Tom Martin Hyper Realistic Paintings

Oct 17, 2011 by César Couto

Posted under: Design

When I saw these pictures for the first time, I thought to myself “Oh, these look kind of commercial food photography”. Well, make no mistake, these are not photos, these are impressive hyper realistic paintings by the young English artist Tom Martin.

“My choice of subject is personal to me, and to an extent me only. The items that feature in my paintings are nothing more than fractions of my everyday life. I find myself fascinated by the way products are packaged, the texts that are used, and the way these items react with light in their surroundings. Occasionally, hard edged pieces of chrome gym equipment find their way into my compositions. These rather banal pieces of steel are far from idyllic ideas of what is or is not beautiful. However by making ”super-sized” paintings of these objects I am able to pack in many unseen intricate reflections and abstracted bands of colour. The subject becomes fascinating despite its origins, as we the viewer are enabled to see closer than we would normally care to do.” His work is also available at Deviantart.

Tags: Design, Hyper Realistic, Hyper Realistic Paintings, paintings, Tom Martin

Submitted by César Couto

Founder of Paranoias, I was born in São Miguel, the biggest island from Azores. I'm a freelancer in the areas of web development and web design and I'm passionate about design, technology and photography. You can follow me at Facebook or Google+ but I normally post in Portuguese.