Canadian born Renato Muccillo, son of Italian immigrant parents, started out painting high realism paintings in the late ‘80s. He remembers working months on end to finish his photo-realistic pieces, living mainly off reproduction sales.
When photography turned digital and scanners became affordable, the market became flooded with reproductions, and Muccillo was forced to get a desk job. Coincidentally, as Muccillo remembers, “By the time I needed to change, I'd had enough of doing super-high realistic work.”
"A lot of people get so caught up in the world these days, they barely take the time to see anything; to truly, actually see things."
