MEET THE ARTIST:

HAILEY BONIA

HI! I’M HAILEY. I’M A MODERN ARTIST IN BOSTON THAT SPECIALIZES IN HYPERREALISM. I HAVE BEEN CREATING ARTWORK PROFESSIONALLY FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS. I STARTED MY SELF-TAUGHT CAREER OFF AT THE AGE OF 13 IN 2011. WITH A HYPERFOCUS ON DRAWING. STRICLY USING BALL POINT PENS IN THE BEGINNING, THEN MOVING TO GRAPHITE, THEN CHARCOAL OVER THE COURSE OF 5 YEARS. YES, I AM A COMPLETELY SELF TAUGHT, COLLEGE DROPOUT. I HAVE RECEIVED NO FORMAL TRAINING. ALONGSIDE DRAWING, I PURSUED A RIGOROUS STUDY OF DIGITAL ART USING PHOTOSHOP AND WACOM TABLETS ON MY IMAC OR MACBOOK PRO THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. I DID NOT PURSUE ACRYLIC PAINT UNTIL THE FALL OF 2017 WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD. IT WAS COMPLETELY FOREIGN TO ME, BUT I WAS DETERMINED TO GET MY HYPERREALISTIC PAINTING SKILLS UP TO PAR WITH MY DRAWING. SHORTLY AFTER I BEGUN PAINTING, I OPENED “FLOURISH ARTISTIC SERVICES” IN AUGUST OF 2018 IN AN ATTEMPT TO BUILD MY FOUNDATION OF PAINTING SKILLS. THE GOAL WAS GROWTH THROUGH EXECUTING SMALL AND LARGE SCALE MURALS THAT PLACED THE PRESSURE ON ME TO LEARN AND GROW WHILE SUPPORTING MYSELF FINANCIALLY AT THE SAME TIME. I MADE THE DECISION TO BUILD A NEW SOCIAL FOLLOWING UNDER THIS BUSINESS. AY 24 YEARS OLD, I MADE THE JUMP TO DOING ART AS MY FULL-TIME JOB. IN THE FALL OF 2024, 6 YEARS AFTER I MADE THE COMMITMENT TO PAINTING, I DECIDED THAT I DIDN’T WANT TO SPLIT MY ARTISTIC SKILLS IN HALF ANY LONGER. I CLOSED FLOURISH ARTISTIC SERVICES AND REBUILT MY PERSONAL BRAND UNDER MY OWN NAME, THE BRAND YOU ARE CURRENTLY SEEING KNOW. I AM MUCH HAPPIER THIS WAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PURSURE NEW LEVELS OF HYPERREALISM IN MY ORIGINAL ARTWORKS THAT ARE ALL AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

IN AN ADDITION TO BEING A FULL-TIME ARTIST, I AM A FORMER ATHLETE THAT LOVES BASKETBALL AND LIFTING/FITNESS. WHEN I’M NOT PAINTING, YOU’LL FIND ME IN THE GYM, IN THE MOUTAINS, OR ON THE COURT RUNNING DRILLS BY MYSELF.