A painting looks like a photograph; a photograph looks like a painting.

Alyssa Monks, Frans Lanting, woman painting, orange sky, nature photography, water photography, photo looks like paintings, art techniques, deception

I like paintings because it is the headline of art. It’s the prominent art form that I first think of when ‘art’ is brought up. It’s meticulous and expressionist.

I like photographs because they capture real life moments. They are testaments of how the world looked like.

I like it when painting and photographs cross boundaries, you don’t know which is which. It’s impressive to create one that rims in the slim distinction between painting and photograph.

This artwork is by Frans Lanting:

Frans Lanting photo featured in National Geographic where his photograph looks like a painting

This artwork is by Alyssa Monks:

Alyssa Monks's painting called Stare, has a woman submerged in water that looks like a photo but is a painting

Whose work is painting? Whose work is photograph?