The 2009 London submission dates for the prestigious and popular annual RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition have been announcedThe Sunday Times Watercolour Competition began in 1987 and was co-sponsored by Singer and Friedlander. Their chairman at the time, Tony Solomons, loved watercolours and built up a fine collection of the 19th and 20th century watercolours for the bank during their 20 year association with the competition. The Royal Watercolour Society is delighted to continue it’s co-sponsorship of this prestigious competition for the second year running.This is one of the very few major prizes which celebrates watercolour - a medium which is often undervalued in the commercial contemporary art world.
The Selectors - The judges will be looking for work that makes the most imaginative or otherwise impressive use of a water based medium. The 2009 judges are:
- Brian Allen – Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Institute
- Mark Glazebrook– Art critic
- Penny Johnson – Director, Government Art Collection
- David Paskett – Artis, Vice President of the Royal Watercolour Society
- Frank Whitford – Critic and writer, Sunday Times
- 1st Prize £12,000
- 2nd Prize £7,000
- Young Artist £1,500
- Smith & Williamson Cityscape Prize £1,500
- Penguin Classics Prize for Cover Art £500
- paintings in a water based medium on a paper based support
- paintings by all artists born or resident in the UK (no age limit)
- original and recent paintings - carried out in the last three years and not previously exhibited
- work which is the sole and original work of the entrant - it must be an original composition and the artist must own the copyright
- paintings including frames which do not exceed 122 x 122cm
- up to 4 works
- works on canvas
- non-reflective glass, metal, plastic or clip frames
- projections from the back of the work
- RWS Leaflet - this provides all the terms and conditions of entry and details of how to submit work in London or any of the Regional handing-in centres.
- RWS Entry Form - to be completed and submitted alongside works being entered
- RWS Label - required for all work submitted
What is the deadline for entries? Sunday 28 or Monday 29 June 2009 between 10am and 5pm in London. Deadlines for regional pick-up are earlier.
How should work be submitted? Fully completed entry forms plus entry fees of £15 per work plus (unwrapped) works of art should be submitted to
- LONDON: St Mary Abbots Centre, Vicarage Gate, London W8 4HN on Sunday 28 or Monday 29 June 2009 between 10am and 5pm,
- OR to the regional handing-in centres identified in the RWS leaflet (Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Cornwall, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Kendal, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Southampton and Yorkshire)
Want to know more?"David by the Window" by Jennifer McRae
winner of the RWS / Sunday Times Watercolour Prize (£15,000)
For those who are interested there was a fascinating article about watercolour and the competition in last Sunday's Sunday Times - check out 2009/RWS Sunday Times Watercolour Competitionwinner of the RWS / Sunday Times Watercolour Prize (£15,000)
You can also review my posts in 2008 about this competition:
- RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition - call for entries (20 May 2008)
- RWS/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition - prizewinners and selected artists
- (25 August 2008) - provides the names of all artists selected and links to many of their websites
- RWS / Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2008 - exhibition review
- (11 September 2008) - includes photographs of the exhibition
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