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Manifest (colored pencil on paper, 30×20) by Jesse Lane, detail

Hyperrealistic Art You Have to See to Believe

Hyperrealistic art can sometimes make us do a double take. Are we looking at a real picture? Is this truly not a photo? With colored pencil, artist Jesse Lane lends emotional weight to his portraits that allows them to transcend their realistic qualities.

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