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“What makes it all the more unnerving is that this horrific subject matter is treated with a sophisticated, hyperrealist airbrush technique…and so
exquisitely crafted that I initially took them for photographs. . .trust me; go.”
Robert Ayers, Art Info – June 2, 2006 Show Review
AND OTHERS. NEW REALISM (LATER COINED PHOTOREALISM BY LOUIS K. MEISEL) WAS AN OUTGROWTH OF POP ART WHICH SYMBOLIZED A HYPERREAL OR HYPERREALIST APPROACH
TO REALITY REGARDING COMMERCIALIZATION, SYMBOLIZATION,AND REPRODUCTION. HYPERREALISM IS A RECOGNIZED SUBSET OF PHOTOREALIST PAINTING AND A DEFINITIVE STYLE.