Jason Degraaf does unbelievable photorealistic acrylic paintings. [more inside]
posted by quin on Aug 3, 2012 - 50 comments

Chooooosan uses acrylics on her body to create funny and unnerving optical illusions. [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Jun 26, 2012 - 25 comments

Dr. Dan Durda [bio; vita] is a veritable Renaissance Man, having hobbies that others would call careers; most notably, he is an accomplished astronomer, jet pilot, cave diver, and Fellow of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.

Oh yeah, about that art stuff -- there's a lot [more inside]
posted by troll on Oct 1, 2011 - 5 comments

Many people who paint portraits try to make the painting look like a living person. Alexa Meade tries to make the person look like a painting. [more inside]
posted by emilyd22222 on Mar 15, 2010 - 30 comments