The Almenara Residency Prize - The Royal Society of Portrait Painters

INAUGURAL DRAWING EXHIBITION

Awarded to an exhibitor who shows distinctive promise and in the opinion of the jurors will benefit from this residential opportunity.

2025 Winner –

David Jamieson ‘Pathologist – Portrait of Dr Maurice Jamieson’

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RP Charlotte Sorapure still has her portrait of 'Don Mccullin' who turned 90 years of age in October last year, showing in the Holburne Museum, Bath NOW!The exhibition is titled 'Don McCullin: Broken Beauty'."An exhibition of work by one of the most celebrated photographers and photojournalists of our time. Known for intuitively composed and dramatic black-and-white photographs, with subjects spanning conflict, humanitarian crises and post-war Britain, as well as landscape, portrait, and still-life, this exhibition brings together some of the most iconic images from his seven-decade career."(-Richard Wyatt)When?NOW – 4 May 2026And make sure go to the 'News' section of our website to read more as well as an Interview by Richard Wyatt.Images: Charlotte Sorapure, ''Don Mccullin'@CharlotteSorapure@holburnemuseumbath ... See MoreSee Less

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#AnnualexhibitionReminder that artists will receive a notification of final selection on: Tuesday 3 March, 12 noon... best of luck once again.Our Annual Exhibition 2026 is on from:7th May – 16th May 2026 – 10am to 5pm @mallgalleriesWe look forward to welcoming you.Images: Anastasia Pollard RP, 'Freddie', Gilly Lovegrove, 'The Artist Vibe Krogager' & Fiona Wainwright, 'Self Portrait'@anastasia_pollard@gilly_lovegrove ... See MoreSee Less

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Three RP's have their portraits in the MEAM REALISM 26 exhibition this year - A curated exhibition of international contemporary figurative work!"Two central themes run through the exhibition. On the one hand, the human body, that great unknown that we all inhabit. The human figure has accompanied realism since its inception. Understanding our bodies is understanding an essential part of who we are. Each individual body tells a unique story. The works bring us closer to those bodies. They reach where words cannot. On the other hand, the collection deals with time. A work of art takes things out of the continuous flow of passing days and turns them into a perpetual present, an instant captured for eternity. All the artists in this collection are clear that art requires effort. In this age of immediacy, in this age of performative sensibility, realist artists continue to hone their craft, seeking a time of genuine understanding of their surroundings and themselves. The works presented here are containers of human hours, latent testimonies of our value as sentient beings, translations of our natural rhythms."-@meammuseumREALISM 26 - Figure & TimeON NOW - 17 May 2026Images: Jamie Routley, 'Daddy I Miss Mummy, Miriam Escofet, ‘An Angel at my Table’ (winner of the BP Portrait Award 2018)oil on linen over panel 100 x 70 cm, 2017, & Frances Bell, 'Seasons: My son, my Husband and my Father in law' (close-ups)@jamieroutleyartist@miriam.escofet.artist@frances_bell_paintings ... See MoreSee Less

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Congratulations to RP Kenny McKendry who was one of 26 artists shortlisted for the IB Portrait Prize 2025 at the National Gallery of Ireland."Ole Bendik Madso is a man of intellect, experience, fun and artistic scaffolding. That is to say he has covered, developed, supported, set up and propped up artistic endeavours in theatre, art and literature from his ancient family island of Madso, at the very top of Norway, to the bottom south west of France where I came into his orbit some 12 or so years ago. He is currently working on his autobiography, Live Life Not Like Ole-Bendik, an account of self-determination and can-do attitude set out like a manifesto, with an appreciative take on intriguing historical past legacies. How does one paint such a man? Thinly as it turned out. Stop when the person comes through, which is what I did. Tempting as it is to layer, scrap back, rework, etc., I put my brush down early. Ole Bendik coming through." - Kenny McKendry."Kenny McKendry, the only Irish member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, has been a fulltime artist for forty years. He believes that painting can be a haphazard occupation, in which hours, days and even weeks of continuous thought and application can be lost in a moment, ‘all in the pursuit of the right mark in the correct place and balanced between the mind’s eye and the correct disposition of representational form’. For McKendry, all picture types, including portraiture, still-life and landscape, are dictated not only by what the eye sees but by ‘a subliminal search for what lies within, beyond and eternally.The annual competition showcases contemporary portraiture and invites submissions from artists working in all media and disciplines, from across the island of Ireland and from Irish artists living abroad. The Prize aims to celebrate and encourage interest in contemporary portraiture, while raising the profile of the evolving National Portrait Collection at the National Gallery of Ireland."-@nationalgalleryofirelandCome see Kenny's magnificent portrait in full and in person now!-The exhibition will travel to two locations in 2026... Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny (4 April – 20 June 2026) and Waterford Art Gallery (18 July – 11 October 2026).Image: Kenny McKendry, 'Ole Bendik' (close-up)@kennymckendry ... See MoreSee Less

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#commissionaportrait‘When someone commissions a portrait, they become in a very real sense a sponsor, a patron of the arts.’Commissioning a portrait with our RP members is super smooth and simple...As a charity supporting portraiture, portrait commissions are important to us.Book a consultation today with Martina Merelli-Stevens:[email protected]Images: Paul Brason, 'A case of you', Charlotte Sorapure, 'Soliloquy', Sam Dalby, 'Peter Huby' & Robin-Lee Hall, '21st Century Family'@paulbrason@charlottesorapure @samdalbyart @robinleehallartist ... See MoreSee Less

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