RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012 - Selected artists & artwork

149 paintings in waterbased media by 118 artists have been selected for the RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012.  This is an annual competition open to non-Members of the Royal Watercolour Society.

The associated exhibition of successful entries will be held at the Bankside Gallery between 24th February - 14th March 2012.

(The competition) aims to encourage innovation and experimentation in watercolour painting, spanning work on paper in watercolour, acrylic, gouache, pen & ink and watercolour mixed media.

The 2012 competition attracted 864 entries - which makes the percentage selected just over 17%.  However this is a genuine open competition - there are no members paintings or invited artists so far as I can make out.  The RWS members' paintings can be seen in the Spring and Autumn exhibitions and the Mini Picture Show just before Christmas.

NEW!  The RWS website has for the first time made available a pdf document which sets out the image, artist's name and the title of the work - see RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012 - Accepted Works.

Below I've reproduced the names of the artists and their selected artwork.  I've included links to their websites so that those interested in submitting work in the future can research the calibre of the artist and artwork which gets accepted to this prestigious art competition.  As you will see if you click the links, those selected represent the complete gamut of artists

Please note

• the link in an artist's name is to his or her website
• links to a commercial gallery page or the website of an art society are noted separately

AND I've also included links to:

• the selected work on their website (if identifiable)
• their blog (if one exists).  A link to the name of the blog appears after the artist's name and before the title of the accepted work.  (This means I get to find out about interesting new art blogs!)

If I've got it wrong - or there's a better website to link to please don't hesitate to let me know (contact details in the side column.

Below is an alphabetical list of the artists and the title of their selected artwork(s) - but first here's a video of one of them, Jonathan Pitts painting plein air.  Jonathan won the 2nd Prize in last year's Sunday Times Watercolour Competition (see John Hunt wins Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2011 and REVIEW: Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition 2011)

1. Lubna Abozied - Tales of The River 
2. Rob Adams (Rob Adams - A Painter's Blog) - City Morning 
3. Steven Alexander - View From The Shoreline, Amalfi 
4. Roger Allen - Six Months Later (watercolour paintings)
5. Anders Andersson - Have A Rest 
6. Sherry Andrens - Owen  Coral Reef (article)
7. Ann Ardron - Sunrise Reflections 
8. Debbie Ayles - Maldon Scaffolding House 
9. Julie Ball - Q British 2012
10. Bob Ballard  
• Honoured Chinese Artworkers 
• The Truth About Ashton Court 
• Waiting For The End, Boys 
11. Piotr Baraskiewicz  
• Hyacinth 
• Vintage Car
12. Catherine Beale - Dominic 
13. Frank Beddows - Matterhorn 
14. Laura Bell - Entrance To Peak Cavern 
15. Elizabeth Bernard - Shadows In Strand Lane 
16. Josefin Boren - Yellow Brushstroke
17. Kate Helen Boyce-Miles - The Winter Collection 
18. Stephen Bragg
• Auckland Palm 
• NY Soho 5 
19. Jillian Bright - Forty Winks 
20. Angela Brittain - Going For Gold 1 
21. Marie Burke - Blue Iris 
22. Tom Butler - Castine 
23. Timothy Cairns - Drummer 
24. Helen Campbell - Orchid 
25. David Cass - Matchbox Seascapes (Set Of 12)
26. Louise Chavannes  
• Highlands 
• Winter Trees 
27. Betty Christie - Ripe Blackcurrants (art society website)
28. Marjorie Collins
• Nine Colours 
• Stacked Reflections 
29. Julie Collins - Spring
30. Christine Collins - Villagescape 
31. K Conner - Nunhead Cemetery Park 
32. Lynda Connolly - Tidal Talker 
33. James Cowan  (axis website)
• Midtown Deco
• The 1 Train 
34. Robert Cunnew - Tadpole Bridge 
35. Janet Darley  
• Darland Banks, Summer 
• Street, Somerset 
36. Peter Dawkins - Fisherman's Shed - Near St Clement 
37. Adam De Boer - Self Portrait In A Wet T-Shirt 
38. Heather Donnelly - Leap
39. Lucy Duke - The Gift (still life watercolour)
40. Christopher Dunn   (Chris Dunn Illustration / Design)
• Cracked Matador 
• It's Raining, It's Pouring
41. Lil Dupeux - Le Petit Chemin 
42. Derek Ellis - 3. Pelicans Over Crystal Beach 
43. Aparício Farinha (a arte do farinha) - Market Lambayeque - Peru 
44. Roy Fisher  
• Portsmouth 
• Southampton (Town Quay View) 
45. Jeremy Ford  



Paintings by Diana Green

• Morning Light, Tarn, France 
• Towards Walden Head, North Yorkshire 
46. Charles Foster-Hall - La Feraille 
47. Bim Fowler - As Time Goes By (art society website)
48. Peter French - The Ingham Swan, Norfolk 
49. Paul Gadenne - Canterbury Colossus 
50. Helena Goldwater  
• Homage To Bosch 3 
• Homage To Bosch 8 
51. Josephine Grant - Remosa Rose, Tourneferie 
52. Robert Green - Flaking Paint (W&N featured artist)
53. Paul Green - Front Room Window Self Portrait 
54. Diana Green  (Gallery website)
• The Frail Pink And White Card Houses 
• The Slow Sail Of Shadow Over Blunt-Headed Woods 
• The Sun Fell On Cornfields And Woods 
55. Nicola Gregory - Tulips In Jug 
56. Mark Haddon  (Mark Haddon)
• Ned 
• Stu 
57. Liz Hankins - On The Thames, Chiswick Mall 
58. Daniel Hardyns - Bike 
59. Pink Harrison - Langoustine 
60. Sheila Hogge - Many Fins. No Fish 
61. Felicity House - 2. Yorkshire Moors (landscapes)
62. Roger Hughes  
• Spring 11
• The Good Earth 
63. Philippa Hutton - Clinging On (art society website)
64. Brian Innes  (institute website)
• Cattle Grazing 
• Cornish Landscape 
65. Robert Keep - Above Linton Falls 
66. Maki Kiryu  
• After The Storm 1 
• After The Storm 2 
• Still Life 
67. Keith Knight  
• Fall 
• May 
68. Ron Lawrence - Cliff End Rhossili 
69. Claire Leggett (Paint Drops Keep Falling) - Button Teapot 
70. Wang Lei - Nong Mountains (A Watercolor Painting) 
71. Dong Li-Blackwell - Unknown Lady 
72. Ben Lingard - The South 
73. Peter Livesey - ...And Into The High Street 
74. Ian Luck - Four Chairs - Delapre 
75. Heather Mackinlay - Golden October 
76. Francois Malnati (blog - in French) - Champagne Glasses 
77. Ananta Mandal (Ananta Mandal) - Lower Parel In Mumbai 
78. John Martin - The Gibraltar Pilot
79. Walery Martynchyk - Collective Farm Farm Lyrics Ii (works on paper)
80. Jenny Matthews - View From My Studio 
81. Harry Mcardle - Saltmarsh, North Norfolk 1 (gallery website)
82. Gordon Mcdowall - Pollensa (article)
83. Michael Middleton - Garage And Garden 
84. Carolyne Moran  
• Figure Seen Through The Hatch 
• The Red Scarf And The Black Screen 
85. Simon Morley - A Short History Of The Twentieth Century: War Cemetery 
86. Simon Morriss - The September You Would Not Dance 
87. Kristine Nason - A Bundle Of Love 
88. Hilary Neiland  
• Costa Rica Freedom 
• Costa Rica Turkey Vulture 
89. Juliette Palmer  (art society website)
• Boardwalk To The Houseboats 
• Cider House Tidy-Up 
90. Shanti Panchal - Resonance 
91. Jonathan Pitts (Jonathan Pitts - Landscapes) - Afternoon Meander, Nr. Henley, 13/08/11 
92. Mahesh Kumar Prabhakar - Untitled 
93. Nigel Priddey  (art society website)
• Landscape With Road Junction 
• More Rain To Come 
94. Ray Rankine - Island Fragments Study 2 (gallery website)
95. Charlie Reed - Latimer Road Station
96. Laura Reiter - Big Boats, Little Boats 
97. Melvyn Robinson - A Pattern Of Entertainment 
98. Philip Rundall  (art society website)
• The Path 
• The White Van 
99. Linda Saul - St Catherine's Lighthouse
100. Roger Scopes  (article)
• Brienzersee From Iseltwald 
• Golders Hill Park Garden Pond 
101. Tessa Shedley Jordan  ( gallery website / art society website)
• From The Wild Wood 
• The Copper Jug 
102. Pippa Shennan - Evening Hellebore 
103. Belinda Sheppard  
• Artichoke 
• Garlic String 
• Olive Branch 
104. John Short - Bathers, Sandycove, County Dublin 
105. Amanda Spencer (Amanda Spencer) - Paradise 
106. Paul Stangroom  
• Pithead Grove Rake Mine 
• West End Farm 
107. Nikki Stevens - Okapi 
108. Robin Storey - Dhaka London Protest March 
109. Martin Swan - Let's Look Closely At Geraldine's Paving Stones 2 
110. Klara Petra Szabo  (szabó klára petra) (gallery website)
• Daniel And Kabi 
• Dimitri And The Bear
111. Fernand Thienpondt - Ready To Fly 
112. Ian Thompson - Pandora's Box 
113. Zhou Tianya (The Watercolors of Zhou Tianya) - Spring's Coming
114. Enza Viceconte - Camice 
115. Francesca Whetnall (Francesca Whetnall) - Portrait Of A Man 
116. Malcolm Wilkinson - Jess Puts Up The Boards 
117. Justin Williams - La Calle Del Castillo 
118. Lu Willis - Chrysanth Study No 3 (Gouaches)

Portrait of a Man by Francesca Whetnall

Tips for selected artists

As always - here are a few tips for artists:

• Make sure that the name you use to enter competitions is the same as the one that you use for your website or blog online
• Make sure that your website or blog comes up on the first page of Google if people google your name
• If you get into a prestigious art competition do update your website or blog with the news
• If you don't have a website or blog, think about how are you going to tell your clients/collectors that you've been selected
• and finally - send me a file copy of your painting if you'd like to see it appear in this blog post next year!

UPDATE:  Congratulations to Klara Petra Szabo  (szabó klára petra) who read about the competition on this blog (see link below) and subsequently entered - and had two works selected!

Links:  Call for Entries: RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition 2012 This post also covers how to apply to become a member of the RWS