BP Portrait Award 2013

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I am honoured and excited to announce that my Self Portrait with Lace Collar has been chosen to be included in this year's BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

Self Portrait with Lace Collar, oil, 24x30cm
"The BP Portrait Award showcases fifty-five of the most outstanding and innovative new portraits from around the world. From informal and personal studies of friends and family to revealing paintings of famous faces, the exhibition features a variety of styles and approaches to the contemporary painted portrait. These include the two shortlisted artists – John Devane for "The Uncertain Time" and Susanne du Toit for "Pieter" – as well as the work of the BP Travel Award 2012 winner Carl Randall. Now in its thirty-fourth year at the National Portrait Gallery, and twenty-fourth year of sponsorship by BP, the Award is the most prestigious international portrait painting competition and the popular exhibition continues to be one of the highlights of the annual art calendar."

The exhibition runs from 20 June - 15 September and will then move to Aberdeen and Wolverhampton.

More info here:
http://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/bp-portrait-award-2013.php


Comments

  1. SharonWrightArtist22 April 2013 at 14:28

    Well done, Sophie. It is an amazing painting.

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  2. Art Matters22 April 2013 at 21:22

    Congratulations on this success. It's a lovely portrait.

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  3. Lokelani Forrest22 April 2013 at 21:24

    Excellent rendering. Congratulations for being chosen to be in the BP Portrait Awards.

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  4. Jason de Graaf22 April 2013 at 22:00

    Good for you!

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  5. Sophie23 April 2013 at 03:12

    Thank you Sharon.
    Thanks Carol
    Thanks Lokelani, and thanks Jason!

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  6. Erik van Elven14 May 2013 at 10:36

    Congratulations Sophie, well deserved!

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  7. Sophie16 May 2013 at 20:49

    Thanks Erik!

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