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.

Cullen

This is watercolor pencil painting of my great nephew Cullen.  He is around 8 months old at this point.  I have the honor of babysitting for him every Thurs.  I painted  this picture of hime for his parents for xmas this year.  He is a wonderful addiction to my life.

Cheryl Ruddick

This is a watercolor pencil painting I did for a wonderful friend's granddaughter.  She lost her battle with cancer on Christmas day.  She was able to see her granddaughter open her first present which was her greatest wish.  Cheryl was a loving friend whose only regret was that she would never see her granddaughter grow up.  This picture was done for her granddaughter to always remember her grandmother.

This young man is Gunnar from the Grizzle Boys.  It is a watercolor pencil painting on canvas.  I painted this picture for his mother after she invited me to one of his concerts.  She then gave me his newest released CD before it was even released.  What a nice lady and talented son.  Thank you so much.

Henry Sims

I met this young man in Walmart.  His height was amazing.  We talked and it turns out he was a player for the Grand Rapids Drive.  I painted this picture of him and gave it to him at a meet and greet for the Drive.  The next week he received a contract  from the Brooklyn Nets.  Congratulations Henry Sims.  Glad you made it to the NBA!

Mary FreeBed Show 2016

These are watercolor pencil painting done for the Mary FreeBed show this year.