In both techniques, their value lies in the details
We love both equally, so opposite and so complex, both of them.
Surrealism, normally based on dreams and imaginations of the artist, captures flashes, glimpses, thoughts, and desires of the artist.
They are very complex paintings where, upon seeing them, you can feel exactly what the artist felt, or on the contrary, a tide of totally opposite feelings since this surreal piece is a link between the artist's graphic feelings and the real world.
When a different person observes the painting, they take the opposite path.
They begin by observing the final physical depiction that will lead them to imagine or feel within themselves, and that inverse journey is conditioned by the state of each person, whether emotional, physical, or their personal situations.
In realism, it is different. The aim is to be objective. To physically depict what also comes from the physical. The observer will see exactly what the artist saw. Like a photograph but with all the added value of the work's difficulty.
The finish of some realistic works is impressive, how a human stroke with a limited color palette can imitate reality in this way, a reality composed of infinite tones, colors, and lights.