Photorealism - what's your opinion?

[Henry Wienhold]

A great artist, beautiful work, outstanding achievement, but it leaves me cold.

I think most people when commissioning a portrait, or viewing great portraiture they want to see and feel that human touch in the painting, that unique indescribable warmth thats transfered from brush to canvas. They look for what is difficult to put into words. The hand painted portrait communicates it all in a split second, no words are required.