Hyper-Realism 12 x 12 inches Oil on canvas 2016
Welcome to Julio Sanchez photorealism
Gerrit Henry said that "in Photorealism, reality is made to look so overpoweringly real as to make it pure illusion." A painting is an illusion, no matter what it appears to be. It will always be an illusion, a world within a frame.
Painting people has always been a passion of mine, recognizing their every detail, getting closer to see the full story. At first the viewer might see a photographic like image; a painting. But on closer inspection an immense story appears before their eyes, and in time they come face-to-face with the person, and not just the illusion.
All works are acrylic on canvas (unless otherwise noted).