46-year-old Pedro Campos – artist from Madrid. Using oil paints, he re-creates an incredibly realistic still lifes, which are very easily mistaken for photographs. He works in a variety of areas – from design and interior illustrations (in advertising) to the restoration of furniture, paintings and sculptures. A painting he generally began only 30 years old. ”I think the development of my own drawing style strongly influenced the process of restoring paintings – said by the Spanish artist. - Restoration of the ancient art forces you to look for a solution in color: any personal contribution of the artist to remain unnoticed. “ While many compare Campos with other masters of realism, he admires artists such as Lucien Freud, Richard Estes, Francis Bacon, Antonio Lopez and Anish Kapoor for the specifics of their work. Below you will find a small selection of the incredible work of Pedro Campos.
WOW! Amazing.
wow I’m impressed.
Good technique, boring subject matter.
That’s what realism is
Realism is actually a very interesting genre of painting. Millet, Courbet, and Daumier are a few artists who are considered realist but they painted pretty interesting subject matter
what is the point of painting something so realistically. The brushstrokes and mark in paintings are the best part. you might as well just look at the photo.
It’s a technical exercise. As “art,” I don’t think much of them. As you said, there’s no thought-provoking qualities other than the fact that the guy is a technical genius. I can enjoy it for what it is, and “it” is astonishing from that perspective.
Well Amber, I for one enjoy these paintings much more than I do a Picasso. It’s all opinion isn’t it? Now run back to the kitchen and make me a sandwich.
Chad, you enjoy realistic paintings with perhaps zero meaning to something that as thoughtful and pointed as a Picasso or Monet? I do think this artist has incredible skill but I would still rather be shown a more brain stimulating Picasso.
what makes you say there is no meaning?
I think you may be missing the point.
What I notice in the paintings is that the artist is playing with contrasting textures: cans and cellophane, aluminum foil and lemons, curved glass reflections and flat book edges. The efforts actually remind me of artists like Jasper Johns and his flag or number series or someone like Rothko, Albers or Stella. In short, I think the artist not only shows remarkable skill but also shows a comprehension of his compositions that is every bit as “artistic” as Picasso.
To be fair, though, some people find it more stimulating to the brain to try and figure out HOW someone does hyperreal paintings instead of wondering why Picasso decided to draw someone’s eye on their shoulder. Art doesn’t have to bend your critical mind, sometimes it can just be.
boring but incredible.
Let this guy paint dynamic photorealism. that would be something
I believe these would qualify as studies. Note how the artist is painting objects with contrasting textures. Google Picasso bathers and you’ll discover that artists often take a certain theme and “play” with it over and over.
ok its time for every one to put your crayons away because you dont have a chance compared,wow amazing my eyes could hardly take in the detail.truly gifted.thank you.
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As I know someone who does hypperrealistic art, I can tell you that they do it for the challenge in the first place, and the technical skill they need to hone with certain techniques and whatnot is so much different than other styles of painting that it should certainly be treated as just that: a different kind of painting. Different people like different things, and arguing the virtues of this kind of art AS art is about as useless as arguing why an apple is a better fruit than an orange. If you’re bored by it, that’s great, find a Klimt or Van Gogh or Kuksi or something else that excites you. Taking a dump on something that CLEARLY takes more technical skill than most people wil ever accomplish in ANY field, let alone art, is ignorant.
These are PAINTINGS? Oh my God, these are incredible! Such incredible talent!
BRILLIANT WORK !! I identify with this style myself as an artist.
I have to wonder why this wasn’t present in days gone bye. Why don’t we see hyper-realistic paintings from 600 years ago.
well, as hyperrealism isn’t a new thing (and for those who don’t know: the reference for paintings like these are actually photographs, which are “copied” segment by segment - the painter isn’t standing there with a beret and a scaffolt painting what’s in front of him) and the pictured things are only there to show off painting skills, i’d say this is pretty lame in the matter of content. but good skill, though…