Anthony Connolly will be running a life workshop in Wiltshire in September. Busy working days, attentive tuition, enjoyable company and good food are the main ingredients of these successful and popular events. The workshops run for four days, 10am to 4pm, lunch and refreshments are provided. There will be some teatime entertainment in the form…
LONDON AND PORTRAITURE – A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP With David Hockney’s exhibition ’82 Portraits and 1 Still-life’ being shown at the Royal Academy until October, and the identification of a portrait painted by the German Londoner Lucian Freud on a BBC television programme, London’s relationship with portraiture has never been more obvious. London has long…
YET ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR BENJAMIN SULLIVAN Benjamin Sullivan’s portrait of David Gainsborough Roberts was unveiled at Jersey Museum on 28 June. Gainsborough Roberts is a well known memorabilia collector in Jersey, and has often shared his collection, which includes items such as the costumes of Marilyn Monroe, at local exhibitions. As much of his collection is…
FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT DAPHNE TODD PAINTS FIRST FEMALE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER A newly commissioned portrait of Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer for England, by Daphne was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, London, on Monday 27 June 2016. In making the portrait, Daphne responded to the task of painting in Dame Sally’s office…
SUSAN RYDER INTERIOR PAINTINGS SHOW Susan has a new solo exhibition of interiors and still life paintings opening in October this year. The exhibition, titled ‘Lamplight and Flowers’‘ Lamplight and Flowers’ runs from the 6-22 October 2016 Panter and Hall. Entry is free. ABOUT SUSAN RYDER Susan’s father, Robert Ryder VC, was an amateur…
Hugo Williams by Benjamin Sullivan The judges of the BP Portrait Award said that this work is ‘Finely rendered on a small scale, we thought the portrait gave us a strong sense of the presence of the sitter. The painting’s ageless quality is subtly balanced by the appearance of the modern wrist-watch.’ This Portrait, of the…
Paul Brason at Althorp Earl Spencer has invited Paul to hold an exhibition of his work at Althorp as part of the Althorp Literary Festival following the successful posthumous portrait Paul Brason painted of Spencer’s father. The choice of artist was made on the recommendation of Julian Fellowes of Downton fame. Brason is exhibiting 36 works most…
New Member; Mark Roscoe’s career is on a roll. Mark Roscoe’s Self Portrait entry was used to advertise the 1998 BP Portrait Award, by 2012 he had started exhibiting with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Mark was soon noticed and won the Changing Faces commission. The resulting commissioned portrait was exhibited the following year and…
Mark Roscoe’s portrait for the Faculty of Scottish Advocates. Mark worked on this portrait of 32 members of bench and bar over eighteen months. If you look, you can see he has discretely included a portrait of himself in this work. Commissioned in 2013, it depicts the First Division courtroom in Parliament House,…
Antony Williams is exhibiting recent paintings at Messums, 28 Cork Street, London W1S 3NG. The exhibition runs from 27th June – 15th July. For further information head to www.messums.com