Pakayla Biehn

We’re completely blown away by Pakayla Biehn‘s paintings derived from double exposure photography. The San Francisco-based artist collaborates with several photographers, produces double exposure photographs as inspiration, and then paints the images using oil on canvas in the most realistic, detailed, and ethereal way. Honestly impressive and incredibly beautiful . . .

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  1. Julian wrote:

    I’ve been very into double exposure photography recently, so these are a treat! Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Anne wrote:

    Awesome! These paintings are so detailed.. So inspirational.

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  3. 18:47 wrote:

    Wow!! These paintings Are sooo cool!!!!!! Amazing! if u have time stop by our NEW BLOG!!
    EighteenFortyseven

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  4. LAURA wrote:

    So beautiful and whimsical!

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  5. Ashley wrote:

    These are absolutely stunning!

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  6. these are so amazing! definitely the kind of art I’d like to have in my home.

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  7. Wow! absolutely beautiful thanks u !!!

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  8. Wow…these are magical. I love that loungey last one, and the first one of the hair. I haven’t seen anything quite like these, so thanks for enlightening me!

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  9. These are pretty wonderful, my favorite is the one of the girl’s hair….
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  10. Hannah wrote:

    gorgeous.

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  11. Natashka wrote:

    magical

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  12. Steph wrote:

    Amazing photos…they’re just so creative,I love them.

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  13. Clémentine wrote:

    These beautiful paintings make me think of a french poem by Charles Beaudelaire, “Un hémisphère dans une chevelure”. They are so poetic.

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  14. Zoey H wrote:

    These are incredible! Blown away indeed.

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  15. Rebecca wrote:

    Those are breathtaking. That second image is my favorite. Absolutely stunning.

    Rebecca (hearts)…

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  16. Angela wrote:

    these are insanely beautiful! i can’t believe they are paintings!

    xo
    http://www.fluentbeauty.com

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  17. kate wrote:

    Wow.

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  18. Ambyr wrote:

    These are SO beautiful. Incredibly realistic.

    xoxo
    http://www.thewrittenrunway.com

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  19. those are absolutely amazing!! also i love your blog!

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  20. kristina wrote:

    ah! these are gorgeous!! i love this kind of photography… happy new year!!
    xx, k

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  21. Jessica wrote:

    I would have never guess that these were paintings and not photographs! How lovely they are!

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  22. Jay wrote:

    These are gorgeous.

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  23. Hannah wrote:

    Wow, these are beyond incredible. Thanks!

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  24. Wow these are absolutely stunning! I can’t imagine how long these must have taken, oil painting can be tedious yet she makes it look so fluid and delicately layered.

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  25. Zane wrote:

    amazing photos

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  26. It is where fantasy meets reality. How do they do that

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  27. DC2NY wrote:

    I can’t stop looking at these pictures! So mesmerizing and stimulating for imagiNaTioN

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  28. shushu wrote:

    I love these ! The colors and the flowers put me in a good mood

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  29. evies wrote:

    Wow, these are stunning. So inspiring!

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  30. J Umm wrote:

    these are amazing!
    STYLE DECORUM

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  31. Inspiring! I can actually recognize some of the original images that she derived the shapes/people from- I have them saved on my computer. These are such whimsical pieces!

    Please stop in and see my art! I am an artist/designer and do a lot of portrait work… this is so inspiring!

    Stop by an see my work…
    xoxo
    Jessica Rae

    http://www.jessicaraesommer.blogspot.com
    http://www.lovelyuglydesign.blogspot.com

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  32. hadeel wrote:

    they are so beautiful

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  33. dave tuttle wrote:

    It appears that this artist does not collaborate with photographers when she makes and then sells her “paintings”. unless by collaborate you mean steal from the internet.

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  34. James Bishop wrote:

    Yeah, “collaborates”…she stole at least some of these without permission from photographers who posted them online…and then sold them for hundreds of dollars under the guise that she was the creator. Should be ashamed…and sued.

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