--- description: Check out Venezuela-based Gustavo Silva Nuñez's work title: This Artist Paints Hyperrealistic Scenes of People Swimming image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Artist Paints Hyperrealistic Scenes of People Swimming by [Kenny Ong / Lost at E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Kenny Ong / Lost at E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 4:28 PM CUT by [Kenny Ong / Lost at E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Kenny Ong / Lost at E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 4:28 PM CUT  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/08/20/artist-paints-hyperrealistic-scenes-people-swimming-interacts/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com "undefined")_._ Venezuela-based artist Gustavo Silva Nuñez is a hyperrealistic painter whose oil paintings of watery subjects seem so real you may just want to take the plunge with them too. He teases you one step further by posing with his completed works in a very interactive manner, “grabbing” the swimmers by their limbs as they “swim” pass him. Such “spontaneity” makes his canvases come alive and shows how incredibly talented the man is. (via [MY MODERN MET](http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/gustavo-silva-nunez-paintings "undefined"))  Courtesy of Gustavo Silva Nuñez  Courtesy of Gustavo Silva Nuñez  Courtesy of Gustavo Silva Nuñez  Courtesy of Gustavo Silva Nuñez  Courtesy of Gustavo Silva Nuñez  Courtesy of Gustavo Silva Nuñez  Courtesy of Gustavo Silva Nuñez  Check out more of Gustavo Silva Nuñez's work on his Facebook and Instagram. Courtesy of Gustavo Silva Nuñez ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3555071/artist-painting-swimming-realistic/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3555071/artist-painting-swimming-realistic/"},"headline":"This Artist Paints Hyperrealistic Scenes of People Swimming","datePublished":"2014-11-04T16:28:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:11.740Z","description":"Check out Venezuela-based Gustavo Silva Nuñez's work","url":"https://time.com/3555071/artist-painting-swimming-realistic/","keywords":["Innovation","photography","Fine Art"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kenny Ong / Lost at E Minor"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3555071/artist-painting-swimming-realistic/","name":"This Artist Paints Hyperrealistic Scenes of People Swimming"}}]}] ```