Joshua Suda and his ultra-photorealistic paintings

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Joshua Suda is an american artist that specializes in oil painting who uses his incredible talent to produce works of stunning realism. Showing since 2004 his work displays a quirky voyeurism that showcases the emotions inherent in each composition.

He is part of The Broad Street Studio with Jason John and Brian Martin, a group of artists that devote their lives to recreating with paint, the strange world we live in, portraying even the sometimes grotesque side of it. He refers to paint as 'the vehicle' he chose, and with it he creates works filled with emotions and capable of carrying those feelings to their viewers.

One of his most popular series of paintings is the one that shows a number of faces breaking out of the canvas, looking as if they're trying to get in touch with their audience.

An effect that mixes realism with an unsettling, but occasionally even amusing, sensation of disquiet.

Whether it's a full shot of someone's face, clearly expressing their anger, or a simple focus on someone's eye, telling a story with a simple look, Suda can perfectly represent and transmit to the public the mood and excruciating problems that we often might experience.

He crosses the borders between art and reality, revolutionizing what we've always seen as normality, while also just showing snippets of feelings we can relate to.