Jan. 20, 2021

Painter Omar Ortiz on His Hyperrealistic Paintings and Creative Process

Painter Omar Ortiz on His Hyperrealistic Paintings and Creative Process

We talk with painter Omar Ortiz about his shockingly realistic paintings. He specializes in hyperrealistic female nudes with often more abstract backgrounds.

This week on the Top Artist Podcast, we talk with painter Omar Ortiz about his shockingly realistic paintings. Ortiz specializes in hyperrealistic female nudes with often more abstract backgrounds. Ortiz shares that he has always been interested in technique and precision. He experimented with airbrushing in university because it allowed him to achieve a texture and blurriness common to the realism he is now known for. He currently works with oil paint as he believes it the “noblest technique.”

See some of the artwork we discuss on the Top Artist Instagram

Follow Omar Ortiz’s work on his website, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, and Patreon.

And read more about some of the projects we discuss during our chat:

Hyper-Realistic Paintings of the Female Form

Gorgeous Hyper-Realistic Nude Paintings

Omar OrtizProfile Photo

Omar Ortiz

Painter

Omar Ortiz was born in 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico where he still lives. Since he was a boy he has been interested in drawing and illustration. He studied for a degree in Graphic Design, where he learned different techniques such as hand drawing, pastels, charcoal, watercolors, acrylics, and airbrushing.

When he finished college he decided to make a living from painting. In 2002 he attended his first oil paint classes with the artist Carmen Alarcón, who he considers his main teacher. Omar Ortiz currently works with oil painting because he considers it the noblest technique.