movement birth_place nationality field birth_date article_title name
hyperrealism chicago , illinois american painting 1956 dennis wojtkiewicz
 dennis wojtkiewicz
dennis wojtkiewicz

dennis wojtkiewicz -lrb- born 1956 , chicago , illinois -rrb- is an american hyperrealist painter and draughtsman .
wojtkiewicz graduated from southern illinois university and is artist associated with the hyperrealist movement .
he is best known for his large scale renderings of sliced fruit and flowers .
in order to achieve his desired effect , technically , wojtkiewicz relies on traditional oil paint and brushes with a classical application , he also uses pastel for his drawings .
dennis wojtkiewicz with his wife , who is maria wojewodzic has exhibited his work in leading fine art galleries in the united states and abroad .
his work is owned by many leading private , corporate and public collections including the evanston museum of art , fidelity investments in boston and the university of south dakota .
