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RWA Open Painting Exhibition
Until 9th May 2010
Open Painting 2010: Muse wins ‘best painting’ prize
Art imitates life in the latest RWA exhibition, as a woman who features in a painting by guest artist Saied Dai, won the Open Painting joint first prize for her own work.
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Sorapure, the artist who posed for Dai’s £16,000
painting, ‘Artist in Studio’, won
joint first Odin Prize for her own submitted painting, ‘Tower’,
so being both artist and muse in the same exhibition. Painters from across the country submitted their work for selection to the Open Painting exhibition, and three top artists - Saied Dai RP, David Rayson head of painting at the Royal College of Art, and Eileen Cooper RA acclaimed painter and printmaker - were invited to exhibit work alongside the open submissions. Among the other winners, Bristol-based Andrew Price won the Odin second prize for his piece ‘Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo’, a painting of the Japanese city’s railway system. At the prize-giving Simon Quadrat, RWA President, asked to what the title referred. Andrew explained: “It was named after a row of trees in the background. The title was inspired by the Japanese love of detail.” Other prize winners included Rebecca Cains, who won joint first prize for ‘Hall’s Salvage Yard’ and Louise Balaam who won third prize for ‘White Cloud, Autumn Land’, courtesy of the Odin Charitable Trust. Michael Harvey won the Artists’ Magazine Figurative prize for ‘Breaking Down the Door to the Jews House After Ucello’ and Paul Brown won the Creative Picture Framing Award for ‘Resonator’. |
 RWA President Simon Quadrat with Bristol mayor Chris Davies and wife Susan in front of joint first prize-winning 'Tower' by Charlotte Sorapure. |
 Rebecca Cains: 'Hall's Salvage Yard' Odin award joint 1st prize |
Sixteen pieces are from Bristol-based
painters, with Weston, Portishead and Hotwells providing inspiration.
Others are of places further a field such as war scene ‘Tea
for Two in Grozny’ (by Neville Weston)
and ‘Louvre Museum’ (by Philip
Nicol). The spring Open Painting, where artists are invited to submit work for potential inclusion in the exhibition, attracts high quality art from all over the country as well as the RWA’s home, Bristol. High quality through the medium of paint is the only common theme, with work ranging from pastoral to figurative, abstract to still life. The RWA academicians’ recently elected President and Open Exhibition co-ordinator, Simon Quadrat - who is exhibiting two pieces - explains: “The exhibition demonstrates the act of total engagement between painter and canvas in the widest variety of different styles and techniques. I congratulate all the artists who got into the exhibition.” All original paintings are for sale, with prices ranging from £85 to £16,000, ranging in size from tiny to large scale. Prints of many of the works are also available. The RWA participates in the Art Council’s Own Art loan scheme where up to £2,000 can be borrowed interest-free to buy art. Prizes for the best work (excluding invited artists) chosen by the selection committee are donated from The Odin Charitable Trust, totalling £8,000 for four prizes, The Artists Magazine and Creative Picture Framing. |
For more information please ring
0117 973 7874. The Open
Painting exhibition opened on 28 March and runs until 9 May. The RWA is
open all week.| Open Painting Exhibition
details Public opening: 28 March - 9 May 2010 Monday - Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 2 - 5pm Admission: £4, concessions £2.50, children free Prize winner details Odin Charitable Trust 1st prize, £2,500: Charlotte Sorapure ‘Tower’ 1st prize, £2,500: Rebecca Cains ‘Hall’s Salvage Yard’ 2nd prize, £2,000: Andrew Price ‘Cherry Blossoms, Tokyo’ 3rd prize, £1,000: Louise Balaam ‘White Cloud, Autumn Land’ |
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Joy Anderson ‘After the Fire’
Justin Cooke ‘The Chalk Field’
Neville Weston ‘Tea for Two in Grozny’
Tessa Coleman ‘Chardin’s Geometry’
One year’s subscription and a feature: Michael Harvey ‘Breaking Down the Door to the Jews House After UCello’
£200 worth of framing: Paul Brown ‘Resonator’
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