Gerhard Richter, Andrew Wyeth, Antonio Lopez-Garcia. These are three of my favorite realistic paintings, I actually just recently discovered all three of these artists. Wyeth in particular is one whose work I had seen a lot, and so I never looked at it enough to be knocked out by it like I am now. I read an interview with Caleb Weintraub where he said that he always felt that he and Edward Hopper shared the same heart. That is how I feel about Andrew Wyeth- I think he painted my heart a long time ago. So many things that I feel a need to say have already been said so well, I just hope to study his work to find if there is anything I can add so I don't just try to repeat what he did. Its kind of the same thing with Lopez- Garcia and Richter.