photorealist
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Close, best known for his monumental photorealist portraits, had not yet found his style and was painting in an expressionist mode heavily influenced by Willem de Kooning.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023
Dara likes her work, in sunlit surroundings that have the crisply vivid colors of a photorealist oil painting, but something is shifting within her.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023
The artist’s “Mapping the Layers” begins with detailed, photorealist renderings of shimmering blue-green expanses, inspired by the sea that laps his birthplace, the Dominican Republic.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2022
Hosoda’s backdrops, with their soft colors and photorealist details, are always gorgeous enough to get lost in, but they also tell a deeper story of community and healing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2022
After spinning a massive payday out of The Jungle Book, Jon Favreau returned to the House of Mouse for another photorealist fantasy with a core cast out of the kingdom Animalia.
From The Guardian • Jul. 22, 2019
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