Review: 2012 Annual Exhibition Of The Majestic Gild Of Miniature Painters

Elizabeth Meek has won the construct novel Royal Award - The Prince of Wales Award for Outstanding Miniature Painting  - at the 2012 Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors together with Gravers.

The exhibition is inward the North Gallery of the Mall Galleries together with continues until 28th Oct daily 10am to 5pm; (closing - at 1pm Lord's Day 28th October).

Part of the Annual Exhibition 2012 of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors together with Gravers
Below you lot volition detect the names of the prizewinners, images of some of their operate together with links to their websites where available

The Exhibition equally good contains a exceptional exhibition of "The War Years". This mini exhibition covers the 4 decades of betwixt the First together with Second World Wars together with the miniatures painted during those times.  They nautical chart the changes inward the agency people looked together with the topical events of the day.

I establish the exhibition to hold out its commons high measure alongside many unlike Britain together with international artists submitting entries.

Award Winners
  • The Prince of Wales Award for Outstanding Miniature Painting - Amelia by Elizabeth Meek PRMS, PPSWA FRSA.  This is a construct novel prize together with HRH Prince Charles chose the winning ikon past times the Society's President.
Amelia by Elizabeth Meek PRMS, PPSWA FRSA
won the Prince of Wales Award
  • The Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors together with Gravers Gold Memorial Bowl - Rosalind Pierson HS, MAA, RMS  Ros is a lovely lady who has been ikon miniatures for the final xxx years or so.  She's the Co-Founder of the Hilliard Society.  Her operate ever sets a splendid standard for landscape operate inward miniature simply this twelvemonth she has excelled herself 
Winner of the The Royal Society of Miniature Painters Sculptors together with Gravers Gold Memorial Bowl
Group of vi plant past times Rosalind Pierson
  • Gold Bowl Honorable Mentions
    • Rosemary Bentley for a minor portrait
    • Helen White Helen teaches Medieval Manuscript Illumination on the MA class together with the Public Programme at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts together with her operate is very representative of the type of operate produced past times the School.
    • Yasuhiro Onishi - for a rattling amusing operate involving what looks to me rather similar a dormouse
    • Jenny Brooks has painted a delightful geisha daughter inward watercolour
    • Jill Moger - you'll equally good accept an chance to admire Jill's wonderful operate when she exhibits alongside the Society of Wildlife Artists side past times side month.
    • Elizabeth Diggins is an creative mortal who plant inward graphite pencil
  • Arturi Phillips 'Connoisseur' Award - Tribute to Joanne Woodward past times Edward Dyas - who is an Australian Artist
  • The Mundy Sovereign Portrait Award - Ross past times Wendy Hyams
Ross past times Wendy Hyams
  • Presidents Special Commendation Miniature Work - Herdwick Ram by Suzanne Bradley.  This is a rattling minor work.
  • Presidents Special Commendation Large Work - Bird, Bird what Bird? past times John Good
  • Llewellyn Alexander Subject Miniature Award - £500 - Blue Tit, Sloes & Honeysuckle by Joyce Rogerson This is a delightful together with very colourful piece.  Unsurprisingly it has sold instantly away.
Painting flowers, fruit, birds together with a butterfly
combined to construct this a
winning watercolour ikon by
Joyce Rogerson
  • The Royal Miniature Society Group Award - £500 - Wendy Hyams
Four of the v plant past times Wendy Hyams
winning the RMS Group Award
  • Anita Emmerich Presentation Award - Wren past times Michael Coe
Wren past times Michael Coe
  • The Royal Miniature Society Group Award - £500 - Wendy Hyams
  • The Bonhams Portrait Award - Jane inward Lace by Bill Mundy 
  • Anthony J Lester Art Critics Award & Connoisseur Commendation Award - Clydesdales 'Hope' together with 'Glory' by Gina Morton.  There's a swell shot of my hands together with pen equally good then you lot tin come across how minor this is!


The Exhibition is spread across iii rooms inward the North Gallery
Miniature sculptures are exhibited inward ii drinking glass cases inward this gallery together with the far gallery.
The miniature paintings are all rattling tardily to come across because of the display cases
One of the interesting aspects of the exhibition is that every twelvemonth in that place is some aspect of the history of Miniature Art inward the Britain on display

This twelvemonth it's a collection of miniature portraits painted inward the start 4 decades of the 20th century.

One of the ii cases displaying Miniature Portraits painted betwixt the ii the world wars.
Demonstrations

As per commons the members of the RMS are diligent inward ensuring that in that place are demonstrations every solar daytime during the class of the exhibition.  I've ever establish that the artists are rattling happy to answer questions virtually their work, their materials together with the procedure of producing a miniature work of art. (You tin come across an interview I did alongside Jenny Brooks final twelvemonth when she was demonstrating inward this post - How to pigment miniature portraits). The artists who are demonstrating this twelvemonth are equally follows:
  • Thursday 18th Jenny Brooks
  • Friday 19th Pauline Denyer-Baker
  • Saturday 20th Joyce Rogerson
  • Sunday 21st Marian Tumelty
  • Monday 22nd George Simpson 
  • Tuesday 23rd Roz Pierson
  • Wednesday 24th Helen White
  • Thursday 25th George Simpson
  • Friday 26th Michael Coe
  • Saturday 27th Jean Canter
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