£20,000 for the most timeless portrait with a real feeling for paint and its aesthetic potential. 2024 Winner – Mark Shields, ‘Companion’ 2024 Shortlist: Jamie Coreth, ‘My Life: Portrait of Issy and Clare’ David Graham, ‘Pearl’ RP James Hague, ‘Woman in Komono’ RP Benjamin Hope, ‘Simon’ RP Andrew James, ‘Reverie’ Jeannie Kinsler, ‘Fortitude’…
The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture is sponsored by Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE OC and the Ondaatje Foundation, this generous prize of £10,000 plus the Society’s Gold Medal is awarded for the most distinguished portrait of the year. The Prize was launched in 1995 and took the form of a commission to paint H.M. The Queen,…
The Raw Umber Studios Prize: Raw Umber Studios believes that the most exciting contemporary portraiture lies at the intersection of technical excellence and creative expression. Their annual prize, inaugurated in 2023, encourages and rewards such work. Value £2,000. 2024 Winner: Nashunmenghe, ‘Elizabeth 2024’ 2023 Winner: Simon Davis ‘Warren Ellis’
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…
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…
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…
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…
ABOUT HERO Hero Johnson is a London-based artist, originally from Cornwall. After a degree in International Studies (Politics, History and Economics) she completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Art at the Cyprus College of Art and the Portraiture Diploma at the Heatherley School of Fine Art. Her past exhibitions include The BP Portrait Award, The…
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…
ABOUT JAMIE Elected in 2022 Jamie Routley is our newest Member. He was born in Newport, South Wales in 1982 and educated entirely in the Welsh language at Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw. Having completed his Ba in Illustration at Swindon College, he studied under the American painter Charles H. Cecil in Florence, Italy (2004 – 2008)…
