Kyle Surges

I am a Chicago based artist with a bachelors'​ degree from the American Academy of Art. My medium of choice is oil paint. Like many of the great artist before me, I have recognized oil paint as the superior medium for my approach to painting. It's slow drying time and smooth texture allows for excellent control with a fine sable brush to create trompe l'oeil works of art. The term trompe l'oeil which is French for, deceive the eye, is an art technique that uses realistic imagery to create the optical illusion that depicted objects exist in three dimensions. This type of art can also be considered photorealism or hyperrealism. I fell in love with this approach to painting while in college and have been fascinated with it ever since. It is a very time consuming style that demands precision and concentration. Each of my paintings take me two to four months to complete.