Bo Bartlett is a great American contemporary painter. In my humble opinion one of the best. His paintings have a unique realist style with a deep metarealist mood. From 1999 to 2003 he dedicated his works mainly to the sea with his beutiful "Water series". These are just five examples I particularly love but one thing you should really do is a visit to his
site if you still don't know this awesome artist. You'll be surprised by his works. This is the link too see directly his
Water Series
Bo Bartlett -
"Bone" 
Bo Bartlett -
"destin" 
Bo Bartlett -
"jonah" 
Bo Bartlett -
"lifeboat" 
Bo Burtlett -
"siren"
http://seawayblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/bo-bartlett-and-his-water-series.html?showComment=1305829314818#c174118507223204549'> May 19, 2011 at 8:21 PM
This is amazing because my first reaction about it was ohh man look at that big wave, and few seconds later I realized it was a painting, that's cool it's a perfect art.