{"id":156270,"date":"2015-05-04T06:48:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T06:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/05\/04\/15-striking-hyper-realistic-paintings-by-patrick\/"},"modified":"2015-05-04T06:48:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T06:48:06","slug":"15-striking-hyper-realistic-paintings-by-patrick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/05\/04\/15-striking-hyper-realistic-paintings-by-patrick\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Striking Hyper-Realistic Paintings by Patrick Kramer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wordsnquotes.com\/post\/117913921513\/15-striking-hyper-realistic-paintings-by-patrick\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">wordsnquotes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/culturenlifestyle.com\/post\/117863786397\/15-striking-hyper-realistic-paintings-by-patrick-kramer\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">culturenlifestyle<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/b23a6a7ea0fb4eed413b23eda58954b3\/tumblr_inline_nnnmqibh1D1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>American artist, Patrick Kramer has been\u00a0professionally painting since graduating from\u00a0Brigham Young University in 2008. To compose his hyper-realistic pieces, which effortlessly give the illusion of a photograph, Kramer spends anywhere between 50-300 hours on one piece. To begin, he takes a photograph of the scenery he desires to portray. He gathers multiple\u00a0photos, props and uses Photoshop to compose the final image for reference. In an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/wallhop.com\/interview-with-artist-patrick-kramer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wallhop<\/a>, Kramer says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><i>\u201cI would say it\u2019s a unique experience for the viewer. You approach a painting so much differently than a photograph\u2026 People will walk past a fairly banal hyper-realistic work, assuming it\u2019s a photograph, but when told it\u2019s a painting, will do a double-take. They\u2019ll go back and scrutinize, look for brush strokes.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Below you will find some of Kramer\u2019s most impressive pieces.<\/p>\n<p><b>Anna<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/63bd7cdf1e201a674e90303650920bef\/tumblr_inline_nnnlfkxXdD1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>3 Glasses<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/2234618708b20ec294e965c34cb36a36\/tumblr_inline_nnnlfu6VT71t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Split Light<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/aad72f13440f82164a2c16ab7cf5d222\/tumblr_inline_nnnlmavQj71t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Salt Lake Library<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/bec9a3dcc96a24be46ea1d8cfeb88082\/tumblr_inline_nnnlg8IiMW1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Perseverance \/ Futility<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/6cc56108191c33a50b2babd6e46c8618\/tumblr_inline_nnnlgpDrru1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Gravity\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/6918c7fe81fac94145fe4c7172f97873\/tumblr_inline_nnnlgyM0yr1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Rigging<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/d183554d14f2018db3ba022773fbcbcc\/tumblr_inline_nnnljw1KAa1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>The Optimist\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/814c545758c3b212aaafaa0c38fe08c4\/tumblr_inline_nnnlk9A4fY1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Denial<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/bac82fe2a7f193fe3205cb7cd29b3b5e\/tumblr_inline_nnnlkiMkR51t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Odonata<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/66374e68c378ea5b0036d63b255bd761\/tumblr_inline_nnnll1yzf91t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Pirouette<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/654766e96c044f496a3406c32de6bf5d\/tumblr_inline_nnnll9Vkip1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Measuring Worth<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/83cca53aa71edd586f95f9b6338f4f41\/tumblr_inline_nnnln2XapQ1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Civic Pride<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/94b5b0ed48a69d55a565b63a474353db\/tumblr_inline_nnnlnjAoQo1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Matt<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/0b30552f7eed754decb0caf0beefa519\/tumblr_inline_nnnlnxKbQP1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><b>Diminishing Returns<\/b><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img src=\"https:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/20be64c2311653db7bbb46979bc4f0b0\/tumblr_inline_nnnloeLgDi1t5e46p_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patrickkramerart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">via Patrick Kramer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>wordsnquotes: culturenlifestyle: American artist, Patrick Kramer has been\u00a0professionally painting since graduating from\u00a0Brigham Young University in 2008. To compose his hyper-realistic pieces, which effortlessly give the illusion of a photograph, Kramer spends anywhere between 50-300 hours on one piece. To begin, he takes a photograph of the scenery he desires to portray. He gathers multiple\u00a0photos, props &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/05\/04\/15-striking-hyper-realistic-paintings-by-patrick\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;15 Striking Hyper-Realistic Paintings by Patrick Kramer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[109,1831,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}