Friday 23 August 2013



Joongwon (Charles) Jeong is a hyperrealist painter from South Korea. A freelance artist and illustrator who creates incredible hyperrealistic portraits using acrylic paint.

At a first glance these pictures look like well-taken photographs, but look a little bit closer and you'll notice they are actually paintings.
Joongwon Charles Jeong is a hyperrealist painter from South Korea and he has painstakingly created these detailed works of art, following in the footsteps of his hero Michaelangelo.
Each of his paintings are so detailed many people mistake them for photographs, as Joongwon has the skill to paint such delicate brush strokes he can detail every pore of his subjects.







Portrait of Sir Ian McKellen by Joongwon Charles Jeong Acrylic paint on canvas 73 x 117cm.
Portrait of Sir Ian McKellen by Joongwon Charles Jeong
Acrylic paint on canvas 73 x 117cm.



Painter Joongwon Charles Jeong (JW-Jeong)