Review: Regal Social Club Of Miniature Painters, Sculptors Together With Gravers Annual Exhibition 2014

Earlier this calendar week I visited the 2014 Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of  Miniature Painters, Sculptors as well as Gravers at the Mall Galleries in London.  

The exhibition continues until Dominicus 26th Oct 2014 inward the North Gallery of the Mall Galleries. Admission is free.  There are besides costless daily demonstrations yesteryear members inward the Gallery - run into my listing for the remaining days below

H5N1 comprehensive catalogue for the exhibition which comes alongside a signed endorsement from the Prince of Wales who is a Patron of this Royal ArtSociety!

Annual Exhibition 2014 inward the North Gallery

Magnifying spectacles are available in the exhibition to sentiment the art
As park the touchstone of the exhibition is high alongside many first-class examples of miniature fine art equally good equally some stunning innovations. It's besides goodness to run into awards going to novel exhibitors who are non members.

The touchstone of display is besides first-class alongside particular stands lined alongside dark velvet onto which the paintings are pinned. Plus lots of magnifying spectacles are available. These are essential equipment if you lot e'er desire to sell miniature art.

As park this is an fine art gild which understands good the needs of its collectors. It provides a particular individual sentiment for those fine art collectors who stimulate got purchased operate at previous exhibitions as well as this had been held before inward the day. Several industrial plant already sported cerise spots - as well as to a greater extent than were purchased spell I reviewed the exhibition.

Awards as well as Commendations



The Royal Society Of Miniature Painters Sculptors And Gravers Gold Memorial Bow
Mt Stokes, Port Davey, Southwest Tasmania 
Joan Humble RMS, MAA, MASF, MPSGS, ASMA (Tas)

Anita Emmerich Presentation Award
Douglas River by Joan Humble

Group of industrial plant yesteryear Joan Humble
( 5 x 10cm - crude oil on polymin - prices vary from £1,000 to £1,300)
CLICK IMAGE as well as opened upward inward a novel tab to run into larger image
The images yesteryear Joan Humble were all extremely goodness as well as it's no surprise to me that 2 won prizes - including the most prestigious prize of them all - the RMS Gold Memorial Bowl. Her industrial plant are painted inward a panoramic format (50 x 100mm) inward crude oil on Polymin. Joan Humble is an Australian creative somebody who lives inward Tasmania as well as her paintings are views of Tasmania.  This is an creative somebody who patently enjoys travelling merely about Tasmania - including circumnavigating it yesteryear body of body of water - to develop reference cloth for her art. She is a founder fellow member of the Australian Society of Miniature Artists - Tasmania and to appointment is the solely Australian to stimulate got been accepted into membership of The Miniature Artists of America.

The Prince Of Wales Award For Outstanding Miniature Painting
Rosalind Pierson 
PRMS CFA(Oxon) PPHS MAA MASF
Watercolour landscape painting
This is the kickoff twelvemonth of Rosalind Pierson's Presidency as well as it was goodness to run into her in that place wearing her medal of purpose on the kickoff 24-hour interval of the exhibition. Rosalind is demonstrating adjacent Wednesday.

I had a real interesting news alongside her regarding the technique of miniature fine art painting. I came upward alongside the phrase that Miniature Art is the "Tai Chi of Painting" later on Rosalind advised me that the character of miniature artwork is determined yesteryear your mightiness to house a grade real piece of cake as well as accurately rather than yesteryear whatever mightiness to run into as well as operate inward miniature.

Control over making your grade real piece of cake is the science that needs to last mastered.

RMS Award for The Best Collection Of Five Or More Miniature Works (£500)Rosemary & Co. Award For First Time Exhibitor
Andrew Hutchinson
acrylic on board (priced betwixt £230 as well as £270)
Andrew Hutchinson arrived equally a kickoff exhibitor - alongside a bang. He won ane of the go yesteryear prizes - for the best collection of v or to a greater extent than industrial plant as well as and then besides won the Rosemary & Co Award for the Best First Time Exhibitor - although I justice having won the kickoff you lot must last pretty sure enough to win the second!

Andrew is a Yorkshire-born wild animals artist, best known for his highly detailed paintings as well as prints of birds, dogs, farm as well as wild animals. He describes himself kickoff as well as foremost equally a wild animals painter as well as a naturalist rather than a miniature creative somebody - as well as he besides paints larger works. However his paintings measure 2-3 inches across are expertly painted as well as display an needlelike awareness of what is both feature as well as appealing inward dissimilar animals.  Andrew industrial plant inward acrylic on board

The President’s Special Commendation is given for 2 works

President’s Special Commendation - Miniature Work
Young Swallows yesteryear Tracy Hall

Watercolour on rag board 3.75" x 2", £400 (sold)
Tracy Hall is an first-class miniature creative somebody (and ex Gold Bowl Winner) whose success alongside individual as well as commercial commissions is due, inward no pocket-size part, to her first-class website.  This is the website page devoted to her miniature art.

The President's Commendation for a Large Work went to Hanging By H5N1 Thread yesteryear John Good

The Bidder And Borne Sculptors And Gravers Award (£350)Skyfall yesteryear Paul Eaton VPRMS MAA HS MASF MPSGS
Bronze as well as sterling silver) £1,350
Vice President Paul Eaton has vi bronze as well as sterling argent or sterling argent sculpture pieces inward the demonstrate which are all real impressive.

Llewellyn Alexander Subject Miniature Award (£500)
The Arturi Phillips ‘Connoisseur’ Award

Murphy by Suzanne Bradley RMS
watercolour on ivorine, £240 (sold)
This icon of Murphy - who's a lurcher - includes some incredibly fine negative icon of domestic dog pilus - as well as won 2 awards!

Suzanne Bradley's tiny paintings of animals were proving real pop later on she won 2 awards. Following the Buyer's Preview inward the morning, she had sold 4 of the vi on display yesteryear the middle of the kickoff afternoon.

The means to purchase a winner's operate is to purchase operate as well as and then instruct invited to the Buyer's Preview!

The Bonhams Portrait AwardJane by Oliver King ARMS
Height: 2.5" watercolour on vellum,  (£700)
The real pocket-size watercolour portrait yesteryear Oliver King was impressive when kickoff viewed as well as fifty-fifty to a greater extent than impressive when viewed alongside a magnifying glass.  You tin sack run into fifty-fifty to a greater extent than miniatures as well as artwork yesteryear Oliver on his Tumblr website.  Click the link inward the championship higher upward to run into the 00 as well as 000 miniature brushes used for the painting.

I look to stimulate got missed the The Mundy Sovereign Portrait Award which went to Michael Coe

The Elizabeth Meek Award
The Grand Canal, Venice yesteryear Erica Youngman
watercolour on paper, £995 (sold)
I intend a lot of watercolour artists would stimulate got been rather pleased to stimulate got painted Erica's sentiment of the Grand Canal inward Venice - never heed painted it inward the tiny format used for this painting.

Marion Winter ‘Joey’ AwardAn Existence Hanging By H5N1 Thread by Ray Winder
watercolour on boxwood, £2,500
Ray Winder is exhibiting some quite remarkable watercolour paintings on mitt carved sculptures inward boxwood.  He trained equally a graphic designer as well as worked inward illustration before becoming a sculptor. This in all probability explains some of the to a greater extent than unique aspects of his sculpture.

He's won 2 awards inward this year's exhibition - run into higher upward as well as below. Below you lot tin sack besides run into his suite of works.

Anthony J Lester Art Critic AwardThe Passage Of Time yesteryear Ray Winder
watercolour on boxwood (£2,150 - NFS)
Five industrial plant yesteryear Ray Winder (47-51)priced betwixt £2,150 as well as £2,500

Marion Winter ‘Kunstler’ AwardReflection In H5N1 Regent Street WindowIain Gardiner RMS
oil on canvas, £3,000
Iain Gardiner's tour de forcefulness is to pigment a icon inside a icon yesteryear revealing reflections inward store windows

Peter Charles Booth Memorial AwardCarnival Preparation, Little Venice by Alison Griffin
acrylic on board, £450
Alison Griffin PVPRMS, SWA, SLm has been a miniature painter for over xxx years.

Demonstrations

These are the demonstrations taking house during the exhibition

More data virtually Miniature Art

You tin sack honour out to a greater extent than virtually Miniature Art on my website - Miniature Art - Resources for Artists.

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