Sarah Graham Prints Look 3D

Sarah Graham prints have been created to fool people into thinking the image painted is in 3D.

The popular artist revealed on her official website that she has become comfortable with own style of photorealist painting which aims to depict an image as life-like as possible.

She said: "I have been developing a method of painting specific to creating the illusion of three-dimensionality. I am so practised now in this particular method of painting it has become the most natural way for me to approach creating an image."

Sarah Graham prints regularly include paintings of Chupa Chups lollipops, pick 'n' mix sweets, children's toys such as dolls and robots and fashionable cars like Minis and VW camper vans.

The Fine Art Blog said: "The end product of her work is very bright and colourful, and usually looks good enough to eat!!!"

Sarah Graham's career in the art world appears to be on the up as her prints are becoming increasingly popular having enjoyed healthy sales figures this year.

Artica Gallery revealed that Sarah Graham had three entries in their top ten best selling limited editions of 2010 including Lollipop Carousel, Found My Marbles and the Wizard of Oz inspired Somewhere over the Rainbow.

Bob Dylan prints and Neil Dawson prints were also featured in the top ten and this prompted Sarah Graham to express her joy on the social networking site Twitter.

She Tweeted: "It's not everyday you get to be in a top ten alongside Bob Dylan."

Ms Graham's career has been inspired by her earlier job as an assistant on Woolworth's pick'n'mix counter which she did before graduating from Leicester's De Montfort University in 2000 with a BA in Fine Art.

Sarah Graham became more established as an artist following graduation with exhibitions in New York, Melbourne and Sydney and eventually was signed by fine art publisher's Washington Green.

Samantha Jackson, marketing director at the firm, told the Metro: "We expect Sarah's work to connect with a whole new generation of people looking for a highly original style of art to decorate their walls."

The Hitchin-born artist has been influenced by the famous Americans from the 1960s photorealist movement such as Chuck Close but says that her biggest inspiration is Gerhard Richter due to the longevity of his career.

She said: "My hero and inspiration is the German painter Gerhard Richter, and he's still prolific at 76, it's hard to even comprehend managing that, but I intend to give it a try."

Toy designer Rachel Godfroy Scott recently created a Sindy doll in honour of Sarah Graham's artwork.