I can’t believe…..I wanna see the portrait created step after step…

LMAO. Just because somebody sez they’re actual “paintings” doesn’t mean they are. “Did you know that the word GULLIBLE can’t be found in any dictionary?!”
If I own a vineyard and want to advertise, do I commission a painting for 10′s of thousands of dollars, or buy a photo from a place like dreamstime for 5 bucks??? And the trailer? Why would ANY type of artist do such a detailed painting of such a BORING topic when they could just take a photo? Can you say “Hoax”?

There’s some good, hyper-realistic paintngs here.

Endigo: You might not want to believe that people can paint subjects in such a realistic manner, but I’ve seen work like this in real life and believe me, you’d swear that it was a photo unless you looked closely.

As for the trailer, why not? You might find it boring, but there must have been something about the subject that the artist liked and wanted to capture. Either way, they did accomplish a big goal, which has been getting people to talk about it.

It seems so cheap to just find anything and then make a photographic representation of it. It lures more people in because their amazed OH WOW THATS A PAINTING? Sure they’re talented but wheres the creativity? I’ve seen many people draw/paint photographically, what makes me want to remember any of the artists specifically when there’s no originality in their work?

I love art, but what’s the point in painting something to look exactly like a photo? How is that art?

It could be argued that these paintings are documenting ordinary parts of life that would otherwise be overlooked. The art is in the appreciation of what others take for granted on a day-to-day basis. For example, taking a picture of some cans of soda won’t force you to notice all of the small details that each can has – painstakingly recreating those details in a painting, however, will.

If you’re thinking why bother painting something to look like a photo, why not instead ask how people can make whole careers out of throwing balls into hoops? Or why people enjoy watching others throw balls into hoops? The answer is simple: they are skilled at it, and others revere the talent that they themselves may not possess. These paintings should similarly be admired because they display the amazing capabilities of the artist.

http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/fruit-paint.jpg

Slightly more believable, although I’m still skeptical.

@Lisa “what’s the point in painting something to look exactly like a photo? How is that art?”

Who says this isn’t art? What is the exact definition of art? This artist portrays his creativity and extremely detailed skill in portraying realistic pieces. I mean, I go to an art museum and point to a painting with a single line on it and say “well, how is that art, even I can draw a single line.” its all in the artist’s point of view.
I find these compositions amazing.

It certainly is art, and it certainly is talent, but here’s my issue with. These images look “photorealistic” because they were likely painted from photos. That’s the only way one could get around the issue of shifting light and shadow as the earth rotates. As such, the images are as a camera sees the world and not how a human eye sees it. Before the use of photography in painting, artists (especially impressionists) were forced to paint quickly to capture the image before it’s gone forever. The result was as much shaded buy the artists perception and ideals as it was by reality. Ever the most realistic of realists had a tenancy to embellish the image. This is because, without a photo to freeze time for them, light passed through the eye to the mind, and from there to the canvas, and it is the perception of the mind that ALWAYS alters the end result to something individual to each artist.

For those who do not believe these are real paintings, see the websites, blogs or pages of the FB. Many of them show these paintings in progress.
It has always painted realism in the entire history of art.

First things first, I’m struggling to find the name of the Painter. Which is disgusting, His name and a title should be next to every piece. Second, Of course they are painted dont be dumb. to answer all the why questions, The subjects in each painting are not particularly exotic, because the paintings are lowest common denominates. Both The Queen of England and I from time to time have experienced each one of the subjects, they are international.

nah dis is definitly aloada bull.. in dis pic you can actually see the guy holding his camera,
look closely at d reflection…

http://www.thisblogrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/paiting-candy.jpg

sorry ppls,.. dnt mean ato offend.. see the thing is i DO believe dat artists can paint like this, iv seen it.. but i know when im bein tricked…. sorry fr any offence i may cause….

I think that most of you are jealous if you don’t believe this is real. If you can’t even fathom doing this, how could anyone else do it, right?

Also, if you look through history, there are plenty of things that have been painted that made people ask “why?”. That’s a lot of the reasoning behind it.

The people that painted these, and yes someone painted them, are probably very excited and happy about all of your comments. That is probably exactly what he or she wanted.

I am an artist and I have seen this work done. Yes, it is a photograph that they are painting from most of the time, and that is probably why you can see (if you really can see) they camera in the reflection.

i’m not sure if it was meant. but there’s a camera reflection in the candy machine one :\ anyone that details so much they put a camera in the photo obviously has no life. or is a LIE. like the cake.
believe what i say.
i am Jesus.