But in fact they are all painstakingly rendered on canvas with acrylic paints by Canadian artist Jason de Graaf. The hyperrealistic paintings, which almost appear as if they are computer generated ...

He eventually returned to drawing and painting, and is now making time to “mass produce” larger than life acrylic paintings, each one boldly colorful and whimsical.

Nancy Hayes and Nanu LaRosee pay attention to what's around them and capture what's important in acrylic paintings. Their work will be on exhibit at Artworks Gallery through the end of August.

The “un-gravity constructions,” as Vidal Agulló calls them, are microscopically-detailed, small-stroke acrylic paintings on wood panels, each maze-like world resembling a planet unto itself.