It’s an old story, really... 

    1. Artist breaks rules.

    2. Artist becomes famous.

But we really don’t see that story happening much today. In fact, it seems like a lot of paintings look alike. Sometimes it feels like artists are following an exact formula.

Well, get comfy because I’m about to tell you a modern-day story of how a rebel and self-described “reasonably fine artist” cut through the clutter to become one of today’s top artists — an artist who wins nearly every award and sells every one of his paintings.

All artists dream of being nonconformists … of painting their own way, doing their own thing, and not worrying about what galleries or collectors think. Then reality sets in...

They come to fear if they paint outside the lines, their work will be rejected or won’t sell. So they wrap up in their security blanket of ho-hum, so-so, middle-of-the-road, vanilla (yawn…)

This raises the question … can an artist speak in their own voice, do their own thing, and still become a top seller? 

Ask Charlie Hunter.

If you were to meet Charlie Hunter, you’d quickly realize he’s a pretty jovial guy. He’s also highly opinionated and speaks his mind. And, although he respects you, he might offend you or even make you mad. 

If a gallery called him and said, “Charlie, we love what you do, but can you put some teddy bears in your paintings?” Charlie’s answer would, no doubt, be an impolite comment that really means, “No, I paint what I want.”

Though I (Eric here) would like to say we discovered Charlie Hunter, he actually discovered us. 

He showed up at one of our paint camp weeks in the Adirondacks. This was his first outing in the plein air world. Hard to imagine, but he was a little insecure about whether anyone would like his work. Well, he was an instant hit — everyone loved his work and everyone loved watching him paint.

From there, we did an article about Charlie, and soon he was being invited to all the major events and winning all the major awards. His art was selling like crazy and his workshops were filling up — everyone wanted to learn his magic.

While most artists are using a full palette of colors, Charlie paints predominantly monochromatic. Other artists use a selection of brushes. Charlie uses gadgets he picks up at the hardware store.

How can this be? How can this rebel be breaking the rules, selling paintings, filling classes, and winning awards?

Charlie will be the first to tell you that he’s not making paintings, he’s telling stories. His stories come in the form of murky-brown, drippy portraits of decaying American infrastructure, and, through his paintings, he tells us the tales of what nature does to the things man creates.

Whether you want to do drippy brown paintings of rusty farm silos or create really colorful paintings of beautiful landscapes, it’s Charlie’s bag of tricks that everyone wants to know about — they’re clamoring to find out how he gets such great effects with paint. 

And it’s knowing his bag of tricks that will help you apply what Charlie does to your own paintings. Not so you can replicate his work, but so you can tell stories through your own artwork — stories that will take people to the places in their minds.

The kind of paintings that make people long for something. That make them think about things they never think about. That transform them with a simple and honest story.

You’ll be so glad you have this recording of Charlie answering the burning question “How do you do that?”

Then you’ll be able to apply these techniques to your own paintings in order to tell your own stories in your own way … it’ll be the new rebel you!

And you’ll feel like you’re hanging out with Charlie and getting an idea of why he’s so cheerful all the time. And how he came to be a rebel and be totally OK with that. You might hear a few bad words, and we apologize in advance for anything off-color he says (but if you’re still reading this, we’re pretty sure you can handle it!).

There’s also a one-on-one with Charlie and me chatting about lots of different things. You’ll get a digital gallery of some of his amazing work — you definitely don’t want to miss this.

And frankly, if nothing else, you’ll get a good laugh. This man holds nothing back. He even made our editors blush.

But seriously … Charlie may be his own unique and wonderful character, but he’s also a brilliant painter with much to teach. 

What will you get out of it?

Though we had to hire a priest to sit in the room to keep Charlie from swearing too much during the video shoot, we won’t refund your money if you think he may have used one too many bad words. But if you hate it for any other reason (OK, even for that reason) and you don’t feel you got enough out of it after watching, just let us know within 30 days and we’ll refund 100% of your money. We know that if we stiff you on this one, you’ll never forgive us, and we want you happy!

Seriously, you don’t want to miss out on this video. Charlie shows you how to paint what you want to paint... all while painting it really well.

P.S. Order yours today, watch it, and if it’s not for you, we’ll take it back and issue a prompt refund — you have nothing to lose.

P.P.S. Warning: Content may not be suitable for small children or small animals. Just kidding. Sort of...