Hyperrealism with Tom Mulliner

November is here and Christmas presents and decorations fill the shops again. The US have re-elected Obama as President following a devastating wake from Hurricane Sandy. Friday, October 19th was a sad day for me as I had to have my 13 year old dog, Duffy put down. I miss him dearly. :-( On a lighter note, earlier this week, I attended an airbrush workshop run by Marissa Oosterlee and Carlo Tedesco. We all had a wonderful time. Here are a few more artists for this month's bloglist 'PHOTOREALISTS/HYPERREALISTS LIST' Jono Dry Alberto Ponno Cathy Sheeter Cindy Wright Diego Fazio Sarah Gillespie Joe Simpson Michael Peck Gerardo Pita Jan Nelson Guk Hyun Lee

Another month passes us by and Autumn is drawing in. Team Europe makes a miraculous comeback to victory in The Ryder Cup and South Korean rapper, Psy tops the UK pop charts with Gangnam Style. A few more of my favourite artists added to my bloglist just for you: 'PHOTOREALISTS/HYPERREALISTS LIST' Sheryl Luxenburg Daniel Goldenberg Norlan Vilchez Richard Phillips Pakayla Rae Biehn Joseph Stashevech Paul Chiappe John Bye

A strange Summer for all I think. It lasted a short while, disappeared and is back again today! What's going on with the world? Two new Luciano Ventrone catalogues arrive through my letterbox. One from 1995, when his work was still quite painterly and the other from an Italian show in 2009! Also this month - Neil Armstrong dies and Tony Scott commits suicide - two great men that will be missed by many. A few more of my favourite artists added to my bloglist: 'PHOTOREALISTS/HYPERREALISTS LIST' Kerry Brooks Adam Krueger Robert Longo Matt Doust Juan Carlos Manjarrez Brian Slawson Tigran Tsitoghdzyan Ria de Henau Emily Eveleth Stefan Brauniger Ferry Reijnders

The Olympic Games came to London. The GB team have done much better than expected and with a week still to go; they've done us proud. A second series of 'Show Me The Monet' aired on the BBC from which some of this month's artists are added to my blog:  'PHOTOREALISTS/HYPERREALISTS LIST' Riccardo Evangelisti Emily Burns Sarah Caswell Oliver C Jones Elizabeth Tyler Thomas A. Pfannerstill Ron Kleemann Randall Rosenthal Omar Ortiz Laura Sanders Marta Penter Rajacenna

The wettest June on record for the UK, Roger Federer has won Wimbledon again and a new set of artists are added to my blog:  'PHOTOREALISTS/HYPERREALISTS LIST' There are quite a few portrait artists this month due to finding a few from this year's BP Portrait Award Exhibition. Dodit Artawan Sue Rubira Pascual Parra Christophe Daras Christophe Drochon Ben Ashton Ian Cumberland Aurelio Rodriguez Glen Semple Liu Yuanshou Tian Haibo Wang Yihua Scott Steele Stefan Nandancee Seth Garland Sandra Mendelsohn Rubin Linda Bacon Ester Curini Randy Dudley Robert Gniewek Jud Nelson