The International Portrait Knock Out

It’s official, Kyle The Professor Stevenson is the 2019 WORLD CHAMPION OF LIVE PORTRAIT PAINTING!!! Here is last years champion, Claudia Eckel, crowning the victor and passing over bragging rights and the keys to the kingdom!!!

The incredible Chris Gifford, showed up and captured the most beautiful portrait of the IPKO I could have ever asked for. This man truly has an eye when he’s be...hind the lens. Thank you so much! Check out the link below and please contact Chris to fulfill your photography needs and desires! https://www.chrisgifford.com/international-portrait-knockou

Jason Bereswill is one bonafide badass painter with the credentials to match. He’s been represented by the same dude who brought Basquiat and Keith Harring into the limelight of the 1980’s New York City Art scene and is the only painter in THE IPKO to have a suite of paintings in the permanent collection of the Guggenheim museum... But the thing about stars is that they only shine bright at certain times- so the question remains, will the sky stay clear enough to let this sho...oter shine? Or, will the clouds hover over 5 stormy rounds to take him down? Find out at THE INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT KNOCKOUT on MAY 11TH from 9am-9pm @ The New Hope Arts Center! For more of Jason’s work please visit his website: http://www.jasonbereswill.com/home Or follow him on Instagram at: @jasonbereswill

Bill Burnside Bolton has all the proclivities of a traditional master but shakes up his painting practice with a little blue collar poetry and an understanding that good art isn’t about depicting reality but letting the slippage of translation wreak havoc within a medium. In my opinion, this is what makes OL’ BURNSIDE’S work the perfect contemporary cocktail. The question is whether this mythic mixologist can intoxicate the competition and slip the jurors something extra-sp...ecial so they present him with the crown and the cash before the day is done? Find out if BURNSIDE becomes king at THE INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT KNOCKOUT on May 11th, 2019 @ The New Hope Arts Center! For more Of Bill’s work please visit: http://williamboltonart.com/work/ And be sure to follow him on Instagram: @williambbolton

Kelly Sullivan is an artist with a van and a plan and she’s fueled up to dish out some serious licks at the IPKO this year. Will she be able to put the pedal to the metal and make the get away with the cash and the crown? Find out at The International Portrait Knockout on May 11th from 9am to 9pm at THE NEW HOPE ARTS CENTER!!! To view more of Kelly’s work please visit her website at: http://thebabblingbrush.com/... And please follow her on Instagram at : @kellysullivanfineart