Emma Hopkins RP Artist Spotlight | Q&A

Image: Emma Hopkins in her studio.   We spoke to Emma Hopkins, one of the younger members of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, about her work that was featured in the recent Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2023, and about her artistic practice more broadly. Whilst the exhibition has closed, you are still…

See our video about ​the process of ​commissioning a portrait

Thank you RP members jamieroutleyartist, miriam.escofet.artist, June Mendoza and anthonyconnollyrp for sharing insights about our portrait commission service… RP Portrait Commissions services are available now and throughout the year with Annabel Elton, head of portrait commissions.   “When someone commissions a portrait, they become in a very real sense a sponsor, a patron of the arts.”…

THE ART NEWSPAPER | DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

Image: David Cobley RP NEAC, ‘Portrait of Sir David Attenborough, unveiled on 20 April 2023 at BBC Bristol, home of the BBC Natural History Unit’ The Royal Society of Portrait Painters featured in The Art Newspaper | Read via their website   ‘He’s a natural—David Attenborough picture is star of the show at Royal Society…

Toby Wiggins | The art of hedgelaying

Image: Winter’s Work; Russell Woodham at rest while laying a hazel hedge in the Dorset Style The Story:   The art of hedgelaying ‘Hedgelaying preserves the past and protects the future.’(from NHLS website) Our native hedges create wildlife corridors across the landscape joining up coppice and woodland, chalk downland, lowland heath, river and wetland, mountain…