RBSA Portrait Prize Exhibition

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Last night I went to the Private View of the The Portrait Prize Exhibition at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA). It was hot, hot weather and the gallery room was even hotter but the exhibition is top notch. So great to see big names (lots of Royal Society of Portrait Painter members!) and great talents in the show. It is brilliant show with lots of variety. Go see if you get the chance. It is on until 24 August.

RBSA Gallery
4 Brook Street
B3 1SA
Birmingham

(plenty of parking around on St. Paul's Square or the NPC multi-storey)

http://www.rbsa.org.uk

Here are some pictures of the Private View

My Self-Portrait surrounded by the works of Simon
Davis (left) and Andrew James (right) and Tim Benson (below)



Great work from Katy Jones (top) and Mark Highton

I loved this painting, Steve Caldwell's 'Frankie' won 3d prize.
Is Caldwell the 21st century William Larkin?

Stephanie Pijper's great work.

Works by Kevin Line

Self Portrait by William Savage on the right

hot and busy


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