200Th Exhibition Of The Violet Works Life Of Painters Inward H2o Colours

On Tuesday I went to the Private View for the 200th Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters inward Watercolours which opened to Blue Planet today at the Mall Galleries together with runs until 25th March.  I attended the Private View yesterday together with saw a lot of fantabulous paintings inward watercolour together with acrylics.

This review looks at the exhibition inward full general together with highlights

• the artists whose operate I liked
• the artists who won the awards - together with there's a real positive message for all those coming through the Open Submission

See also my separate posts most the RI on the occasion of its 200th exhibition:

• The Royal Institute of Painters inward Water Colours - which tells the storey of the RI on the occasion on their 200th exhibition
• Watch artists who pigment inward watercolours about the demonstrations over the side past times side 10 days or so

English watercolours practiced together with gallery possessor Chris Beetles gave a real entertaining spoken language equally the invitee opening the exhibition.  I made a greenback of ane or ii of the things he had to say 

I've been looking for the 27 contre jour views of St Marks Venice together with there's non ane hither today!

I'm amazed past times the character - a present of swell flair together with originality 

This is the premier exhibition social club inward London - it's got richness, vitality together with gets amend every year.  It's good presented together with good hung, exactly has slightly likewise many white frames for my taste

Ronald Maddox, the President, made reference to the fact that this twelvemonth in that location had been intense contest for infinite on the walls - which was express due to the East Gallery existence unavailable due to the renovation.

378 pictures were selected for the exhibition.  This is a pregnant reduction on previous years exactly goodness purpose had been made of the infinite which was available.

The room at the far halt of the North Gallery had a real attractive wall of pocket-size paintings past times members - which seemed to endure selling well.  I liked this together with wishing that room was used to a greater extent than similar the Small Weston Room during the RA's Summer Exhibition at Burlington House.  You tin cram pocket-size paintings on the wall together with they don't diminish ane some other together with hence long equally they're decently framed.

Small Paintings past times RI Members inward the North Gallery

Artists I liked

There was a lot to like.  This is an exhibition where members makes a betoken of submitting a coherent serial of industrial plant which makes for some attractive views inside the exhibition.

For some argue in that location were an awful lot of paintings of the body of body of water together with H2O to a greater extent than ofttimes than non - which were also some of the most impressive paintings inward the exhibition.  I get together in that location was some idea given to hanging them together exactly inward the halt they've been split upwards up together with distributed around the galleries.

Below are some of the artists I liked.  Click the links to their websites or galleries inward their names to come across to a greater extent than of their work

• Nick Orsborn RI has a fashion of icon which is non my special gustation exactly it's fun, contemporary together with refreshing.  You tin see amend images of his work on his gallery website than the photograph I took!
• Antonia Black's real colourful together with animated pointillist icon inward gouache grabbed my attending equally shortly equally I walked through to the North Gallery.  Antonia told me it took iv months to paint.

The river bank, Vernon, French Republic past times Antonia Black

• David Poxon RI's vivid paintings of metallic together with rust convey incredible saturation together with create interesting pictures out of the most unlikely dependent area matter

Paintings past times David Poxon RI

• I similar Martin Caulkin RI ARCA RBSA's paintings of Venice - mainly because they don't await similar anybody else's paintings of Venice.  They're the same motifs exactly they care to await 'different'.

paintings of Venice past times Martin Caulkin

• I love Anne McCormack RI SWA's acrylic paintings every fourth dimension I come across them.  Her blueprint sense, color vision together with purpose of painterly brushwork together with mark-making brand her paintings a please to await at

paintings past times Anne McCormack

Prizes together with Awards

All those submitting operate to fine art societies should greenback that this is a Society which does non expire on all of its awards for members!  The bulk of the awards went to paintings which came through the opened upwards submission.

Winner of the Turner Award
Paintings past times Robert King RI

The Turner Watercolour award (£2,000 addition medal) - Robert King RI RSMA HH These are pocket-size paintings of Djbouti, Petra, Aquaba together with Tivoli.  I felt the creative somebody has accurately captured the colours of these places.  So ofttimes nosotros come across paintings of abroad painted using the same palette that artists purpose for the UK.  I liked the sketchy experience to them - they looked to me similar paintings done plein air.  let's non forget Turner did a lot of travelling together with painting!

The Winsor together with Newton/RI Award (£500) for a grouping of paintings past times a fellow member of the RI - Andy Wood RI (Andy Wood - Picture This)

The Debra Manifold Memorial Award presented past times Linda Blackstone Gallery for an outstanding watercolour - Eva Tomkins (Eva Tomkins Sketchblog)  I highly recommend reading Eva's weblog - she does lots of explanations most industrial plant inward progress together with has a real overnice trouble inward panoramic paintings.

Victoria Station past times Eva Tomkins

The Rowland Hilder Award (£250) presented past times Lincoln Joyce Gallery for an outstanding traditional watercolour - John Glover

Winner of the Rowland Hilder Award
Mrs McLeod past times John Glover

The Frank Herring Award (an easel) to the most outstanding operate inward the exhibition - Linda Zelin

Winner of the Frank Herring Award
Seascape III past times Linda Zelin

Prizewinning operate by
(top) Jonathan Taylor and
(bottom) Sue Howells

The Matt Bruce RI Memorial Award (£500) for the most outstanding purpose of low-cal together with color ina watercolour - Jonathan Taylor (who's a electrical flow candidate for membership). 

The Donald Blake Award (£250) presented past times Lincoln Joyce Gallery for an outstanding onnovative watercolour - Sue Howells

The Neal Meacher RI Sketchbook Award - awarded for the best sketchbook past times an RI fellow member - David Parfitt RI

The GreatArt Award (material to value of £500) - Maggie Cumming

Next year, I'm assuming things volition endure dorsum to normal together with larger numbers of paintings volition endure selected from the Open Entry. Keep an oculus on the Call for Entry details on the Mall Galleries website - submissions are due towards the halt of the year

It's also worth noting that this is traditionally ane of the FBA fine art societies which achieves the most sales - solely existence beaten inward recent years past times the SWA.

Links to posts inward previous years most this exhibition are below - I've been every twelvemonth except when I couldn't walk!

• Review: 199th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters inward Water Colours 02 April 2011
• Exhibition: RI Painters inward Water Colours 29 April 2010
• Royal Institute of Painters inward Water Colours ... 31 Mar 2008
• Royal Institute of Painters inward Water Colours ... 25 Mar 2007

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