Hyper Realistic Paintings

Jason de Graaf is one of many hyper realistic painters that exist in the world.  Hyper realism is painting depictions in the hope that the viewer will mistake them for photographs.  This type of hyper realism is known as "photorealism".  In this style, there are many who accomplish this with flying colors.  However, of all the artists I have come across I think that Jason de Graaf takes the cake on photo realism.  His paintings are incredibly fine and precise in most of their aspects.  Every little detail of his still life style is meticulously and painstakingly brushed.  (although no brush strokes are shown on his paintings)

He uses many items that you would find around any normal house which makes his paintings that much easier to digest as photos.  At first glance it is near impossible to tell whether or not his paintings are in fact paintings or photos.  Using common items probably helps our brain interpret it as truth more easily.

I am a really big fan of this style of art.  Having just found it on the internet blindly I am very happy to have stumbled onto a new type of art that I greatly appreciate.  The experience from viewing these pieces is not only extremely impressive from a talent standpoint but it is very pleasing to simply look at for extended periods of time.  There is something about someone trying to replicate reality with paint that is extremely interesting to me.