You can now vote for your favourite painting in this year’s BP Portrait Award Exhibition at the Aberdeen Art Gallery… If you’d like to vote for Sarah’s portrait of the very brilliant Lola Flash, here’s the link:
Another first – 360 degree views of our latest exhibition by Lots Road Group member Stuart Howitt.
The exhibition runs at Waterstones Gower Street until Thursday 10 January. It is sponsored by Heatherleys and is in association with Children & the Arts. Many works – those connected to the theme and secondary works showing more of each artist’s practice – are for sale.
We’re looking forward to welcoming you all at the Private View of Connected: the changing face of Britain at Waterstones Gower Street from 6.30-8.30pm tonight!
Sponsored by Heatherleys, and in association with Children and the Arts, the exhibition not only includes paintings on the main theme, but self-portraits and, new this year, an insight into the practice of each artist which includes more portraiture, performer portraiture, landscape, life drawing and still life.
To see the catalogue of the themed portraits – and learn about the fascinating stories behind them – click here.
Below you will see examples of the majority of other works for sale, together with a price list and contact details for individual artists.
CONNECTED – the changing face of Britain PRICE LIST
Cover Girl – oil on canvas 100x80cms £1,200
Diego Barros – oil on canvas 100x100cms £2,500
3.SARAH REYNOLDS : sarah.e.reynolds@aol.co.uk
Sophie Robinson – oil on canvas 50x50cms £3,500
Abi – oil on canvas 70x84cms £3,450
Tommi – oil on canvas 60x76cms £2,000
Krishna Istha – oil on canvas 97x122cms £2,600
Boris – oil and spray paint on canvas 100x120cms £2,950
Putting the world to rights – oil on canvas 64x74cms NFS
Tim – oil on canvas 61x51cms NFS
Sarah – oil paint and gold leaf on canvas 90x90cms £2,500
Kathryn – oil on canvas 100x 80cms NFS
Portrait of Patrick – oil on canvas 30x40cms NFS
Soli with Sindhi Malir – oil on canvas 70x60cms NFS
Annie – oil on canvas 70x90cms £2,950
John Shields – oil on board 30x30cms £850
Portrait of Victoria – oil on artboard 39x39cms NFS
Заплетали – oil and fabric collage on canvas 50x50cms NFS
OTHER PAINTINGS FOR SALE by LOTS ROAD GROUP PRICE LIST
Braided – oil on linen 43x102cms £2800
Study – Linda’s class at Heatherleys – oil on paper/button polish 33x33cms NFS
Tired – oil on artboard 23x32cms £495
Red Windmill : oil on canvas 13x28cms £550
Margo, study – Oil on canvas 10x15cms £250
Blue Shirt – oil on canvas 35x45cms £240
Garden Peonies – oil on canvas 64x94cms £1950
Cinq Tournesols – oil on canvas panel 44x44cms £695
Landscape in Andalusia – oil on canvas 75x60cms £800
Elizabeth – oil on linen 70x50cms £1300
SARAH JANE MOON : sarahjanemoon.com
Self-portrait – oil on canvas £600
SEE CATALOGUE (LINK ABOVE)
Sunset – Lake Vannen Sweden £1700
Love is forever – oil on canvas 55x70cms £1500
Never the bride – liquitex/inktense pencil/acrylic paper 52x70cms £440
Prince Harry – acrylic on board 35x45cms £450
Winter Glow – oil on board 62x62cms £300
Nude Balanced – pastel on paper 60x75cms £475
Carl – oil on canvas 100x80cms NFS
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Finally, if you are interested in commissioning a portrait from the Lots Road Group, here’s all you need to know.
With the Lots Road Group’s latest exhibition starting today, click here to view our catalogue: Connected: the changing face of Britain.
The exhibition this year also includes self portraits and, for the first time, an example of the other art of each artist.
Many works are for sale.
Do hope to see you at our Private View this Friday, 30 November from 6.30-8.30pm at Waterstones Gower Street.
The Lots Road Group’s latest exhibition presents a microcosm of contemporary British society through the artists’ own connection to family and friends.
Seventeen members of the group have chosen an eclectic mix of sitters – diverse in age, gender, ethnicity, and nationality of origin. Having connected with each other through our attendance at The Heatherley School of Art we decided to explore through portraiture how our personal connections spread outwards and reflect life in 21st century Britain.
Set against the backdrop of Brexit, a time often described as divisive, our sitters are people to whom we have personal ties, some traditionally British from Aberdeenshire, Cornwall, Oxfordshire, Sussex and Yorkshire, as well as residents who have come here from a staggering array of countries: Bolivia, Brazil, British Guiana, Eritrea, France, Iraq, Norway, Pakistan, Poland and the United States.
Lots Road Group representative, Hilary Puxley said, “We started with the simple idea of painting people to whom we are connected, and have been astounded by the results! The list of countries with which our sitters are associated is astonishing and reflects a sea change in British society. Our artists have come up with a wealth of compelling and sometimes touching stories that evidence a much kinder and more welcoming Britain than you might suspect. I think the public will find the portraits fascinating.”
Our charity partner this year is Children & the Arts whose CEO, Rosie Millard OBE said, “I am delighted that Children & the Arts is partnering the distinguished Lots Road Group in this year’s exhibition, which testifies so beautifully and powerfully that art is an essential expression of humanity. Without it our lives are diminished. We work with thousands of children across the nation and across all art forms. We change lives and open up vistas. On the threshold of a time when the UK moves away from Europe into an uncertain future, our mission has never seemed more important, and it has never seemed more appropriate and meaningful for us to be connected with this wonderful show which celebrates life with all its diversity and difference.”
As usual, our exhibition has a narrative component which introduces our sitters and explains how we are connected to them.
Several sitters evidence changing tastes, of Britain being more open both to world, to different lifestyles and conscious of the impact all our lives have on our environment:
There are also very long-term friendships, touching stories of young people being added to family circles, and of courageous immigrants finding a new life in this country, or helping others acquire skills they need:
Our charity partner this year is Children & the Arts which works with arts venues across the UK to reach children in communities and hospices who may be in danger of missing out on creative and cultural experiences. Since the charity was founded in 2006, it has given half a million children access to the arts, provided more than 1000 children and families affected by life-limiting illness with therapeutic arts experiences, and created more than 6000 partnerships between schools and arts organisations in the most deprived areas of the country.
Our sponsor is The Heatherley School of Fine Art. Founded in 1845, it is one of the oldest independent art colleges in Britain and is among the few art schools in the UK that focus purely on portraiture, figurative painting, sculpture and printmaking. The college offers both vocational and part-time courses to students aged 18 years and over.
The Lots Road Group accept commissions.
To see a copy of our catalogue visit http://www.blurb.co.uk/bookstore
and search for Connected: the changing face of Britain from Friday 30 November.
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OSCAR NEMON, PORTRAIT SCULPTOR
An illustrated lunchtime talk by his daughter Aurelia Young
Thursday 6 December 1-2pm
Tickets £5 Waterstones
From her unique viewpoint, Aurelia, whose mother, Patricia Villiers-Stuart attended courses at Heatherleys in 1939 and 1949, talks about her late father Oscar Nemon, a genius who sculpted the crowned heads of Europe, Sigmund Freud and Winston Churchill, and who, against the odds being a Jewish refugee, brought us close, through his art, to those who shaped the 20th century. Aurelia will be happy to sign copies of her newly published book ‘Finding Nemon’.
Congratulations to Lots Road Group’s Katherine Firth on the unveiling recently of her portrait of Dame Gillian Beer, which featured in our Art of Reading exhibition at Clare Hall, Cambridge.
And we’re off!
The Lots Road Group’s next exhibition will be Connected: the changing face of Britain.
At a time often described as divisive, our new show will explore how people who live in Britain are connected, using ourselves, and our meeting at The Heatherley’s School of Fine Art, as the starting point.
Against the backdrop of Brexit, our aim is to produce an exhibition that presents a microcosm of contemporary British society.
As usual, the narrative component of our show will introduce the diverse and eclectic mix of sitters, explaining their background, connection to the artist and views on Britain today.
The exhibition will go on show from the end of November to January in Waterstones’ dedicated exhibition space at 82 Gower Street in Bloomsbury.
Watch this space for more details!
Maureen Nathan is joining the Lots Road Group for its next exhibition – Connected – which will go on show later this year. Watch this space for details.
We catch up with Maureen, who studied portraiture at The Heatherley School of Fine Art, to find out about her art.
How did you become a painter?
Which other artists or painters do you look to for inspiration and why?
What, to you, constitutes a good portrait?
Do you have any current projects that you’d like to tell us about?
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