Review: Annual Exhibition 2015 - Majestic Gild Of Miniature Artists, Sculptors In Addition To Gravers

This year's Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Miniature Artists, Sculptors in addition to Gravers has to a greater extent than than 600 plant of fine art - inwards miniature.  All the plant are less than 6" x 4" inwards size.

The exhibition tin last institute inwards the North Gallery of the Mall Galleries in addition to continues until Lord's Day 25th October. The exhibition is opened upward each 24-hour interval from 10am to 5pm. It closes at 1pm on the terminal day. Admission is free.

A pocket-size purpose of the RMS Annual Exhibition 2015 inwards its regular home
- the North Gallery of the Mall Galleries

all photographs taken amongst permission of the RMS | all paintings inwards this post copyright the artist
The maximum overall sizes for miniatures including picture, frame in addition to mountain if any, are:

  • Rectangles in addition to Ovals: 4.5" x 6" (11.5 x 15cm)
  • Squares: 4.5" x 4.5" (11.5 x 11.5cm)
  • Rounds: 4.5" (11.5cm) diameter
RMS - Artist Information for Exhibition Entry
You volition meet below that the actual paintings are quite a lot smaller than the allowed size including mat in addition to frame.

This twelvemonth you lot tin also see a slideshow of plant inwards the exhibition online.

The particular display cases enable visitors to instruct a genuinely goodness persuasion of the miniature artworks
in addition to at the same fourth dimension brand supply fantabulous security
This is also a Royal Art Society amongst a difference!  The comprehensive exhibition catalogue includes a signed endorsement from the Prince of Wales who is is a big admirer of the dexterity involved inwards miniature paintings both their Patron in addition to awards a prize for miniature fine art (see below).

As ever the exhibition is extremely good organised. Many congratulations also to the RMS webmaster on genuinely having the Society's website updated amongst everything relevant to the exhibition inwards the showtime week!

Miniature fine art also includes miniature sculpture

Demonstrations

Demonstrations are held inwards the North Gallery throughout the exhibition. Those for this calendar week are:

Prizewinners


Below are the long listing of prizewinners - although every bit per park some artists were winning to a greater extent than than i prize!


Do also see the RMS website to receive got a goodness expect at the plant which won the awards - minus the reflections inwards my photographs!

The Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors in addition to Gravers Gold Memorial Bowl - and Arturi Phillips 'Connoisseur' Award


Just i move is selected for this exceed award. This twelvemonth the laurels went to Ewa Buksa for Suzi. 

Ewa is a Polish creative individual who uses enamel paints to pigment on metallic surfaces.  She studied at the Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts inwards Łódź in addition to the Escola Superior de Disseny i d’Art Llotja inwards Barcelona in addition to has been awarded a diploma amongst distinction from the Jewellery Design Faculty.

I liked her restrained frames to her oval miniatures

Suzi by Ewa Buksa
enamel pigment on copper
£800
copyright Ewa Buka
She also won the Arturi Phillips 'Connoisseur' Award amongst her ikon of Sue

Sue past times Ewa Buksa
enamel on copper
£800 SOLD
You can read to a greater extent than on her website about:
Sleepy Kitten by Suzanne Bradley,
Honourable Mention,
Gold Memorial Bowl
This is a technique of ikon amongst enamels on a metallic base: copper, argent or gold. The enamel is applied past times brush. Each color smelts at a dissimilar temperature inwards the furnace, in addition to the ikon is executed inwards numerous stages. Work on a unmarried miniature takes to a greater extent than or less i month. The color obtained remains unaffected past times fourth dimension or external factors, in addition to is simply the same hundreds of years later every bit when the miniature was finished. This is the most hard in addition to most demanding of all the enamelling techniques, in addition to requires a combination of goldsmith, enamelling in addition to ikon expertise.
You tin meet the plant which got Honourable Mentions re. the Gold Memorial Bowl on the Society's website.

The Prince of Wales Award for Outstanding Miniature Painting


see this post)

House Sparrow by Tracy Hall
2.75" x 1.75" watercolour on Arches
SOLD
This is a photograph of the grouping of Tracy Hall's move - which I accept for Tracy every twelvemonth because she lives upward inwards Orkney!

Group of watercolour miniature paintings past times Tracy Hall

President's Special Commendation Miniature Work

AND Rosemary in addition to Co First Time Exhibitor Award


President's Special Commendation Miniature Work - Anenomes £250 SOLD
Rosemary in addition to Co First Time Exhibitor Award - Where's Mum? £250 SOLD
by Pam Wilmot
This was won past times Pam Wilmot - who was also beingness rewarded past times seeing iv of her 5 plant sell when I visited the exhibition simply after the PV finally week.

The Royal Miniature Society Group Award and The Elizabeth Meek Award


South African artist Karyn Wiggill ARMS won the £500 for the laurels for the best grouping of miniature artworks.

Group of miniature drawings past times Karen Wiggill
pencil on paper
£220 - £250

The Elizabeth Meek Award was created past times the ex-President of the RMS in addition to was also won past times Karen for her real fine pencil drawing of a rhino. This is her blog 

Portrait of a Rhino by Karyn Wiggill
pencil on paper
£250 (SOLD)

Llewellyn Alexander Subject Miniature Award and Anita Emmerich Presentation Award


This £500 laurels went to Andrew Hutchinson ARMS  for a contre jour portrait of a cow.

Nosey Cow past times Andrew Hutchinson
acrylic on board
£260

Andrew won 2 awards similar finally year. This twelvemonth his instant laurels was the Anita Emmerich Presentation Award

English Pointer past times Andrew Hutchinson
acrylic on board
£310 SOLD

The Marion Winter 'Kunstler Award' of £500

This is an laurels past times a High German miniature creative individual who lives inwards Commonwealth of Australia - which Alison Griffin PVPRMS, HS, SLm won this twelvemonth amongst a detailed miniature ikon of an interior.

Cushions on the Sofa by Alison Griffin
acylic on board

The Marion Winter 'Joey Award' for Animals in addition to Wildlife of £500

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 racing Equus caballus won this prize for Ihtasham Hasan. There's a much amend epitome on the website.

Tent Pegging past times Ihtasham Hasan

Peter Charles Booth Memorial Award


Rosemary Bentley RNS HS won this laurels amongst her monochromatic watercolour ikon inwards the vogue an former photo.

John Leslie past times Rosemary Bentley RMS HS
watercolour on polymin
NFS

Anthony J Lester Art Critics Award


Iain Gardiner RMS won the Art Critics Award which Anthony J Lester awards each year.  Iain won the Gold Memorial Bowl inwards 2010.

Iain's move is real cmplex every bit it ever involves some marker of reflection or refraction of low-cal inside it. In this example I recognised from the views that he'd been amongst his model at the exceed of The Shard.

Reflection amongst the View of St Paul's past times Iain Gardiner
crude on canvas
£4,000
I after met Iain in addition to his girl in addition to model in addition to they kindly posed for me side past times side to the grouping of his artwork.

Iain Gardiner in addition to his girl in addition to model

The Bonhams Portrait Award

This was won past times the globe renowned portrait creative individual Bill Mundy RMS.

Clive Martin OBE past times Bill Mundy
watercolour on vellum
£2,850

The Mundy Sovereign Portrait Award


This laurels is a sovereign mounted inwards a framed certificate for the best portrait.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Belgian creative individual - Jill Keppens - won the Mundy Sovereign Portrait Award. Bill Mundy wrote a weblog post almost why he awarded her this prize that he initiated in addition to judges - meet Silver in addition to Gold.
For the past times twenty-five years I’ve given ‘The Mundy Portrait Sovereign Award’ for the miniature portrait I consider to last the best inwards the exhibition. Embedded inwards the laurels is a gilt sovereign). This twelvemonth I took nifty please inwards awarding it to Jill Keppens for a most wonderful portrait. Jill is alone twenty- 5 years former in addition to is i of a pair of twin artists.
Edward de Neef by Jill Keppens
watercolour on polymin
£1,060
I missed a twosome of awards. These are:

  • The Bidder in addition to Borne Sculptors in addition to Gravers Award - £350 won past times Ray Winder for The Hunted
  • Arturi Phillips Connoisseur Commendation Award - won past times Elizabeth Meek MBE PPRMS for her ikon of Toby Dalton. Elizabeth retired every bit the President of the RMS inwards 2014 in addition to was awarded an MBE n the 2014 New Year's Day Honours List for Services to the Arts

What I liked


It was goodness to meet prove of conception in addition to I loved the engraving on drinking glass amongst gilt Pb - past times Claire Russell. Claire is also the Executive Secretary of the RMS.

Claire Russell

Tom past times Ewa Buksa 
enamel on copper £800
Plus my personal favourite of Ewa Buksa's paintings was this i - of Tom. I loved the pointillism inwards the background in addition to the colours.

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