I came across this New York based artist Alyssa Monks and was blown off by her paintings. I have never seen a painting so real as if it was taken by a camera, only that it was painstakingly painted by her hands. The details of the skin tones and the water droplets (which is a common theme among her paintings) are surreal and unbelievably accurate making them so alive.

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