An artist has created incredibly detailed paintings that look just like photographs.
Putting paintbrush to canvas artist Alyssa Monks pays mind-boggling attention to detail to create these miraculous images. Photo: CATERS
At first glance these detailed images look like intimate snapshots caught by
the photographer at exactly the right time.
But these touching shower scenes were not captured by a photographer, instead
they are painted by hand by a New York-based artist.
In one picture a girl peeps out from inside a steamed up shower and peers into
the camera lens.
And in another sultry image a bikini-clad woman floats effortlessly
underwater, showing off her recently engaged finger.
Putting paintbrush to canvas artist Alyssa Monks pays mind-boggling attention
to detail to create these miraculous images.
The 31-year-old said: "I have always wanted to paint for as long as I can
remember.
"I took classes at school and then went to college and University before ending up at the New York Academy of Art.
"The girl in most of the pictures is myself. I have used my own image many times because I do not have to worry about issues of self-consciousness that might arise with models.
"However, I have been exploring the faces of family and friends recently too, I prefer to work with people that I know personally and have a relationship with.
"The paintings are very intricate and they take a lot of work to get right.
"It is all about the desire to try and create an image of a person that is realer than real, beyond what even a photograph can portray.
"I look for the "imperfect" details, and try to display how beautiful the real is, rather than the ideal.
"I think it is often my willingness to let go of my own expectations of the body that allows me to capture the interesting surprises about the face and body."
Alyssa takes about 1,000 pictures for a small series of paintings, using the images to play with the colour and get the paintings as real as possible.
And the New York artist is in demand, currently showing at a prestigious exhibition at the National Academy Museum.
Plans are also afoot for an exhibition at the Kunst Museum Ahlen in Germany and a museum show at the Noyes Museum in New Jersey for next summer.
Alyssa added: "I use the photographs I take to help me compose and play with the colour, although I invent a lot of the water and steam effects from memory.
"I use lots of different materials to get such realistic images, but nothing out of the ordinary, there are no special tools to achieve these kinds of results.
"The picture I am currently working on is always my favourite, but the work I most admire is Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm, I just get lost in it.
"I am excited for my exhibitions in the future and I am currently exploring the effect of figures pressed against glass.
"The steam and water works to distort the figure - I am always looking for new filters all the time."
"I took classes at school and then went to college and University before ending up at the New York Academy of Art.
"The girl in most of the pictures is myself. I have used my own image many times because I do not have to worry about issues of self-consciousness that might arise with models.
"However, I have been exploring the faces of family and friends recently too, I prefer to work with people that I know personally and have a relationship with.
"The paintings are very intricate and they take a lot of work to get right.
"It is all about the desire to try and create an image of a person that is realer than real, beyond what even a photograph can portray.
"I look for the "imperfect" details, and try to display how beautiful the real is, rather than the ideal.
"I think it is often my willingness to let go of my own expectations of the body that allows me to capture the interesting surprises about the face and body."
Alyssa takes about 1,000 pictures for a small series of paintings, using the images to play with the colour and get the paintings as real as possible.
And the New York artist is in demand, currently showing at a prestigious exhibition at the National Academy Museum.
Plans are also afoot for an exhibition at the Kunst Museum Ahlen in Germany and a museum show at the Noyes Museum in New Jersey for next summer.
Alyssa added: "I use the photographs I take to help me compose and play with the colour, although I invent a lot of the water and steam effects from memory.
"I use lots of different materials to get such realistic images, but nothing out of the ordinary, there are no special tools to achieve these kinds of results.
"The picture I am currently working on is always my favourite, but the work I most admire is Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm, I just get lost in it.
"I am excited for my exhibitions in the future and I am currently exploring the effect of figures pressed against glass.
"The steam and water works to distort the figure - I am always looking for new filters all the time."
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