CHAPTER NINE

The Folio Vision Hyperrealism Competition was the National Art Competition started by the Folio Vision Museum. They hold competition annually since 1999, where ten artists of hyperrealistic paintings will compete against each other. The entry to this competition was too competitive and had a small percentage of successful admission. The museum chooses ten participants out of the average number of hundreds of people nationwide who submitted their audition applications. The participants needed to have a long history of winnings from their local art competitions and apply a hyperrealistic painting on canvas in size of fifty by fifty inches. There is no age requirement, only a fee of fifty thousand Philippine pesos for the entrance. There will be invitations for some known artists to join the competition though that does not exclude them from the required entrance fee payment. The entrance fee may be expensive for an average citizen where she lives. However, the winning prize would be a