Over the past 6 months, we have noticed a trend that we thought was true and was proven correct. Our readers love a good hyperreal, photorealstic painting. Each artist with the skill to create a photorealistic piece has their own style and strengths, and we combed over our content from the past year to bring to you the very best photoreal painters featured Juxtapoz.com. Don't blink and make sure you look closely. These are the talents that make you have a double take.

Hilo Chen (born October 15, 1942 in Yilan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-American painter. He is best known for his amazing photorealistic paintings of the female figure (in all its golden browned, suntanned glory). He is represented by Bernarducci Meisel Gallery in New York where he currently lives and works. His work is in major museum collections throughout the world including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.

Its almost swimsuit season, and 68 year old Taiwanese American painter Hilo Chen is getting ready to hit the sand.  With his hyperrealistic oil paintings of glistening, bronzed, beach babes- fresh out of a dip in the ocean- you know you shouldn't be staring but Its. So. Hard. To Look. Away....