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Derwent Fine Art Prize 2013 - Selected Plant & Artists

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This is the Gallery of  Artwork selected for The Derwent Art Prize.

Below you lot tin discovery the listing of artists with the plant selected for the Derwent Art Prize Exhibition.

This postal service follows on from my before posts:

Derwent Art Prize - a farther alternative of the images inwards the Website Gallery

For some argue it was announced inwards whatever quondam monastic enjoin - neither alphabetical yesteryear starting fourth dimension name, surname or championship of the work. Which is peachy if you lot believe that the alphabet plays a role inwards alternative in addition to non so adept if you're looking for the call of a especial artist!

I've reordered them into an alphabetical monastic enjoin - meet below.

The link inwards the artist's call is to their website - if they receive got one.  One of the reasons I've done this (this postal service has taken 2 days to write!) is because I recollect all those who are critical of the alternative should peradventure receive got a longer aspect at the artwork produced yesteryear the artists whose artwork has been selected.

There's ever a enquiry of sense of savour when it comes to alternative - but there's also a enquiry of the extent to which people receive got dedicated their lives to beingness a contemporary creative soul in addition to the extent to which this is recognised yesteryear people viewing the work.

The link inwards the championship of the operate is to the spider web page where you lot tin meet a large paradigm of the pencil fine art selected yesteryear the judges.  I've so given the fine art medium used - although I sympathise in that location was no reach to terra firma if to a greater extent than than 1 pencil medium had been used

I'm also including references I tin discovery to whatever other prizes they've been selected for and/or won - inwards role to illustrate to those who are questioning the alternative that to a greater extent than than 1 gear upwards of judges has rated an artist's work.

Derwent Art Prize - Selected Works & Artists

[NOTE: If I've got anybody's website incorrect delight allow me know.  Similarly delight allow me know if you lot receive got a website I couldn't discovery or receive got a amend website link for your call than the 1 I've identified]

For those wondering close the lack of coloured pencil artwork, plainly the bulk of the operate selected were graphite.

To live honest, I'll direct hold off from conclusions until I meet the exhibition, but I'd live really surprised if all the artwork was produced using exactly PENCILS. I know the deviation inwards mark-making betwixt pencils in addition to sticks........
The operate entered must live created inwards pencil (including water-soluble, pastel, graphite, charcoal or colouring pencils)Conditions of Entry

Prizes in addition to People's Choice Award - Voting


Prizes

The prizes volition live awarded at the Private View at Mall Galleries, London on xviii September 2013 in addition to are every bit follows:
  • First prize - £5,000
  • Second Prize - £2,500
  • Third Prize - £500
  • People's Choice Award - £500
  • UKCPS Award for Excellence - £250 (The UKCPS Award for Excellence also includes a year's membership to the society)
The Peoples Choice Award (worth £500)  will live awarded to the creative soul whose artwork gets the most votes. First you lot involve to sentiment the plant - every bit much every bit is possible -  in the Gallery on the website.  Then vote for your favourite yesteryear clicking the Vote label.

Exhibition


The exhibition is at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1 from xvi - 21 September 2013. Admission is free.

Conclusions in addition to a shortlist


Over the finally 2 days I've had the chance to receive got a adept aspect at the plant - inwards damage of the paradigm available - in addition to sometimes inwards damage of images also available on websites.  This has led me to:
  • some conclusions close the artists 
  • some observations close the selected artwork
  • a long shortlist for if I was awarding a prize
  • some suggestions for the adjacent contest - in addition to I really much promise in that location volition live one!

Selected artists


Two things struck me close the artists.  I go through this procedure of identifying artists for a lot of competitions in addition to exhibitions - in addition to I haven't seen artwork yesteryear most of these artists before.  Some I know but most I don't. Which is adept because it agency novel artists are getting some exposure at a national grade in addition to inwards a adept gallery.

The other thing which struck me is that piece some displayed fine fine art drawing on their websites a lot did not.  The deviation was those who had a gallery exactly for their drawings. Just an observation.

My ain conclusions close the selected artwork are every bit follows:


  • the monochrome bias - whether graphite, coloured pencils or charcoal - is OTT. 
    • Do artists make monochrome operate because that's what they recollect "serious art" is all about?  Or is it because graphite in addition to charcoal are the exclusively pencil media that most artists teach to grips with?  Maybe it's a chip of both?
    • Do those working inwards color non contemplate working inwards a to a greater extent than contemporary fashion - or exactly don't teach inwards competitions?
  • It's really pleasing to meet such a broad arrive at of styles inwards the operate selected.  There's nix inwards the FAQs or Conditions of Entry to propose what type of pencil fine art was appropriate for this contest - other than my friend Vivien Blackburn's mixed media paradigm used to advertise the competition!  Both of us are good aware that pencils tin live used for a really broad arrive at of mark-making processes - every bit is Derwent.  I'm non certain that everybody who entered the contest was peradventure aware of the reach of contemporary drawing using pencil media.  They are now!
  • It would live fifty-fifty amend if all the pencil fine art was made inwards pencil in addition to didn't infringe copyright. Pure speculation on my role but I'd live happy to spot to Derwent those artworks which I recollect powerfulness non wholly comply alongside the contest conditions.  
  • Coloured pencil artists involve to halt duplicating photos.  CP artists inwards especial involve to recognise that transcend competitions - where the emphasis is on fine art - really oft don't select operate which duplicates a photograph, oft because it isn't perceived every bit beingness an interesting or every bit innovative every bit other artwork.  I'd really much recommend that CP artists see the exhibition in addition to also explore to a greater extent than contemporary mark-making processes inwards the adjacent year. 
  • More pastel artists who regularly utilization pastel pencils need to submit operate adjacent year!(and yes I am looking at you lot Felicity House! :)  )
  • I don't recollect I've seen an exhibition where I've wholly agreed alongside the alternative made yesteryear the judging panel. People similar dissimilar things in addition to therefore pick out dissimilar art. However it'll live interesting to meet what proportion I experience merits alternative at this grade when I meet it inwards soul - in addition to I really much aspect frontward to the exhibition.

My shortlist


This is my long shortlist of transcend 10 drawings I'd live selecting from if I was awarding a prize
  1. Gillian Adair McFarland - Impact (pencil Pressure) - a deceptively unproblematic drawing of a shape alongside perennial "impact" but constructed using an odd approach
  2. Chrys Allen Life Drawing Continued - I exactly dearest the continuous life drawing on both sides of a ringlet of paper.  I'm left wondering whether they were genuinely done from life every bit I'd hold off the ringlet to live rather to a greater extent than battered if it had gone to in addition to from life studios to build upwards the quantity!
  3. Hazel Bowman - Blessed Is The Gift Of Laughter graphite I similar artists who demonstrate how valuable a pencil is inwards observing what you lot meet around you lot - especially inwards relation to people. To my mind, this artist's website clearly persuades that this is an creative soul who knows how to discovery in addition to operate from life - in addition to fifty-fifty if it wasn't in addition to referenced a photograph I'd so similar the fact that it doesn't aspect every bit if it did!
  4. Patricia Cain - Arena Drawing - I similar Patricia's drawings in addition to I've seen a lot of them.  I'll receive got to hold off to the exhibition to appreciate this 1 though..........
  5. Stephen Kavanagh You Must Answer My Questions Without Wasting Time to Reflect A drawing which makes you lot aspect in addition to so aspect in 1 trial to a greater extent than in addition to so reflect.
  6. Lawrence Nash RWA Ref 1209 Coloured Pencils 
  7. Janie Pirie The Majestic Savoy Coloured Pencils Despite my proposition below close all novel work, this deserves to live inwards a shortlist - but so I receive got seen it twice before in addition to it's an splendid botanical drawing using coloured pencils.  
  8. Alan Woollett Five Coots - I've photographed in addition to drawn a lot of naughty coots in addition to this drawing absolutely captures all the coot demeanour that doesn't involve pecking their neighbours or other birds!
  9. Roy Wright Regeneration 6 Charcoal More because I genuinely charge per unit of measurement his drawings than because this 1 moves me - but his tree drawings are ever wonderfully sensitive. I suspect this 1 would grown on me.
  10. Ryotaro Yamanaka Noon - I exactly maintain coming dorsum to this one.  It arouses my curiosity

What would you lot include inwards your long shortlist?  Leave a comment below.

Some suggestions


Some suggestions for the future.  I'm non writing inwards code - I tried in addition to it didn't operate so what follows is pretty direct!
  • Be prissy to artists! Limit alternative yesteryear the judges to 1 artwork per artist.  In an fine art contest which aims to promote pencil fine art I desire to meet every bit much multifariousness every bit possible - non exactly to a greater extent than of the same - especially when 'more of the same' is exactly NOT "outstanding".  I'm certain I'm non the exclusively soul who'd back upwards this proposition. Hence although artists tin submit upwards to half dozen the limit on the number exhibited should live express to one.  This also helps to a greater extent than artists to teach gain exposure alongside fine art collectors in addition to teach amend known yesteryear the public.
  • Make it clearer to artists that all styles of contemporary artwork are eligible in addition to the exclusively constraint is it must live produced using pencils.  This clarifies matters for those who duplicate photographs every bit good every bit those who lean towards really innovative forms of mark-making.
  • Introduce mandatory weather such that:
    • all entries receive got NEVER been exhibited before.  If you're going to receive got a major cash prize, a basic regulation should live that are seeing NEW operate never seen before inwards public. While I tin recollect of some really adept reasons why that powerfulness non live a adept status for the starting fourth dimension year, I recollect this should live a requirement for all hereafter years.
    • no slice of fine art should receive got the same call every bit some other slice of art(!)  I know this sounds obvious but somehow the selectors managed to pick 2 artists where this was the instance in addition to IMO in that location receive got been character command issues every bit a result. ALL file names should clearly spot the artwork. It's essential if character command problems are to live avoided alongside honor to pieces alongside identical names.
  • Make it slow for people to discovery an artist. I dearest the thought that the plant were non presented to selectors inwards alphabetical monastic enjoin - so that the 2d one-half of the alphabet did non endure from alternative fatigue.  However subsequent presentation of a tape of selected artists needs to live alphabetical yesteryear championship - in addition to the listing of selected artists should live on the website.  
  • Always include size when detailing a operate on a website.  That's because it matters! People involve to know whether the paradigm is of a really small-scale or a really large work.  A digital paradigm of a large operate reduced downwards oft looks really much amend than 1 of a smaller work.
  • Increase the size of the artwork on screen - At the 2d it's rather similar trying to approximate a drawing yesteryear standing on the other side of the Gallery.  It's exactly impossible to appreciate some of the drawings online - which is a really peachy compassion in addition to also does nix to underpin the declaration that these are 'outstanding'.  
  • the website needs amend images - also many are substandard inwards damage of character in addition to Definition which, coupled alongside the size issues, makes appreciating them that much to a greater extent than difficult
  • Change the requirement to render a telephone number inwards monastic enjoin to vote.  This is neither explained nor an obvious requirement in addition to deters people from registering to vote - similar me!

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