


Original photorealists
Robert Bechtle
Charles Bell
Tom Blackwell
Chuck Close
Robert Cottingham
Don Eddy
Richard Estes
Audrey Flack
Ralph Goings
Ron Kleemann
Richard McLean
John Salt
Ben Schonzeit



[edit] Photorealists
Chiara Albertoni
Linda Bacon
John Baeder
Arne Besser
Anthony Brunelli
Fran Bull
Hilo Chen
John Clem Clarke
Davis Cone
John DeAndrea
Randy Dudley
Steven Fox
Franz Gertsch
Robert Gniewek
Duane Hanson
Clive Head
Gus Heinze
Don Jacot
Charles Jarboe
John Kacere
Ron Kleemann
Noel Mahaffey
Dennis James Martin
Jack Mendenhall
Kim Mendenhall
Betrand Meniel
Reynard Milici
Malcolm Morley
Jerry Ott
David Parrish
Ron Penner
John Rummelhoff
Raphaella Spence
Paul Stager
Bernardo Torrens
Glennray Tutor
Paul Staiger
Idelle Weber
Ching-Jang Yao



[edit] References

[edit] Notes
^ Chase, Linda, Photorealism at the Millenium, The Not-So-Innocent Eye: Photorealism in Context. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 2002. pp 14-15.
^ Nochlin, Linda, The Realist Criminal and the Abstract Law II, Art In America. 61 (November - December 1973), P. 98.
^ Chase, Linda, Photorealism at the Millenium, The Not-So-Innocent Eye: Photorealism in Context. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 2002. pp 14-15.
^ Nochlin, Linda, The Realist Criminal and the Abstract Law II, Art In America. 61 (November - December 1973), P. 98.
^ Fleming, John and Honour, Hugh The Visual Arts: A History, 3rd Edition. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 1991. p. 709
^ Chase, Linda, Photorealism at the Millenium, The Not-So-Innocent Eye: Photorealism in Context. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 2002. pp 14-15.
^ Nochlin, Linda, The Realist Criminal and the Abstract Law II, Art In America. 61 (November - December 1973), P. 98.
^ Battock, Gregory. Preface to Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1980. pp 8-10.
^ Battock, Gregory. Preface to Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1980. pp 8-10.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 12.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 12.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 12.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 13.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 13.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 14.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 15.

[edit] General References
Photorealism by Louis K. Meisel. Abradale/Abrams, New York, NY, (1989). ISBN 978-0810980921
Photorealism Since 1980 by Louis K. Meisel. Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, (1993). ISBN 978-0810937208
Photorealism at the Millennium by Louis K. Meisel and Linda Chase. Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, (2002). ISBN 978-0810934832
Charles Bell: The Complete Works, 1970-1990 by Henry Geldzahler, Louis K. Meisel,Abrams New York, NY(1991).ISBN: 978-0810931141
Richard Estes: The Complete Paintings, 1966-1985 by Louis K. Meisel, John Perreault, Abrams New York, NY (1986). ISBN: 978-0810908816
Richard Estes by John Wilmerding. Rizzoli, New York, NY, (2006). ISBN 978-0847828074
Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective by Michael Auping, Janet Bishop, Charles Ray, and Jonathan Weinberg. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (2005). ISBN 978-0520245433
Ralph Goings: Essay/Interview by Linda Chase. Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, (1988). ISBN 978-0810910300

[edit] External links
Louis K. Meisel Gallery
Chuck Close Online
Audrey Flack's website
Ralph Goings' website
Richard Estes information
Clive Head
Indian Photorealism
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorealism"
Categories: Modern art | Photorealism | Art movements

check it out--some of the stuff is just incredible.

[Kastil]

Our last project in High School Fine Arts (those many years ago) was always a Photorealism piece. I hated it but had good results my senoir year with a landscape picture of moving water.

The problem I have with this 'painting' is that generally you start with the background and move to the foreground. It his shots showing some of the steps, he did not do this though I do see he used something to cover it up. You work dark to light generally as well.

Honestly, I've have to see the painting 'in the flesh' to render any firm judgment.

[Reincarnated Dick]

My first inclination is to call bullshit. My second, however, is jaw-agape awe. Having spent more time working either as an the impressionist or in charcoal, I can't even comprehend how to make something look that realistic.

[GreyOne]

For the dubious--heres wiki's listings on photorealism


Original photorealists
Robert Bechtle
Charles Bell
Tom Blackwell
Chuck Close
Robert Cottingham
Don Eddy
Richard Estes
Audrey Flack
Ralph Goings
Ron Kleemann
Richard McLean
John Salt
Ben Schonzeit



[edit] Photorealists
Chiara Albertoni
Linda Bacon
John Baeder
Arne Besser
Anthony Brunelli
Fran Bull
Hilo Chen
John Clem Clarke
Davis Cone
John DeAndrea
Randy Dudley
Steven Fox
Franz Gertsch
Robert Gniewek
Duane Hanson
Clive Head
Gus Heinze
Don Jacot
Charles Jarboe
John Kacere
Ron Kleemann
Noel Mahaffey
Dennis James Martin
Jack Mendenhall
Kim Mendenhall
Betrand Meniel
Reynard Milici
Malcolm Morley
Jerry Ott
David Parrish
Ron Penner
John Rummelhoff
Raphaella Spence
Paul Stager
Bernardo Torrens
Glennray Tutor
Paul Staiger
Idelle Weber
Ching-Jang Yao



[edit] References

[edit] Notes
^ Chase, Linda, Photorealism at the Millenium, The Not-So-Innocent Eye: Photorealism in Context. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 2002. pp 14-15.
^ Nochlin, Linda, The Realist Criminal and the Abstract Law II, Art In America. 61 (November - December 1973), P. 98.
^ Chase, Linda, Photorealism at the Millenium, The Not-So-Innocent Eye: Photorealism in Context. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 2002. pp 14-15.
^ Nochlin, Linda, The Realist Criminal and the Abstract Law II, Art In America. 61 (November - December 1973), P. 98.
^ Fleming, John and Honour, Hugh The Visual Arts: A History, 3rd Edition. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 1991. p. 709
^ Chase, Linda, Photorealism at the Millenium, The Not-So-Innocent Eye: Photorealism in Context. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York, 2002. pp 14-15.
^ Nochlin, Linda, The Realist Criminal and the Abstract Law II, Art In America. 61 (November - December 1973), P. 98.
^ Battock, Gregory. Preface to Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1980. pp 8-10.
^ Battock, Gregory. Preface to Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1980. pp 8-10.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 12.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 12.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 12.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 13.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 13.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 14.
^ Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1980. p. 15.

[edit] General References
Photorealism by Louis K. Meisel. Abradale/Abrams, New York, NY, (1989). ISBN 978-0810980921
Photorealism Since 1980 by Louis K. Meisel. Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, (1993). ISBN 978-0810937208
Photorealism at the Millennium by Louis K. Meisel and Linda Chase. Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, (2002). ISBN 978-0810934832
Charles Bell: The Complete Works, 1970-1990 by Henry Geldzahler, Louis K. Meisel,Abrams New York, NY(1991).ISBN: 978-0810931141
Richard Estes: The Complete Paintings, 1966-1985 by Louis K. Meisel, John Perreault, Abrams New York, NY (1986). ISBN: 978-0810908816
Richard Estes by John Wilmerding. Rizzoli, New York, NY, (2006). ISBN 978-0847828074
Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective by Michael Auping, Janet Bishop, Charles Ray, and Jonathan Weinberg. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, (2005). ISBN 978-0520245433
Ralph Goings: Essay/Interview by Linda Chase. Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, (1988). ISBN 978-0810910300

[edit] External links
Louis K. Meisel Gallery
Chuck Close Online
Audrey Flack's website
Ralph Goings' website
Richard Estes information
Clive Head
Indian Photorealism
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorealism"
Categories: Modern art | Photorealism | Art movements

check it out--some of the stuff is just incredible.


Well look there. Anyone can do it.

No biggie.

[Northcott]

Ken Danby's a local photo-realist who has focused on vignettes of Canadian life -- so, yeah, he's done a bunch of hockey paintings. Used to have one of his limited run prints in our home when I was a kid. I was in complete awe of his work.

Edit: http://www.kendanbyart.com/

In fact, it's the image to the right of the page. A work called "at the crease". https://store.kendanbyart.com/ for a larger version.

[BOZ]

St. Louis Art museum has a huge painting of this:

This painting is at least 10 feet by 10 feet tall. The picture doesn't do it real justice but it looks like a giant photo. The pours and little hairs and such are all painted in. Very cool. Chuck Close - Keith 1970

we have one of his works i think in the Art Institute of Chicago. tis massive, and yes indeed looks just like a photo if approached from a distance.