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August 08, 2008

Alyssa Monks

I think I've declared here at Posterous that painting is dead, but every now and again I come across painted works that are impossible not to look at and at the very least admire. Alyssa Monks is the artist behind such paintings and I've been completely moved by the quality and content of her work. Common water themes and incredible photo-realism.

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Comments (6)
Aug 08, 2008

Garry Tan said...
These are paintings? Incredible.

Aug 08, 2008

Marissa Neave said...
Yep! Oil on linen. Most of them are roughly 50" across, so they're quite large. If you look at the artist's website, you can view the images in detail as well.

I'd love to see these in person and get a real sense of the texture.

Aug 10, 2008

Stephanie Lim said...
wow some of them look just like photos!

Aug 10, 2008

Stephanie Lim said...
now that i think of it, the subject matter is a bit bizarre too...

Aug 11, 2008

Tony Kandalaft said...
These are amazing!!

Aug 11, 2008

thanks for sharing those.

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