Incredibly realistic paintings by Alyssa Monks (45 pix)

At first glance, you could be forgiven for believing that these images look like an intimate set of snapshots caught by the photographer at exactly the right time. Applying paintbrush to canvas, Alyssa Monks pays mind-boggling attention to detail to create them. And the 31-year-old, who has insisted that she uses no tools in her paintings, has boasted that her creations look even more life-like than photographs.