Old friend.

This beautiful old dog died this year and the owner asked me to paint it for a xmas present.  It was surprisingly difficult because of the black in the picture.  I used a picture as well as looking at my own dog to finish the picture.  It is a 16 by 20 watercolor pencil painting on canvas done in a hyperrealism genre.

Hyperrealism the essence of Cullen

This is a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.   I take care of this young man two days a week.  He brings so much joy to my heart.I will give this painting to his mother for christmas.  I so enjoyed painting it.  As is normal for me to present this painting in a hyper realistic way.  It is indeed his essence.

Here is to you Chief Tommy!

This is a friend of mines little girl.  It took me a long time to paint because of all the detail in the piece,   Hyperrealism can be very tedious especially when there is a lot of detail.  I bartered this picture for a home cooked meal by the famous Tommy Fitzgerald.  Chief Tommy does the catering for the Legacy Trust Contest and I entered this year just to taste his cooking.  Well Art Prize was fun but I am looking forward to this meal more than the Art Prize process.  As is normal for me I continue to paint with water color pencils on canvas.

Hyperrealism: Antique Car.

This is an antique car painted in a hyper realistic way.  Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph. Hyperrealism is considered an advancement of Photorealism by the methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the United States and Europe that has developed since the early 1970s.

It was a difficult picture to paint and took over a month.   The gentleman that bought it really liked it.  It is a hperrealistic watercolor pencil painting on canvas. 

Hyperrealism

Hyperrealism is considered an advancement of Photorealism by the methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the United States and Europe that has developed since the early 2000s.

This is a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.  I have recently found out that the paintings I do are called hyperrealism.  So here is one I did for a friend.

So Good

This is a 16X20 watercolor pencil painting done for Legacy Trust Competition.  I recently found out that the type of art I product is called Hyper Realistic. Never new it had a name.  Hyper Realism means to paint a picture so that it looks like a photo.  I was always upset when people would say they thought my paintings looked like photo's.  Little did I know it was a compliment.  Well this painting won the prize at the Legacy Trust.  Legacy will now sponsor me in the 2017 Art Prize in Grand Rapids Michigan.  Wow I am so surprised.   The name of the painting is "So Good."  I will be in the Devos Place down town Grand Rapids.

Mary Free Bed art show. My hyperrealism paintings

Loons Mom and Baby

                                                 
                                                                    Hydrangea

                                                                   American Indian

These are 16" by 20" watercolor pencil paintings that were entered into the Mary Free Bed  art show.  I found out recently out that the mane of my art is Hyperrealism.  It is a form of art were the picture is so realistic it looks like a photo.  Someone told me this and when I looked it up on Google sure  enough that's what it is.

 Hyperrealism is a genre of painting and sculpture resembling a high-resolution photograph. Hyperrealism is considered an advancement of Photorealism by the methods used to create the resulting paintings or sculptures. The term is primarily applied to an independent art movement and art style in the United States and Europe that has developed since the early 1970s.

In other words you paint like it is a photo.