The man’s “trash” portrait spread, over 3 crore rupees, causing him to resign, know how
An incredible story has attracted everyone’s attention on social media, and one earned Rs 3 crore by selling sketches and paintings he calls “trash”. The question remains now, how he managed to see so many of his “garbage” paintings. He began painting in 2020 and by 2023 he sold them for 300,000 pounds (over Rs 3 crore), but reports say he has made £400,000 now by selling the paintings. But the interesting thing is that instead of making money for himself, he raised the money for charity.
The man’s “trash” portrait spread, over 3 crore rupees, causing him to resign, know how
An incredible story has attracted everyone’s attention on social media, and one earned Rs 3 crore by selling sketches and paintings he calls “trash”. The question remains now, how he managed to see so many of his “garbage” paintings. He began painting in 2020 and by 2023 he sold them for 300,000 pounds (over Rs 3 crore), but reports say he has made £400,000 now by selling the paintings. But the interesting thing is that instead of making money for himself, he raised the money for charity.
The BBC report says Hercules Van Wolfwinkle is a pet painter, officially named Phil Heckles, from West Sussex. He started these portraits since 2020, and after years of the potential to sell portraits at this price, he quit his full-time job at the commercial property and became a full-time artist and fundraiser. He told the BBC: “My supporters told me about the job trash and I was told.”
How the “trash” painter started his journey
On a random day, he colored with his son and made graffiti portraits of their pet dog. He then posted the sketch on his Facebook account and commissioned his sketch for Rs 299. But the fun becomes real when he sees people start sending requests to him. The BBC quoted him as saying: “I think people just think they are interesting,” the BBC quoted him. He then started making more of these portraits, which in the same year provided him with 5,000 pounds of homeless charity. He drew pictures of his pets and sold them online. He posted his drawings on social media for free and even added fake comments that became popular and liked.
After his paintings became popular, people started offering him payments, but he refused because he thought he “can’t take their money away—the photos were garbage.” But that gave him the idea of ​​a better cause, and he made a “reasonable” page and asked people to make charities there. The page has received many donations, and his graffiti has been famous for more than a month, the 38-year-old raised 4,903 pounds and used “Swing to Tide” as a charity dedicated to helping rough sleepers and aims to end homeless people.
