Artists and Illustrators - Artist of the Year 2015

The exhibition of artwork by the 50 artists shortlisted for the Artist of the Year 2015 Prize sponsored by Artists and Illustrators Magazine opened yesterday at the Mall Galleries and is on display until the end of Saturday 27th February.

The "Artist of the Year 2015" gets £1,000 in cash and gallery representation at Panter & Hall. You can see the rest of the prizes on offer on the competition web page.

I would have told you that you can vote for the winner - but the prizewinners are being announced tonight!

The artwork is impressive and colourful. The exhibition is definitely well worth a visit - especially if you are an aspiring artist wanting to try your luck in this competition in 2016.

View of the Artist of the Year exhibition at the Mall Galleries

Selected Artists

• Jane Austin - Smell the Roses
• Rebecca Barnard  - Reflection IV
• Karen Beauchamp  - The Colours of Kintyre
• Angela Bell - The Bar Flies
• Graham Berry - Doing the Rounds
• Elin Sian Blake - Huna Blentyn
• Hannah Bruce - Flowers in Atmospheric Blue and Orange
• Monique Castellani-Kraan -  Knobbed Hornbill
• Emma Colbert  - The Family Tree
• Penny Crichton-Seager -  Mourning
• Lizet Dingemans -  Hare
• Rosemary Farrer - Washing in the Kitchen Garden
• Libby Fellingham  - Beatrice
• Nigel Fletcher -  La Vielle Maison
• Mari French - Flight
• Genevieve French - Rosalie on Blue
• Penny German - Turnips
• Rusudana Glonti - Touch of the East. Awarded The Grand Prize in the Still Life Competition by "International Artist" magazine in August 2015
• Charlie  Goff-Deakins -  Glimpse
• Peter Goodhall - Koi Anticipation V
• Frank Gould  Tawny
• Elizabeth Harding-Huber -  French Damsons
• Ian Hargreaves -  High Rise
• Vic Harris - Duncan 
• Mark Harrison - Drive Thru 
• John Hurford - Blue Tits
• David Janes - Turbot
• David Johnson - Symphony in the Canopy
• Stephen Jones  - Echoes
• Steven Keating - Swans
• Mark Lodge - Bernese Oberland Panorama
• Melissa Launay - Marmalade on toast and an orange

• Este MacLeod - Summer's Eve
• Tai Meng Lim  - Daydreaming
• Srirangam Mohankumar - Italian Street Café
• Aoife Murphy  - Wine Glass Stem
• Ginny Page - The Chain
• Kerri Pratt - Enlighten
• Laura Quinn - Dylan
• Deborah  Richards - Veiled Moon Outside St Mary's Church
• Lesley Robertshaw  - Market
• Marie Robinson - Slow boat to China
• Leanne Rutter - Ndege, Tanzania
• Joe Simpson - Matt Lucas Singing in the Rain
• LouiseStebbing - Arum Lillies
• Natalie Toplass -  Blue Hydrangea
• Michaela Walker - Looking Up
• Lu Willis - The next train on platform 4

While virtually every artist has a website it was interesting to note that not every artist thinks it worth creating an "about the artist" page on their website.