Rws Contemporary Watercolour Contest 2012 - Selected Artists & Artwork

149 paintings inward waterbased media past times 118 artists direct hold been selected for the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012.  This is an annual contest opened upward to non-Members of the Royal Watercolour Society.

The associated exhibition of successful entries volition live held at the Bankside Gallery betwixt 24th Feb - 14th March 2012.

(The competition) aims to encourage excogitation as well as experimentation inward watercolour painting, spanning piece of occupation on newspaper inward watercolour, acrylic, gouache, pen & ink as well as watercolour mixed media.

The 2012 contest attracted 864 entries - which makes the pct selected merely over 17%.  However this is a genuine opened upward competition - at that spot are no members paintings or invited artists as well as then far every bit I tin terminate brand out.  The RWS members' paintings tin terminate live seen inward the Spring as well as Autumn exhibitions as well as the Mini Picture Show merely earlier Christmas.

NEW!  The RWS website has for the outset fourth dimension made available a pdf document which sets out the image, artist's advert as well as the championship of the piece of occupation - see RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012 - Accepted Works.

Below I've reproduced the names of the artists as well as their selected artwork.  I've included links to their websites so that those interested inward submitting piece of occupation inward the time to come tin terminate inquiry the calibre of the creative someone as well as artwork which gets accepted to this prestigious fine art competition.  As y'all volition encounter if y'all click the links, those selected stand upward for the consummate gamut of artists

Please note

• the link inward an artist's advert is to his or her website
• links to a commercial gallery page or the website of an fine art social club are noted separately

AND I've too included links to:

• the selected piece of occupation on their website (if identifiable)
• their weblog (if 1 exists).  A link to the advert of the weblog appears after the artist's advert as well as earlier the championship of the accepted work.  (This way I larn to discovery out nearly interesting novel fine art blogs!)

If I've got it incorrect - or there's a ameliorate website to link to delight don't hesitate to allow me know (contact details inward the side column.

Below is an alphabetical listing of the artists as well as the championship of their selected artwork(s) - but outset here's a video of 1 of them,John Hunt wins Dominicus Times Watercolour Competition 2011 and REVIEW: Dominicus Times Watercolour Exhibition 2011)

1. Lubna Abozied - Tales of The River 
2. Steven Alexander - View From The Shoreline, Amalfi 
3. Roger Allen - Six Months Later (watercolour paintings)
4. Anders Andersson - Have Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Rest 
5. Sherry Andrens - Owen  Coral Reef (Sunrise Reflections 
6. Debbie Ayles - Maldon Scaffolding House 
7. Julie Ball - Q British 2012
8. Bob Ballard  
• Honoured Chinese Artworkers 
• The Truth About Ashton Court 
• Waiting For The End, Boys 
9. Piotr Baraskiewicz  
• Hyacinth 
• Vintage Car
10. Catherine Beale - Dominic 
11. Frank Beddows - Matterhorn 
12. Laura Bell - Entrance To Peak Cavern 
13. Elizabeth Bernard - Shadows In Strand Lane 
14. Josefin Boren - Yellow Brushstroke
15. Kate Helen Boyce-Miles - The Winter Collection 
16. Stephen Bragg
• Auckland Palm 
• NY Soho 5 
17. Jillian Bright - Forty Winks 
18. Angela Brittain - Going For Gold 1 
19. Marie Burke - Blue Iris 
20. Tom Butler - Castine 
21. Timothy Cairns - Drummer 
22. Helen Campbell - Orchid 
23. David Cass - Matchbox Seascapes (Set Of 12)
24. Louise Chavannes  
• Highlands 
• Winter Trees 
25. Betty Christie - Ripe Blackcurrants (art social club website)
26. Marjorie Collins
• Nine Colours 
• Stacked Reflections 
27. Julie Collins - Spring
28. Christine Collins - Villagescape 
29. K Conner - Nunhead Cemetery Park 
30. Lynda Connolly - Tidal Talker 
31. James Cowan  (axis website)
• Midtown Deco
• The 1 Train 
32. Robert Cunnew - Tadpole Bridge 
33. Janet Darley  
• Darland Banks, Summer 
• Street, Somerset 
34. Peter Dawkins - Fisherman's Shed - Near St Clement 
35. Adam De Boer - Self Portrait In Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Wet T-Shirt 
36. Heather Donnelly - Leap
37. Lucy Duke - The Gift (still life watercolour)
38. Christopher Dunn   (Chris Dunn Illustration / Design)
• Cracked Matador 
• It's Raining, It's Pouring
39. Lil Dupeux - Le Petit Chemin 
40. Derek Ellis - 3. Pelicans Over Crystal Beach 
41. Aparício Farinha (a arte exercise farinha) - Market Lambayeque - Peru 
42. Roy Fisher  
• Portsmouth 
• Southampton (Town Quay View) 
43. Jeremy Ford  



Paintings past times Diana Green

• Morning Light, Tarn, France 
• Towards Walden Head, North Yorkshire 
44. Charles Foster-Hall - La Feraille 
45. Bim Fowler - As Time Goes By (art social club website)
46. Peter French - The Ingham Swan, Norfolk 
47. Paul Gadenne - Canterbury Colossus 
48. Helena Goldwater  
• Homage To Bosch 3 
• Homage To Bosch 8 
49. Josephine Grant - Remosa Rose, Tourneferie 
50. Robert Green - Flaking Paint (W&N featured artist)
51. Paul Green - Front Room Window Self Portrait 
52. Diana Green  (Gallery website)
• The Frail Pink And White Card Houses 
• The Slow Sail Of Shadow Over Blunt-Headed Woods 
• The Sun Fell On Cornfields And Woods 
53. Nicola Gregory - Tulips In Jug 
54. Mark Haddon  (Mark Haddon)
• Ned 
• Stu 
55. Liz Hankins - On The Thames, Chiswick Mall 
56. Daniel Hardyns - Bike 
57. Pink Harrison - Langoustine 
58. Sheila Hogge - Many Fins. No Fish 
59. Felicity House - 2. Yorkshire Moors (landscapes)
60. Roger Hughes  
• Spring 11
• The Good Earth 
61. Philippa Hutton - Clinging On (art social club website)
62. Brian Innes  (institute website)
• Cattle Grazing 
• Cornish Landscape 
63. Robert Keep - Above Linton Falls 
64. Maki Kiryu  
• After The Storm 1 
• After The Storm 2 
• Still Life 
65. Keith Knight  
• Fall 
• May 
66. Ron Lawrence - Cliff End Rhossili 
67. Claire Leggett (Paint Drops Keep Falling) - Button Teapot 
68. Wang Lei - Nong Mountains (A Watercolor Painting) 
69. Dong Li-Blackwell - Unknown Lady 
70. Ben Lingard - The South 
71. Peter Livesey - ...And Into The High Street 
72. Ian Luck - Four Chairs - Delapre 
73. Heather Mackinlay - Golden October 
74. Francois Malnati (blog - inward French) - Champagne Glasses 
75. Ananta Mandal (Ananta Mandal) - Lower Parel In Mumbai 
76. John Martin - The Gibraltar Pilot
77. Walery Martynchyk - Collective Farm Farm Lyrics Ii (works on paper)
78. Jenny Matthews - View From My Studio 
79. Harry Mcardle - Saltmarsh, North Norfolk 1 (gallery website)
80. Gordon Mcdowall - Pollensa (article)
81. Michael Middleton - Garage And Garden 
82. Carolyne Moran  
• Figure Seen Through The Hatch 
• The Red Scarf And The Black Screen 
83. Simon Morley - A Short History Of The Twentieth Century: War Cemetery 
84. Simon Morriss - The September You Would Not Dance 
85. Kristine Nason - A Bundle Of Love 
86. Hilary Neiland  
• Costa Rica Freedom 
• Costa Rica Turkey Vulture 
87. Juliette Palmer  (art social club website)
• Boardwalk To The Houseboats 
• Cider House Tidy-Up 
88. Shanti Panchal - Resonance 
89. Jonathan Pitts (Jonathan Pitts - Landscapes) - Afternoon Meander, Nr. Henley, 13/08/11 
90. Mahesh Kumar Prabhakar - Untitled 
91. Nigel Priddey  (art social club website)
• Landscape With Road Junction 
• More Rain To Come 
92. Ray Rankine - Island Fragments Study 2 (gallery website)
93. Charlie Reed - Latimer Road Station
94. Laura Reiter - Big Boats, Little Boats 
95. Melvyn Robinson - A Pattern Of Entertainment 
96. Philip Rundall  (art social club website)
• The Path 
• The White Van 
97. Linda Saul - St Catherine's Lighthouse
98. Roger Scopes  (article)
• Brienzersee From Iseltwald 
• Golders Hill Park Garden Pond 
99. Tessa Shedley Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan  ( gallery website / art social club website)
• From The Wild Wood 
• The Copper Jug 
100. Pippa Shennan - Evening Hellebore 
101. Belinda Sheppard  
• Artichoke 
• Garlic String 
• Olive Branch 
102. John Short - Bathers, Sandycove, County Dublin 
103. Amanda Spencer (Amanda Spencer) - Paradise 
104. Paul Stangroom  
• Pithead Grove Rake Mine 
• West End Farm 
105. Nikki Stevens - Okapi 
106. Robin Storey - Dhaka London Protest March 
107. Martin Swan - Let's Look Closely At Geraldine's Paving Stones 2 
108. Klara Petra Szabo  (szabó klára petra) (gallery website)
• Daniel And Kabi 
• Dimitri And The Bear
109. Fernand Thienpondt - Ready To Fly 
110. Ian Thompson - Pandora's Box 
111. Zhou Tianya (The Watercolors of Zhou Tianya) - Spring's Coming
112. Enza Viceconte - Camice 
113. Francesca Whetnall (Francesca Whetnall) - Portrait Of Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Man 
114. Malcolm Wilkinson - Jess Puts Up The Boards 
115. Justin Williams - La Calle Del Castillo 
116. Lu Willis - Chrysanth Study No iii (Gouaches)

Portrait of a Man past times Francesca Whetnall

Tips for selected artists

As ever - hither are a few tips for artists:

• Make certain that the advert y'all operate to move inward competitions is the same every bit the 1 that y'all operate for your website or weblog online
• Make certain that your website or weblog comes upward on the outset page of Google if people google your name
• If y'all larn into a prestigious fine art contest exercise update your website or weblog alongside the news
• If y'all don't direct hold a website or blog, call upward nearly how are y'all going to say your clients/collectors that you've been selected
• and hold upward - ship me a file re-create of your epitome if you'd similar to encounter it appear inward this weblog post service side past times side year!

UPDATE:  Congratulations to Klara Petra Szabo  (szabó klára petra) who read nearly the contest on this weblog (see link below) as well as later entered - as well as had 2 industrial plant selected!

Links:  Call for Entries: RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012 This post service too covers how to apply to decease a fellow member of the RWS

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