With spring's arrival and the outside world starting to bloom, we have compiled a series that celebrates the season marked by beautiful flowers popping up out of the ground. However, here's the trick (because it's also April Fool's Day): some of these are photographs of real plants, and some are actually paper creations that just look incredibly lifelike. Art is rooted in the imitation of nature, as artists struggle to recreate the vivid experience of life within their work. Sometimes, these creative replicas get very close to the real thing. So close, in fact, that it can be difficult to tell them apart. Have a glance through this collection of illusionary plant life and see if you can tell the imitation from the real thing.
Above: PHOTO by Anna Marchuk
PAPER ART by Tiffanie Turner
PHOTO by Rosa y Dani
PHOTO by Sarah J Dow
PAPER ART by Susan Beech
PAPER ART by Livia Cetti
PHOTO by Shine Oa
PAPER ART by Lynn Dolan
PHOTO by Bob Archibald
PAPER ART by Kelsey Elam
PAPER ART by Margie Keates
PHOTO by Dale Cruse
PHOTO by Jon Shireman
PAPER ART by Jennifer Tran
PAPER ART by Dear Paperie
PHOTO by Lee Royal
PHOTO by Gideon Chilton
PAPER ART by Jennifer Tran
PHOTO by Sheila Sunda
PAPER ART by Kate Alarcn
PHOTO by mrhayata
PHOTO by Chris Beckett
PAPER ART by Tiffanie Turner
PHOTO by Flower's Lover
PHOTO by Gary
How many did you guess correctly?
