Update: I have some additional details from the artist that I’d like to add here, as this post seems to be getting a lot of attention. See much more of this series titled Alive Without Breath over on deviantART. The artist is using a technique very similar to Japanese painter Riusuke Fukahori who was featured on this blog a little over a year ago, though Lye seems to take things a step further by making his paint creations protrude from the surface, adding another level of dimension to a remarkable medium. Lye slowly fills bowls, buckets, and boxes with alternating layers of acrylic paint and resin, creating aquatic animal life that looks so real it could almost pass for a photograph. They would be the same whether or not I receive any compensation.Singapore-based artist Keng Lye creates near life-like sculptures of animals relying on little but paint, resin and a phenomenal sense of perspective. The opinions expressed are solely my own. This goes towards the support of this blog and to provide resource information to readers. I do receive a small fee for any products purchased through affiliate links.

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I have yet to see a resin jewelry artist try this technique! As you can see it takes patience to wait for each layer of resin to cure before the artist is able to paint the next little bit of the fish and vegetation. Watch this tutorial by Art-Craft Tutorial which shows how the technique is done. Many of his pieces are larger art installations although he is also known for his goldfish in the bowl collection. Long time blog readers might remember my feature post on an amazing Japanese artist, Riusuke Fukahori, who paints 3D goldfish on many layers of resin.

3d goldfish painting on resin layers