Brand New!! Review: Annual Exhibition 2013 Of The Purplish Monastic Nation Of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers

Philip Nelson won the top prize at the 2013 Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors as well as Gravers - alongside a wooden duck!

H5N1 mallard to hold upwards precise - as well as it is rattling precise - as well as it's inward 3D. It is inward fact a forest carving which is incredibly faithful inward its anatomical correctness. The forest has thence been painted to display the feathers as well as is rattling persuasive. I felt equally if I needed to attain out to depository fiscal establishment stand upwards for it was inward fact pigment but it's living inward a drinking glass illustration equally practise all the industrial plant practise for this exhibition.

Winner of the The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors as well as Gravers Gold Memorial Bowl Mallard Drake - Philip Nelson
Acrylic on forest - £800 (Sold)

You tin find out to a greater extent than almost Philip as well as the history of his wood-carving as well as prizewinning on his website

This year's exhibition is inward the North Gallery of the Mall Galleries as well as is opened upwards every 24-hour interval 10am - 5pm. It closes at 1pm on Lord's Day 27th October. They receive got enough of magnifying spectacles for people to inspect the work.

The exhibition equally ever maintains a rattling high measure inward damage of the character of function selected for exhibition. The exhibition also demonstrates the attain as well as ambit of dependent thing chosen for miniaturisation - some of which ever surprises me each year. It's absolutely the exhibition to see if you've ever wanted to committee a miniature portrait.

View of the 2013 Annual Exhibition
of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors as well as Gravers

The miniature holographic portrait
of HM Queen Elizabeth II

A basis get-go - a miniature holographic portrait of the Queen

The exhibition includes a miniature version of the holographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, which was presented to the National Portrait Gallery inward 2011 past times the People of Jersey. It was created past times Rob Munday as well as Chris Levine, took ii sittings as well as simply over 8,200 images to formulate the three-dimensional lenticular.

This miniature version - also past times Rob Munday - is the world’s get-go 24 carat gilt (nickel metallic covered alongside gilt past times vacuum deposition) holographic portrait miniature of Her Majesty The Queen. It measures 25 past times 32mm.

I've at 1 time seen both as well as the miniaturisation has non lost whatever of the ability to astound.

Daily Demonstrations

This fine art social club is 1 which places a large emphasis on making miniature fine art to a greater extent than accessible to the populace via demonstrations inward the gallery during the exhibition. These are the names of the artists demonstrating for the residual of the exhibition.

Saturday 19th Oct - Joyce Rogerson RMS
Sunday 20th Oct - Marian Tumulty RMS
Monday 21st Oct - Phaedon Constantin
Tuesday 22nd Oct - Jean Canter RMS
Wednesday 23rd Oct - Michael Coe RMS
Thursday 24th Oct - Rosalind Pierson HS, MAA, PRMS
Friday 25th Oct - Graham Lock
Saturday 26th Oct - Jean Canter RMS

Award Winners

Other prizewinners are listed below. Those novel to miniatures should review the size of the miniatures relative to the size of the font for the label announcing the accolade which is identical to all

Winner - The Prince of Wales Award for Outstanding Miniature Painting
Red Squirrel Trail - Gina Morton
watercolour on Polymin £500

This was genuinely an outstanding prototype past times Gina Morton. The character of the Definition inward the delineation of fur as well as vegetation was absolutely amazing. Gina has won many prizes as well as also exhibits internationally.

For all fans of miniature fine art - Gina has at long final got herself a website! Click the link to it inward her get upwards to pay a see as well as run across to a greater extent than of her miniature fine art which ever impresses me every fourth dimension I run across it.

Winner of the Royal Miniature Society Group Award
Barbara Valentine

I run across Barbara's function regularly each yr at Florum equally good equally this exhibition. Her function ever looks proficient inward a group.

Winner of the The Mundy Sovereign Portrait Award
The View inward Winter - David Lawton
crude on panel £1,250

Those of yous who know David tin run across a much improve prototype of this on his Facebook Account. (I await forrard to the 24-hour interval when he gets himself a website!) I've featured David as well as his portraits a let on of times on this weblog - starting alongside his portrait which was shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award. His paintings never neglect to impress. Wouldn't it hold upwards smashing to run across a Miniature rather than a 'big head' win the BP?

Winner of The Bidder as well as Borne Sculptors as well as Gravers Award (£350)
Drakes as well as Mallard past times Philip Nelson
acrylic on forest (£500-£800 - 3 already sold)

These drakes are absolutely marvellous. The prototype is thence proficient yous receive got the feel of having a alive plane inward front end of you.

For those interested inward how miniaturisation applies to sculpture - the rule is whatever sculpture should non locomote past times 8" (20cm) across the longest measurement.

Winner of the Llewellyn Alexander Subject Miniature Award - £500
3F Standing at Rothley - John Arbon RMS
acrylic on cotton wool £650

Winner - Peter Charles Booth Memorial Award
Lacie past times Pauline Denyer Baker Des RCA RMS MAA HS SLm
watercolour on ivorine £500

Winner - Anita Emmerich Presentation Award
Down as well as Out inward Paris past times Gina Morton
watercolour on Polymin

Winner of the Anthony J Lester Art Critics Award
Swan Reflection (top left above) by Suzanne Bradley RMS
watercolour on ivorine £220
(above are half-dozen of the vii paintings past times Suzanne Bradley which were submitted as well as selected)

Winner - The Bonhams Portrait Award
Portrait of Werner Herzog - past times Oliver King
watercolour as well as gouache on vellum - £400

Winner of the Arturi Phillips Connoisseur Award (top left)
Mrs Jill Stevenson past times Elizabeth R Meek PRMS, PPSWA FRSA
crude on polymin (NFS)

I sympathize that Elizabeth Meek volition hold upwards retiring at this year's AGM equally the President of the Society. I'm certain all miniature painters volition hold upwards wishing her good alongside her time to come endeavours - which I'm certain volition involve a lot to a greater extent than prototype as well as a lot less organising exhibitions.

More almost Miniatures

There has been a dramatic revival inward the collecting of contemporary miniatures inward the final decade. I'm ever rattling impressed past times the enormous let on of visitors as well as sales at this exhibition. This is what the social club has to tell almost the fine art of the miniature.

Miniature fine art demands uncompromising self-discipline, for where large pictures laissez passer some latitude inward composition, miniatures are unforgiving of the to the lowest degree mistake; a tolerance of fifty-fifty a millimetre is hardly permitted. Little wonder that many of the to a greater extent than dedicated collectors who brand their annual pilgrimage to the RMS exhibition, become equipped alongside magnifying glasses. Apart from their character as well as beauty, contemporary miniatures receive got appeal because of their size - an impressive grouping tin hold upwards amassed, even thence receive got upwards lilliputian room.

You tin honor out to a greater extent than almost it on

the society's website
or on my resources website which pulls together data from all over the basis - see Miniature Art - Resources for Artists. This includes data on the diverse dissimilar types of back upwards - such equally vellum as well as ivorine.

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