The illustrious artist , CJ Hendry has made a prominent name for herself when she sold one of her pieces to Kanye West , but she has just completed a brand new venture - and it 's delicious . The 27-year-old from Brisbane has pushed her artistic limit by locked herself in a room for 50 consecutive days to produce an artwork every 24 hours and publishing them to her social media accounts as proof . The hyper realistic images are part of her Melbourne-based exhibition '50 foods in 50 days , ' which was coined after CJ read accounts from inmates who were on death row . Hyper realist artist CJ Hendry locked herself in a room for 50 days to achieve a drawing every 24 hours . She admits that the drawing of the octopus was the most laborious to complete in the time frame . Each image depicts food items such as M & M 's placed on a luxurious porcelain Hermes plate . CJ uses felt tip pens and a sketching style that incorporates scribbling tiny circles to get the desired effect . She was inspired to create 50 meals on stunning Hermes plates , to juxtapose the luxurious platters with basic food items , believing that if she were ever to be served a final meal , she would want it one of these plates . The images depict food items such as Doritos , M & M 's , liquorice allsorts , assorted seafood and even fortune cookies on lavish porcelain dinner plates . According to Broadsheet , each image has been hand drawn by CJ with felt-tip pens onto 75 x 75 cm canvases and cost $ 8800 . However , every single piece – which adds up to half a million dollars in artwork , has already been sold to destinations all over the world , some even being sold before she started them . Each piece costs $ 8800 , however all the pieces have been sold prior to the Melbourne exhibition . The 27-year-old from Brisbane has sold drawings to the likes of Kanye West , Vera Wang and David Caruso . Before methodically drawing the images , CJ takes up to 100 photographs of the items in different lighting . The beauty is in her attention to detail , with each image comparable to a black and white photograph . CJ advertises her pieces to her 200,000 followers on Instagram on other social media platforms . 14 have gone to Hong Kong , four have gone to Singapore and the rest to America , the United Arab Emirates , London or remained in Australia . The beauty in CJ 's work is the unique attention to detail , with every image comparable to a black and white photograph . She has admitted that her technique involves scribbling in little circles to get the desired effect . Her images rose to fame a mere two years ago with her journey being nurtured by the founder of the design blog The Cool Hunter , Bill Tikos . CJ began by drawing images of crumpled Chanel and Prada shopping bags as well as everyday static items such as boots , boxing gloves and playing cards . CJ drew her inspiration from inmates on death row receiving their final meal . The images have gone to Hong Kong , Singapore , America , the United Arab Emirates , London and Australia . The drawing aim to juxtapose the luxury of a Hermes plate with an inexpensive food item like licoqorice . The exhibition will run from March 27th to April 12th at a pop-up gourmet food store at 166 Gertrude st. Fitzroy . Interest in her pieces has mostly been through Instagram , as her 200,000 followers has given her a wide audience to advertise to . As well as Kanye West , she has sold pieces to celebrities like Vera Wang and David Caruso and some images have gone for $ 50,000 . For each piece , CJ takes up to 100 photographs of the items placed in different lighting and positions . She then methodically copies the photographs using shading techniques . Her '50 foods in 50 days ' exhibition will run from March the 27th to April the 12th at a pop-up gourmet food store at 166 Gertrude St. Fitzroy in Melbourne .
CJ Hendry from Brisbane has completed an amazing exhibition in 50 days ' . The artist locked herself in a room and produced an artwork every 24 hours . She posted each drawing to her social media accounts as proof . It is called '50 foods in 50 days and relates to the last meal on death row . Each depicts a hyper realistic drawing of a food item on a Hermes plate . CJ has sold pieces to Kanye West , Vera Wang and David Caruso .