Indoor Street Art by Paul Baines

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Don’t Believe The Hyperrealism Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:17 AM PDT We all love photo realism, it's fun, but the subject matter can be a little dull at times,. In just the same way the very first movie directors flogged the obvious for all it was worth, be it steam trains crashing towards the audience at the turn of the last century, or with the arrival this one a surplus dodgy 3D animated movies, many hyperreal painters simply choose what seems most difficult to replicate rather than deal with any kind of worthwhile subject. I've seen a lot of liquids, cutlery, family portraits, flowers, cars, household objects you name it, but little in the way of 'narrative' or context. The tricky thing is to create a painting that looks photographic yet supplies the viewer with more than a mere technical audacity. That's where one of the all-time original photorealistic painters comes into the fore, Denis Peterson. My favourite hyperrealist painter, taught from the age of 4 by his master fresco painter and friend of Claude Monet with a stack of high roller collectors around the world and a permanent home in many of NYC's major galleries. This guy can paint, sure, but rather than the usual trite family photographic diatribe this guy pulls out the stops and shows us the grittier side of urban life. See more at www.denispeterson.com.

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