Striving to capture the beauty of his subjects, who are professional models, Robert Chapman utilizes remarkable hyper-realism in order to create provocative and sensuous works. In his most recent life-sized portraits, the artist consistently maintains an overall effect of lightness through his transparent, thin layers of oil paint, pastel or charcoal. This technique accounts for Chapman's unique ability to reveal to the viewer in exact detail every subtle tonal variation of his subject's bodies. In addition to being a master photo-realist, Robert Chapman has roots in Abstract Expressionism. He served as an assistant to Willem deKooning for 10 years. Undoubtedly influenced by this style, Chapman's background emerges in his use of abstract elements as a framing device for his extraordinary nudes as well as the structure of his complex compositions.