Complex sentence: His style of painting objects as though they are being seen through frosted glass has been compared to 18th century painters such as Chardin, while his oddly marred and pitted surfaces tend to evoke the 20th century's abstract expressionists.
Split into simpler sentences: His style of painting objects as though they are being seen through frosted glass has been compared to Chardin. While his oddly marred and pitted surfaces tend to evoke the abstract expressionists.