Hyper-realism is a relatively new art form dating back to the early '70s. The idea is to replicate photos down to the smallest details. And artists have gotten pretty good at it.

But instead of lens, film, or CCD he uses brushes and oil paints. This series called Gravity shows stunning hyperrealistic paintings of women floating in zero gravity. That’s right, these are ...

When I first saw the work of Michael Sydney Moore I thought he was a photographer. After some research I realized I was wrong. The realism of his oil ...

Artist Joel Rea’s surreal oil paintings capture the power of nature like few others with his hyper-realistic, award-winning pieces. Artist Joel Rea's surreal oil paintings capture the power of ...

Ever since 2016, when photos of incredibly realistic oil paintings by a Nigerian artist flooded the Internet, more and more artists are adopting the art style. Hyper realism is painstaking ...

A Santa Fe, N.M., artist's hyper-realistic oil paintings will be on view at Amarillo Museum of Art through Aug. 17. "Mary Mito: Meditations on Nature" opens Friday at the museum, 2200 S. Van Buren … ...

Charles H. MacNider Art Museum is exhibiting a collection by an Iowa artist entitled “Kirk Hovenga: Iowa Landscape.” Hovenga’s 26-piece hyper-realistic oil painting exhibition will be on ...

Inside NYC food artist’s mission to make hyper-realistic art you can eat: ‘I’ve got a lot on my plate’ By . Katherine Donlevy. Published March 17, 2025, 7:00 a.m. ET.