30+ Amazing Photorealistic Paintings

By Hongkiat Lim in Artwork. Updated on November 28, 2019.

Photorealism is the art of creating paintings that are so real that you can easlity mistake them for photographs. And when you realize that these are not photos but actually the skill of the artisit’s pen, you are left completely astonished.

So in today’s post, we are featuring some of the best and mind-blowing photorealisitic paintings along with a short introduction of the artist. Let’s take a look at these masterful paintings executed with a high level of photorealism.

Wayne Forrest

Wayne is a photographer and artist. His work ethic comes from 21 years of Service in the Canadian Military. No messing around and getting the job done. He uses Adobe Illustrator to create his drawings which also known as vector graphics.

Dru Blair

Dru is an aviation airbrush artist who mostly paints realistic aircrafts. Painting below is one of Dru’s top paintings. It took him a total of 65-75 hours to complete the painting. Painting is very detailed and well made and it is almost impossible to tell that if its a real photograph.

Linda Huber

Linda has been drawing with pencil for over 40 years. She loves to draw in the style of realism and you can see that in her works are really impressive.

Rob Hefferan

Rob is talented figurative artist. Paintings below are painted by using oil colors. Rob’s every painting shows different emotions which is the style of his work.