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A charity dedicated to portraiture by living artists - both its appreciation and its practice.

@Alastairadamsportraits recently unveiled his port @Alastairadamsportraits recently unveiled his portrait of sisters Isla and Pippa. The portrait was commissioned as a special birthday present for their mother, who, upon seeing the piece responded ‘wow wow wow… I love it’. The piece was a complete surprise and it all began at Mall Galleries with a consultation with Annabel Elton, our head of commissions. Alastair was chosen to paint the piece for his style and technique and the sisters were overwhelmingly happy with the outcome! This is the perfect time to pick an artist to paint your portrait so come and visit Mall Galleries and have a look around; our show is open until the 26th of September so you better be quick! To learn more about commissioning a portrait contact Annabel Elton, on 0207 968 0963 or enquiries@therp.co.uk
“The thing about portraits is that you spend a r “The thing about portraits is that you spend a really long time painting them; it’s all encompassing work, so it's nice when painting family members because you don’t mind as much when they become possessive of your time. I don’t do a huge amount of portraits. I did a few of my mum, my nephew and sister and I think my dad was a bit miffed about that, but I just didn’t know how to go about painting him. In the end, I did it as a surprise father’s day present. We were also approaching his 80th birthday - it was definitely about waiting for the right moment. My father has a complex character, he can be very smiley but I have also seen him in his most frustrated and miserable moments. I think I was quite nervous about trying to capture all those parts of him in the portrait. I chose to paint him in his office because the office is like a portrait in itself, it tells so much about him. He was very impatient during the sittings, he is a solicitor and a complete workaholic. He is actually working in the portrait... that pinboard on his lap is his makeshift desk, he usually has it on his knee like a table. I had to take a lot of photos because I knew he wouldn’t be able to sit still. When I was younger I used to try and paint as realistically as possible but to such a meticulous point that I stopped enjoying it. I then adopted a cleaner and more abstract style. When I initially started this piece I wanted it to be sort of abstract, I was going to paint all his folders as different colour tiles. But as I started, I began to miss the details. I think my paintings are generally not as atmospherically photographic as some other artists’ are... but I quite like that. When people look at this painting I want them to have a sense of time that has been captured and gone. The dictaphone, the lack of computer, and this type of work ethic will die along with the previous generation. I want there to be a sort of pathos towards the image.”- @delacybrownart Come and see this painting and many others at our annual exhibition at Mall Galleries 16-26th September. https://therp.co.uk/portrait-exhibitions/annual-portrait-exhibition/
And our final award for this year, The Smallwood A And our final award for this year, The Smallwood Architects Prize, goes to... @stevenwoodart with his portrait 'Sandancer'. Steven says of the piece: "Sandancer is the name used to describe those who come from the town of South Shields, Tyne & Wear although the turm is hardly known by anyone outside the local area. The sitter Julie Kassim on one of the different beaches in South Shields a place called Frenchman’s cove, scattered around the painting are symbolic symbols of runes which represents her spirituality and beliefs in the supernatural and white magic. The image is place in landscape form giving the viewer a sense of floating above her." Congratualtions Steven and to all the other awards winners this year. Do continues to book tickets to our annual exhibition using the link in bio. We look forward to seeing your faces soon! 🎉 🎉 🎉
And this year's Burke's Peerage Foundation Award g And this year's Burke's Peerage Foundation Award goes to *drum roll* @joshuawaterhouse with his portrait 'Dame Glynis Breakwell'! Congratulations Joshua 😃 🍾 🎉
And this year's RP Award goes to *drum roll* @Step And this year's RP Award goes to *drum roll* @Stephenleho.artist with his portrait 'The Most Important Thing in the World'! Stephen says of the portrait: 'The sitter holds a small mobile she made, it represents the solar system. She has unsettled it and is straightening the threads.The painting is about mental health and emphasises the need to stay in the present.' Congratulations Stephen 😃 🍾 🎉
Our awards continue! This year's The de Laszlo Fou Our awards continue! This year's The de Laszlo Foundation Award goes to... @nnekauziogwe with her portrait 'Lily Before The Play'! Nneka says that the 'portrait was painted from life of the wonderful Lily Holder who had just finished preparing to go on stage.' Congratulations Nneka 😃 🍾 🎉
Our awards continue! This year's RP Prize for the Our awards continue! This year's RP Prize for the Best Small Portrait award goes to... @robbie.wraith with his 'Studio Portrait'! Congratulations Robbie 😃 🍾 🎉
After a fantastic opening day of our annual exhibi After a fantastic opening day of our annual exhibition, it's time to announce this year's awards. We are excited to announce that the winner of this year's Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture goes to *drum roll* Shuang Li with her portrait 'Woman in a Stadtische Galerie'! She says of the piece: "The work uses traditional European techniques to detail an elderly woman who lived in Germany during World War II. The work expresses the sitter's inherent persistent spirit and conveys the vicissitudes of time. The dress is a reflection of contemporary tradition work uses traditional European techniques to express an elderly woman who lived in Germany during World War. The work expresses an inherent persistent spirit and conveys the vicissitudes of time. The dress is a reflection and portrayal of contemporary tradition." Congratulations Shuang Li! 🎉 🎉 🎉
After a fantastic opening day of our annual exhibi After a fantastic opening day of our annual exhibition, it's time to announce this year's awards. We are starting off with the The Prince of Wales's Award for Portrait Drawing... and this year's winner is *drum roll* @jackfreemanart with his portrait 'Walkie Talkie'! Jack says of the piece: 'I made this drawing of Patricia after a walk through Grantchester near Cambridge. The evening light made the scene particularly poignant. I wanted to capture the feeling of a walk, late in the day, through countryside, and I think the smokey blackness of the charcoal - particularly as it works into this hand-made paper gives the picture a grainy sentimentality.' Congratulations Jack!
@emmawesleyportraitpainter tells us about her port @emmawesleyportraitpainter tells us about her portrait ‘John and Jane and ... A Portrait of a Marriage’: “The painting was initially commissioned by Dr Jane Robson’s (the sitter) daughter. They wanted to celebrate her. Having been a GP in Cambridgeshire for forty years, Jane is one of these unsung women of her generation. As I started painting her, the picture expanded to include her husband, Professor John Robson. When you’ve been married for that long, you are sort of a team. It is always a challenge painting two people and getting the composition right. I drew inspiration from Holbein’s ‘The Ambassadors’. As in Holbein’s piece, the dresser is instrumental to the portrait. It links the remarkable couple together and shows their shared family life. Both John and Jane were keen that the dresser should not appear too tidy so that the flotsam and jetsam of family life should be visible in the portrait! There are quite a lot of specific references to their life together on the dresser - the vase of poppies, for example, references how they first met as students, both working in the labs at Cambridge University on Poppy Day. The number of flowers also mirrors the number of their grandchildren. Their collection of plates sit central to the piece...there were a lot of birds on the plates which I think give a sense of movement and freedom to what could otherwise be quite a static composition… and of course the stethoscope and eye chart nod to their professional interests. They were lovely to paint, and very talkative… we got to know each other over delicious lunches featuring their home grown produce (hence the tomatoes). Capturing a sitter’s character, of which they had plenty, requires a lot of observation and listening. I always think it’s quite funny, if you look closely there is a drawing by one of their grandchildren of Jane at a party with her hands waving in the air. It means that the painting holds an air of professionality and then that mad moment at a party, which I quite like…” Come and see this painting and many others at our annual exhibition at Mall Galleries 16-26th September. https://therp.co.uk/portrait-exhibitions/annual-portrait-exhibition/
@suzonlagarde tells us about her portrait ‘Matth @suzonlagarde tells us about her portrait ‘Matthew’: “This painting was from a painting class and one of the first pieces that I did as an art student. It was this very class that made me realise that painting was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I didn’t have much choice when it came to the setup of the piece but the framing was up to me- I’m happy with how it turned out. We did a sketch first to warm up, it was in black and white so the focus was on tone, the colour came after. At this point in my career I didn't really have a set process, it was all still exploratory. I remember being really interested in the space between his ear and his eye...searching for open spaces to focus on. Recently I’ve been enjoying combining oil and watercolour, I know you’re not really supposed to do that but they express the different sides of what I feel and see. When you have the same subject in different mediums it gives a wider perspective. I think there is a fluidity and playfulness in mixing things together. I don’t just want to look and repeat, I want to push the paint around until it feels right. When people look at this painting, I want them to see Matthew’s beauty. I’ve painted him a few times now; when you paint someone you know your gut feelings are able to lead you more than your brain. I think since I started painting, I am able to appreciate people’s beauty a lot more, I’d like other people to experience that too…” Come and see this painting and many others at our annual exhibition at The Mall Galleries 16-26th September. https://therp.co.uk/portrait-exhibitions/annual-portrait-exhibition/
We spoke to President of the Royal Society of Oil We spoke to President of the Royal Society of Oil Painting, @timbensonart about his portrait ‘Bearded Man’: ‘I wish I could make up a good answer for why he is looking down, but really it's because I just found it interesting. The composition of the piece I am painting has to engage me both visually and emotionally. I like unorthodox angles… to mix it up a little bit, I find it more challenging that way. The more different the angle and structure, the more motivated I feel to paint it. I paint people the way that I see them, it's all about warts and imperfections, it has to be an honest response. The people I am painting can’t be precious about that. As far as my process goes, I am a quick painter, most of my portraits take between three to six hours, this one included. I also only tend to use five different colours, that’s one of the things that allows me to work on such large projects at a time.’ Come and see this painting and many others at our annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries 16-26th September. https://therp.co.uk/portrait-exhibitions/annual-portrait-exhibition/
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