ALSO HIS DINOSAURS WERE SOMETHING RATHER SPECIAL – Rob Hefferan and the Pre-Raphaelitism as photos painting

ROB HEFFERAN 1/3 – He was born in the north of England, where began drawing and painting as a small child. During family holidays, he would paint en plein. His art teacher who recognized that his childish drawings of dinosaurs were something rather special. Throughout high school and college, he entered and won many art competitions. This painter, is influenced by masters of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He was a true free spirit from the very beginning. He worked as an illustrator and designer and won himself a number of major contracts, looking the way to captures skin tones, movement, and fabric is remarkable.

ROB HEFFERAN 2/3 – He has the rare ability to create realistic scenes with only his imagination and a paintbrush, as Figurative Realism painter. Sometimes his series of paintings capture the beauty of a bride and her groom next to extravagant mansions. His romantic images of a bride posing elegantly? Yes, you’d never guess they were paintings. He is always on the look out for new styles and techniques and his work changes, as he absorbs external influences. He works from real life and from photo shoots which he directs, and his oil on canvas paintings, take an average of about 150 hours to complete.

ROB HEFFERAN 3/3 – What you observe could be mistaken for high-fashion photographs of refined taste. Working from ideas he sketches out beforehand he poses his models and directs the photographer to shoot hundreds of images. Maybe you need to prepare to have your mind blown, because this artist creates realistic paintings that look like wedding photographs. Both in its realism and the intricate, his photorealistic work is astounding. He is one of the most exciting rising stars on the contemporary art scene.

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