Most people have gone to a wax museum at some point in their lives, taking pictures with famous people that look fairly realistic. We’ve stood next to these wax sculptures pretending we were a piece of art or acting like a sculpture sitting on one of the benches to have someone walk by starring at you trying to figure out what famous person you could be. It is tons of fun, but looking back on that experience and pictures of those wax sculptures, there is an obvious unrealistic aspect to each one.
I love photorealistic work because of its precise execution and attention to detail the artist puts into it. Photorealistic paintings get me all the time, one person in particular is Gottfried Helnwein, he produces larger than life paintings so realistic you could swear they were blown up photographs.
