Stephen Capogna Still-life Paintings

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A macro hyperrealistic rendition of a baseball by artist Stephen Capogna. "The painting depicts an ultra-close detail of a baseball with a space-like horizon in the background," states Stephen. Painting with a methodical process Stephen utilizes an airbrush and thousands of templates. The result is a highly detailed compelling image.

About the Artist
In a striking example of hyperrealism, Stephen Capogna’s body of work manages to capture the essence of macro photography in highly detailed acrylic paintings. Stephen’s inspiration initially came from golf courses near his home. The work focuses on the minute details of sporting goods, from the lightly scratched dimples on a golf ball to the individual fibers on a tennis ball. He works exclusively from his own photographs using an innovative airbrushing technique. Stephen utilizes a large spray gun at the beginning of a painting for color application in large areas. He then wields a small airbrush for the finer details, using templates hand-cut from mylar to create edges and shapes. “One of the biggest defining moments for me was incorporating the airbrush into my process of painting,” Stephen...

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This is a painting of a saxophone, the image was painted entirely with an airbrush. I photographed this saxophone outdoors on a sunny summer day.

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This is a piece I painted after I did a photo shoot in my backyard. I was interested in photographing the saxophone on a bright sunny day with a field of grass ...

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This piece is a close up of a tennis ball. This piece was completed using an airbrush. Working from background to foreground I used...

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This is a close up painting of a golf ball. This piece was painted entirely using an airbrush. Every dimple, highlight, shadow, mark was created using templat...

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This is a close up painting of a basketball. The painting was completed entirely using an airbrush. Hundreds of templates were created by hand using mylar.