Up Close and Personal with Tom Martin, a Hyperrealism Artist
68Happy New Year 2011, everyone! I hope 2011 is the best year for us. We can reach our dream in this year. This day is the art day. Why I said so, because today I want to talk again about art. If my last hub talked about sculpture, but now I talk about painting. Again….., I am not get bored to talk about this subject. If you liked beauty, you may love painting. We can found beautiful aspect from painting. Painting was created to be enjoyed. To appreciate painters work. This time I want to write again about a very talented young man with his creation in painting. That’s made me want to say “wow” and “wow” again. I really appreciate many kind of painting stream. But I don’t know why I attracted with this style. Have you ever hear about Hyperrealism? If you didn't ever heard about this before, I am glad to share my knowledge about this painting style. Please continue to read………
The history of Super-realism
Conceptual art is an art movement that was born almost at the same time with minimalist art and Super Realism, it begun in 1960. In some cases, political uncertainty and growing social awareness in Europe and America in the 60's, encourage the artists to stay away from the tradition of the art elite. Some artists are not interested and refused contra-ditional, like: the style, values and aura. Beside the market system didn’t made sense, gallery space limitations and the dominations of curators who increasingly narrow the space of artist at that time. It sharpen the reaction of the artists to create new art. A new art which offered an alternative concept. These reforms originated from England around 1952, involving artists of other European countries, and then spread widely in America in the 1960's
Super-Realism was born based on the desire to return to the form, based on previous flow. The existence of the camera has been used a number of artists as a support in the process of work. Photo camera work was used as a base to produce works of art. The perfection of nature produced by the camera was reproduced back into the work of two dimension art. Knowledge of photography was also used by artists to represent reality with the end result is similar with photography techniques, especially in terms of lighting, the perfection of form and color. Works by two-dimensional super-realism based on the use of photography is also a work art called Photorealism.
Super-Realism artist basically was trying to represent the reality which has great quality both in terms of shapes, colors, light effects and so on, which is better than the quality of the real reality. But how about Hyperrealism, this is a new stream which is begun on 1970. Hyperrealism is the evolution of “photorealism”. I heard that hyperrealism was dedicated to making artworks that are “more real than real”. It’s just not copying the photography, but this is more about emphasize elements.
A biography of Tom Martin
This time I’ll talk about young English artist. His name is Tom Martin. With his talent, he could made a beautiful painting which is real than photography. 24 years of age but he has great motivation. Now, he is already one of the most respected artist in the world. We can see his creation in art exhibition all over the world. I give my thumbs up for him, because looking at his creation we could swear they are simple photographs, but actually they are painstakingly painted by hand, WOW……. May I say this word again?
Who is Tom Martin? He is hyperrealist painter from the UK. He current lives in Rotherham, England. He is a young man who interest with art, sport, painting, and photorealism. Alvarez Kings is his favorite band. His favorite artists are Davis Cone, Luciano Ventrone, Roberto Bernardi, Berdardo Torrens and Pedro Campos. He uses various tools to make his creation so beautiful, like: airbrush, paint, paintbrushes, camera. I heard from that he also use acrylic paint to create the most amazing paintings. Please enjoy the pictures below.
I am glad to share about talented person, especially for the young person. There’s no end if talk about talent. This is a big gift for us. The problem is how to use our talent to make something better. I believe we blessed with talent and every person has different talent and ability. I hope we get motivation by reading this hub. I believe we can do the best in our life.
I have to edit this hub, because Tom Martin personally want to come to this hub and share his comment. I am honored with this. I have to apology to all of you, I have a big mistake to put another picture which doesn't belongs to Tom. I finished to fix this and I have made some correction related with the pictures. Please forgive me....... and thanks Tom!
You can visit his official site at:
http://www.tommartinhyperrealism.co.uk/
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Alyssa Monks, Photo in Painting
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Kieron Williamson, The Young Picasso
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The Beauty of 3D Painting
Most of painting is in two dimensional shape. But have you ever heard about 3-D painting? For me this is one the new painting style. We can see this painting like a real in 3-D shape. Who is the creator of 3-D painting? Edgar Mueller is one of the street painters who dedicated his self to make a huge art work. Many people can enjoy his art work at the same time.
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Yes my darlin friend you always do the most amazing hubs and I love to look at what surprise you have to offer us. These paintings are so real they are so awesome, it's so hard to believe that much talent is here on Earth. Love & peace darski rate up my friend
Wow! Is it painting? Wow! Hard to differentiate if we not look closely. Great Hub, Pras. Thank you. ^_^
I love your Hub! You write in such a professional manner, and bring the most Amazing subjects. First sculpture (the size of a eye of a needle) and now paintings that LOOK like Photos! Wow, wow, wow, I will say it again for you. Excellent Prasetio30. Happy New Year! 2011 and beyond.
These paintings are amazing, prasetio, thanks for bringing this artist to our attention. He may have received some inspiration from Andy Warhol. One of Andy's first paintings was the now famous Campbell Soup can.
Happy New Year Prasetio, thanks for another great hub about art. Your pictures are always top notch, I'm glad to know about this artist he is very talented. Nice work! Peace!! Tom
Truly amazing artistry - I find it hard to believe that Tom Martin's work is not photography, but paintings! Thank you for sharing hyperrealism with us Prasetio!
Happy New Year, and wishing you all the best in 2011. Cheers, Steph
prasetio! Wow! How cool! I love to hear of artists that I never knew of. This guy is amazing! Is that him in the photo next to the candy? Anyway, thank you for bringing so much wonderful talent here on your hubs. I LOVE candy from the UK! The chocolate is amazing! I want a painting with all CADBURY Chocolate bars on it!!!!! ha Anyway, Happy New Years my friend. All the best, G
Good evening, richtwf. Nice to see you again. I am glad to know how you appreciate Tom's art work. You are absolutely right, my friend. There are many super-realism artists out there. But this time I want to share about young artists who dedicate his life to make such of beautiful things which is close to real, right. Thanks for your compliment about this hub. I really appreciate your coming. I hope you enjoy this information. Have a nice day and God bless you too! Happy New Year. ~prasetio
Thank you very much, Darski for give your vote to this hub. I am so happy you liked this information. I promise to you I'll share beautiful and useful information in 2011. I agree with you, there are many talents on this earth, this is like a hidden treasure. They made this world so beautiful by their talent. God bless you.
Prasetio:)
Thanks, Freya Cesare for dropping by. I am glad you liked this hub. I hope you enjoy this information. You are absolutely right, my friend. It's difficult to differentiate with the real picture. But these pictures have soul. Good to see you again. Cheers.... ~prasetio
Good evening, LillyGrillzit. Thanks for your compliment about me. Your comment made this hub more colorful and I get new spirit in doing the best in 2011. I hope I stay in the right line and share something informative for us. God bless you.
Love and peace,
drbj, dear friend. Thanks for share your thought about this topic and give me an information about Andy Warhol. I'll search more Andy's art work. I believe that Andy also great artists and he has beautiful painting. Again.... Thank you very much. Cheers.....
Thanks, Justom for dropping by. I am glad to know this from you. I hope you enjoy this information and the pictures also. And I hope I can share about another art work which really beautiful and amazing. Take care!
Prasetio:)
Prasetio this is absolutely amazing! I wish Tom Martin could paint on the walls of my house a lot of trees and the sea, in order for me to think I’m living in a wooden house in a tree with a view on the beach and sea. Wouldn’t that be beautiful? Thanks for introducing this most talented artist to us. It seems to me you are never going to stop surprising us with the topics of your hubs. You are blessed with magnificent ideas.
Welcome to this hub, Steph. I hope you always enjoy with all my hubs, especially with Tom's painting. I am glad to share this for you. I wish the best for you and we always keep in touch. God bless you. ~prasetio
Hi, and Happy New Year 2011 Prasetio, amazing Hub! This is very interesting. You always share about talented person in the world. Thanks :)
Very nice again Prasetio! This is kind of Andy Warhol-ish. My favorties are the items on the shelves. I love to see your work. You are so full of surprises! Be safe Prasetio! Peace nephew!
Thanks, GPAGE for always support my hub. Yes, a man who was standing beside the pictures is Tom Martin. This show how you appreciate Tom's art work. Actually I am a chocolate lovers. Personally, I also impressed with CADBURY chocolate. I hope you entertained with this information. I believe you are art lovers too, like me. Happy New Year. Gina, God bless you.
Prasetio:)
I had not heard of this school of art.Thanks for the introoduction.
Thanks, Martie for your compliment to this hub. I hope he want to paint your walls with beautiful pictures. I believe this could be amazing. I can imagine about what you said above, beautiful trees between the wooden house and the sea. Wow, this is so great, my dear friend. I promise to you to always give the best for us. Good to see you again.
Blessing and hugs,
Welcome to this hub, daravuthz. Thanks for coming to this hub and I hope enjoy this information. Happy New Year too. Love and peace!
That is good stuff. Art can be found where ever you find imagination. Taking the common image and making it jump out at you is a real talent.
Thank you very much, Uncle. I am glad to know this from you. You said about Andy Warhol. That's make me curious about him. I hope you always love my hubs and entertained with Tom's paintings. I am honored with this. Love and peace!
Your nephew, Prasetio
Welcome back to this hub, dahoglund. I hope you always entertained with all my hubs. I am glad you love kind of this art. I hope we can learn here. Cheers.... ~prasetio
Good evening, Pete. I am impressed with your coming. This is a big gift you want to visit this hub and give your comment. I am so happy you give much appreciation to this hub. Happy New Year and God bless you.
Prasetio:)
prasetio30 this is amazing stuff you have presented here with us today. I can't get over how real those painting look. Very talented, very cool, thanks for sharing.
I, too, must confess. Looked at the images before reading the text and my immediate reaction was, "They look Photoshopped."
Good article and worthy of sharing. I'm going to "Digg" it for you.
It exhibits A Great Painting with extravagant talent.
rpalulis, I give many thanks for your appreciation to this hub and how you love Tom's art work. I heard that hyperrealism is a great painting style. This is like above the real. Thanks for leave a beautiful comment. Have a great day! ~prasetio
Thanks, FCEtier for coming and you want to "digg" this hub. I really appreciate your coming. Your comment also made this hub more colorful and you give me some motivation in doing the best to make another great hub. Nice to see you here. Cheers.... love and peace!
Welcome back to my hub, Mr. Roychoudhury. I hope you always entertained with this information. Painting is always beautiful and Tom's creation made the painting world so interesting to be talked. Happy New Year. ~prasetio
Happy New Year, Prasetio. Wow, this is truly a new form of arts. Thanks for the eye-opening hub ! I love the photos. Something so normal can be made into something so creative, artistic and beautiful. Truly, it is about how we can make full use of our God-given talents.
Thanks, Ingenira. This is the best comment from you. I agree with you and anything about this painting. From picture become amazing art work, this is a great talent for us who can made this so beautiful. Only few people can make this amazing art work, and Tom Martin is one of talented artists. I liked the spirit of young man and he success to make the real painting. I hope you enjoy the pictures above. Happy New Year too. Cheers...
Prasetio:)
This is incredible work and something I would never have guessed was painted by human hands. It is so photo-like that I cannot find the human element in it. Maybe that is what lends to the appeal and mystic of it as the subject matter is rather commonplace. I can remember the painting of the Campbell's Soup Can by by the mid-60's artist O'Leary (I think! LOL!) but that was not even close in terms of the quality of the work. I understand your infatuation and your propensity toward the "wow" factor! Thanks for sharing! WB
This artist would be great at couterfieting money,lol,though really a talented artist,thanks for sharing prasetio;)
Happy New Year Pras! I know I've seen these amazing paintings before, even used some in my 'Chocolate Breakfast' hub, but never realized they were Hyperrealism art! Thanks for a real eyeopener for the new year. Cheers!
Amazing, you are a regular Jack-in-a-Box! Surprise! Great Job and Happy New Year! I will have to think of a surprise for you.
Polly
This is amazing,they look like photographs.Before i sold my old house,i had a painting done on my shed,it was an apple tree with falling apples,floweres and butterflies.I miss it.The woman who painted it was so talented.Thank you for sharing.You find the most fabulous articles.
Cheers
I thought they were good pictures but paintings, I am absolutely amazed! Happy New Year my friend!
Thanks very much for introducing me to this extraordinary young painter. I can't help but wonder what he'll be doing 20 years from now.
I saw above that drbj mentioned Andy Warhol, and I had also immediately thought of him upon viewing Martin's paintings. I also thought of Chuck Close, possibly the most well-known photorealist painter of the late 1960s and early 70s. For as exciting as Warhol and Close are, I think Martin might be even moreso.
Hi Prasetio
Happy New Year to you and your family.
These paintings are exceptional and it is truly difficult to believe that they are not photographs. I always enjoys reading your hubs as I find out about so many things which would otherwise just pass me by.
Amber:)
At his age, Tom Martin should have a long and successful art career ahead of him. Thanks for showcasing his work and letting us know about this talented young man. Voting this up and beautiful.
Good morning, Wayne Brown. Thank you very much for coming and understanding my passion in "wow" subject. This is the second time I heard about Campbell's Soup Can. I'll found more about this and O'Leary also. I am glad you want to share with us. I know there are many talented artists out there and they are have different style. This time I want to show again about hyperrealism. All opinion about Tom's painting was right, my friend. Personally, I rather difficult to find human element on it. That's make this Tom's painting so special. God bless you.
Love and peace, Prasetio
Thanks, Mentalist acer for dropping by and share your opinion about this topic. I know it can be like that, just positive thinking. I hope we can use our talent in good purpose though we have a chance to cheat. Cheers.....
Welcome to this hub, Green LOtus. I am glad you have knew this very well before. But I hope you learn more about hyperrealism art through this hub. I a chocoholic too and I am so happy that Tom paint this chocolate bars so beautiful. Thank you very much. Have a great day!
Blessing and hugs,
Thanks, Polly for your compliment about me and my hubs. I hope I can do the best in 2011 and you always liked my hub. I wish we can keep in touch to share some useful information. Cheers......
Prasetio
Thank you very much, Rugy for coming to this hub and you want to share about the painting in your house. This must be a great and beautiful painting and I agree about the woman who have painted your house. Wow... apple, flower and butterfly are good combination. Unfortunately you have sold your house. I believe you can make the new one. Nice to see you again. Love and peace!
ghomefitness, good to see you again. I hope you enjoy all the pictures of Tom's painting and we can learn about the spirit of young man to make this so beautiful like a photography creation, even more than photo. Happy New Year ~prasetio
Thanks, Sally's Trove for dropping by and share your opinion about Tom's painting. I believe for the next 20 year he will be a great painter. Because at his age now, he can produce amazing painting. Based on his experience from now, he might have a masterpiece to share to the world. Thanks for share about Chuck Close. He is a very talented as photorealist painter in that era. Andi Warhol is one of the great painter too. I am glad to get various comment and I got another information about amazing painters at 60's and early 70's. My friend, you made my hub very interesting to be discuss. God bless you!
Thank you very much, Amber Allen. You always come to my hub with beautiful smile, I liked it. I hope you love all information about Tom's painting and you got some motivation from his passion in making such of beautiful artworks. And I am glad to know how you appreciate his art work. Happy New Year, my friend.
Prasetio
Good morning, Peggy. Welcome to this hub. I hope you enjoy my art day and you could see this as a big motivation for a talented young man. I can see your positive thought about him. I believe he has a bright career as an artists. Personally, I can't blink my eyes to see all his works... amazing and this made me say "wow" again. Thank you very much for giving your vote to this hub. Have a great day!
Blessing, Prasetio
As usual, this is a fantastic hub and Tom Martin is extremely talented. Those pictures are fantastic. I would like to have a bit of that talent. Great hub, rated up.
a beautiful piece you wrote here my friend. I learned something new today as I have never heard of this person before, he does some beautiful work. Thanks for sharing with us and God Bless
Very good artwork, really but it would be much quicker to do it with a camera. I too paint and wouldn't even attempt to be this realistic, hell I balk at anything that does not look impressionistic
thanks for taking the time to write an article about me.. a couple of these images are not mine however. they belong to a friend called pedro campos, and an artist roberto bernardi, i dont want to take credit for their work..
Good evening, Pamela. I am glad you want to visit this hub. He is very talented and He want to visit this hub in person. I am glad to know this. Thanks for give your vote to this hub. Cheers...
Welcome to this hub, vietnamvet68. I am glad you want to visit this hub and give your appreciation to Tom's artworks . I hope you enjoy with all information here. Have a great day! ~prasetio
Thanks, guymclaren for coming to this hub and share your opinion about this topic. At least you enjoy with Tom's paintings. I am glad to know that you are a painters too. I hope we get some motivation here. Take care!
Thank you very much, Tom Martin. I am so happy you want to visit this hub. I never imagine about this. This is like a big gift for me. I know I just a human who have a lot of mistake. Please forgive me, my friend. I have made some correction related with the picture. I hope you want to visit again and give a smile to my hub. Love and peace!
Prasetio:)
Happy New Year, Pras. Beautiful work and a visit from the artist himself. Another wonderful Hub.
Thanks, suziecat7 for coming to this hub. I am glad to see you again. I wish 2011 is the best for us. Happy New year and I hope you enjoy this hub. Take care! ~prasetio
How awesome, Prasetio - I wish I could do that kinda work!! Happy New Year to you, too and many rewards in the year to come...and always wished your way.
Thanks, Audrey for dropping by and for all you wish at this year. I hope our dream will come true in 2011 and this is become the best year for us....amen. Have a great day!
Prasetio:)
Looking at the paintings I would automatically think trompe-l'oeil because of the illusion although the term hyperrealism fits better due to the intensity of the focus.
The artist paints consumer goods which reminds me of Andy Warhol although done in this style suggests a theme of still life. I find your hub very interesting!!! :D
This hyperrealism art is amazing as it appears just as life like and real as the actual real objects Tom Martin recreates through his art. What a unique and magnificent gift.
Thanks Pras for bringing this amazing artist to our attention. I learned a lot up close and personal about Tom Martin a Hyperrealism Artist.
Rated up and voted all that is good. Thanks for teaching us more wonderful facts. :) Katie
Super -- and fun to read hub!!!!!
Again this is incredible and yet it is not enough to describe your hub as well as his work. I am stunned. Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention and give us the pleasure to appreciate it.
Welcome to this hub, Raven King. I hope you always enjoy this information. I am glad you leave comment to this hub. I heard again about Andy Warhol from you. Thanks for share about him. I believe he is very talented artists. I thought Tom martin follow his step to create such of beautiful painting. Take care! ~prasetio
Good evening, Katie. Nice to see you again. Thanks for share your thought about this information and how you appreciate Tom's artworks. From all the stunning pictures, we can see how he is very talented person. I hope we can get a motivation. I am glad you rate this up and I am proud to wrote this for you. Actually I also wait your coming to all my hub. So we can exchange our useful information. Your hubs always informative and beautiful. Have a great day!
Blessing and hugs,
My fiend, carolina muscle. You always accepted here, you can come at anytime. Cheers......
Hello, Hello, today is a great day, because you visiting ans leave a wonderful comment. I hope you always enjoy all my hub and 2011 is good resolutions for us in doing the best, especially in writing or blogging. Thank you very much. ~prasetio
HI, prasetio, this is amazing! I also thought that they were photographs! thank you for teaching me something new again, happy new year! even if I am saying it a bit late now! lol nell
Good evening, Nell Rose. I am glad you love this hub and how you appreciate Tom's painting. Better late than never, my friend. Thank you very much and Happy New Year 2011. Love and peace!
Prasetio:)
Such a big talent, he really projected the art of hyper-realism really well. If I think right, hyper-reality is gaining popularity nowadays and I think it's a really great form of art. I'm going to check out his website, thanks for putting it there. Voted up your hub.=)
Thanks, hubpageswriter for coming to this hub and you give a big appreciation to Tom's artwork. We can see this phenomenon by many artist come up with their artistic work like Tom did before. Thank you very much for giving your vote. Cheers.....
richtwf 16 months ago
When I first browsed quickly through this hub I was impressed by the photos presented. They are crisp and art in themselves just as photos but many other artists could do that just as well. It was only after I started reading, that I was then truly amazed and impressed by this young artist's gift to reproduce what he sees by painting! He has an incredible talent!
Awesome and beautiful hub - This certainly is!
Once again your hubs have truly inspired us, so God bless you my friend!
Happy New Year and look forward to reading more inspiring hubs from you in 2011.