# Flavorful Paintings Emily Burns' Food Paintings are Very Realistic By Allison Love | Published 2010-06-11 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/emily-burns-food-paintings References: [lifelounge](http://www.lifelounge.com/art-and-design/news/emily-burns-and-her-super-realistic-food-paintings.aspx) & [cargocollective](http://cargocollective.com/emilyburns#355794/Anna-Lee) Emily Burns' [food paintings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/art-gallery-popup) are seriously realistic looking, featuring women who are covered in sauces and a smattering of food particles. The paintings are pretty seductive, showing some sensual parts of women with some colorful stuff around their faces, making me think these beautiful paintings are touching on the sexual. I think the woman with [the cupcake](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mothers-day-artist-collection) is a typical pose for celebs and woman who want to look sexy, yet this Emily Burns food painting version is so much more [colorful and cute](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lick-the-one-campaign), not to mention creative! ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.0/10 - Popularity: 8% | Activity: 13% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Media](https://www.trendhunter.com/media) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Hyper Realistic Art:** Innovative opportunity for artists to use technology to create paintings that are almost indistinguishable from photographs. - **Food Art:** Opportunity to create aesthetically pleasing food art for both culinary and visual art purposes. - **Erotic or Sensual Art:** Opportunity for artists to explore the boundaries of erotic or sensual art in a new light. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Fine Art:** Integration of food and eroticism in fine art creating new markets for collectors. - **Food Industry:** Opportunity for food businesses to collaborate with artists to create visually stunning products. - **Fashion Industry:** Opportunity for fashion industry to use food and eroticism in fashion campaigns and designs. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Painterly Dining Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/7-paintings-the-art-of-dining.md) - [Vibrantly Colorful Dynamic Artwork](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kayla-rumpp.md) - [Hyperrealistic Food Art Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/looks-delicious.md) - [Unique Artistic Books](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/amusebouche.md) - [Realistic Food Candles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pantlers-rations.md) - [Fine Art-Covered Chocolates](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/m-cacao-artbars.md) - [Design-Centric Dynamic Artful Cakes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artful-cake.md) - [Food-Inspired Novelty Candles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/house-of-savage.md) - [Artful Soft-Pink Dining Rooms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-gallery-at-sketch.md)