THE WILLIAM LOCK PORTRAIT PRIZE
£20,000 for the most timeless portrait with a real feeling for paint and its aesthetic potential. The 2021 winner is Frances Bell RP for ‘Self Portrait’
THE RP PRIZE FOR THE BEST SMALL PORTRAIT
A prize of £2,000 for the best small portrait in the exhibition, measuring not more than 38 x 30.5 cm (15 x 12 inches) unframed. The 2021 Winner is Will Calver for ‘Self Portrait in a Hat’
Kathryn Kynoch RP
ABOUT KATHRYN Born in Edinburgh and educated at Leicester, Kathryn Studied at the Glasgow School of Art for 4 years with an extra year Post Diploma study She won a Travelling Scholarship to study in the Museo del Prado, Madrid Kathryn been a Part-time Evening School lecturer in the Glasgow School of Art for ten…
Benjamin Hope RP ROI
ABOUT BENJAMIN Benjamin studied mathematics and physics at university because he was interested in them. His long-term plan throughout, though, was to become a painter and his artistic training happened concurrently through experimentation, practice, and reading. Benjamin has been a full-time artist since 2011, and as well as the RP, he is an elected member…
TIM BENSON RP NEAC PROI
ABOUT TIM I am a London based oil painter specialising in portraits. I work with impasto paint to create an image that portrays more than a simple likeness; the character of the sitter and the story that their portrait tells is just as important. Beyond individual commissions I work with international charities and NGOs to…
Martin Yeoman RP NEAC
ABOUT MARTIN An accomplished portrait painter and draughtsman, Yeoman has undertaken many notable portrait commissions, including HM The Queens Grandchildren, Sir Alan Hodgkin OM, Dr Courtney Phillips, Sir James Whyte Black and a young Edward Sheeran (Ed Sheeran) and Mathew Sheeran. Most recently he was commissioned by HRH The Prince of Wales to paint D-Day…
James Hague RP
ABOUT JAMES James was born in 1970 in Nottingham. He studied Fine art at The University of Northumbria at Newcastle and Paining at the Royal College of Art. He lives and works in East London and Copenhagen. COMMISSIONS JAMES HAGUE PRICE GUIDE PRICES POA This is a rough fee-guide for a single portrait. Frame, travel…
Frances Bell RP AROI
ABOUT FRANCES Winner of the 2021 William Lock Portrait Prize, Frances was born in Cambridge, England in 1983. Because she has a prime interest in figurative classical style she left England to pursue a classical training in Florence at Charles. H. Cecil Studios in 2001, Her training was for three years but she continued her…
The RP Award
The £2,000 RP Award is made to the artist whose work best represents the year’s chosen theme The 2020 winner was Stephen Leho This year’s theme is ”Childhood’ and the winner is Phoebe Dickinson for her portrait ‘Alethea’
Contemporary Arts Trust Award
The Contemporary Arts Trust’s objective is to assist deserving artists who show promise; to encourage them to remain in the arts and continue on their creative journey. Contemporary Arts Trust encourages every discipline within the Fine Applied Arts. Since its formation, the Trust has given more than £375,000 in prizes and awards. Contemporary Arts Trust is…