Renowned ‘rubbish’ animal picture artist Hercule Van Wolfwinkle, who counts the late Paul O’Grady amongst his customers, is going on a Portrait Marathon from Worthing to Brighton to raise money for charity.
The illustrator and advocate, whose genuine name is Phil Heckels, will stroll 26 miles on Sunday, May 14, taking rest stop every mile to bemuse passers by with a perfectly horrible picture of their cherished animal buddy.
All funds raised will go straight to nationwide charity StreetVet, which supports animals and their owners experiencing homelessness, and West Sussex charity Turning Tides. Hercule will be signed up with for part of his experience by Jade Statt, co-founder of StreetVet.
Under the alias of Hercule Van Wolfwinkle, Phil started drawing self-proclaimed ‘rubbish’ pictures of individuals’s animals in 2020, in an effort to entertain his kid while in lockdown. His ‘ultra-realistic’, ‘child-like’ design rapidly amassed a faithful following which he has actually considering that utilized to raise money for picked charities, Turning Tides and StreetVet.
Since their collaboration statement in 2021, those asking for an imperfect picture of their animal, amongst them the late Paul O’Grady, have the ability to pick to contribute their commission cost to StreetVet, to support its operate in keeping those experiencing homelessness and their animals, healthy and together.
Following formerly effective ‘drawathon’ campaign efforts, his latest fatigue-fighting endeavour will press man and pencil to the limitation, as Hercule embarks from the bottom of George V Avenue, the western most point of the Worthing boardwalk, on a 12 to 14-hour big salami to the Concorde 2 in Madeira Drive, Brighton, and back once again. With a quickly available path along the coast, Hercule is motivating fans to join him on his method and at scheduled stops each mile, where they can view his special picture procedure face to face.
Jade said: “We are so extremely happy to have Hercule supporting us, his illustrations are funny and never ever stop working to make us laugh. His fundraising efforts have actually been of unbelievable help to us and we like the concept of his picture marathon.”
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Phil Heckels, referred to as Hercule Van Wolfwinkle, with a family pet picture he drew to to raise money for charity Photo: Hercule Van Wolfwinkle
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The late Paul O’Grady with a picture by Hercule Van Wolfwinkle Photo: Hercule Van Wolfwinkle
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One of the ‘rubbish’ animal pictures by Hercule Van Wolfwinkle Photo: Hercule Van Wolfwinkle
4. ‘Rubbish’ pet pictures
One of the ‘rubbish’ animal pictures by Hercule Van Wolfwinkle Photo: Hercule Van Wolfwinkle
