- who made it through to the final round of the BP Portrait Award 2017
- BUT did not get selected for the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
This week the selected artists for the BP Portrait Award 2017 will be announced.
In 2016, I had my first My "Best of the Rest" from BP Portrait Award Entries blog post for the very high calibre portraits that did not make it through. It was enormously popular and I think identified very clearly what a high standard of portraiture gets submitted to this competition.
So I'm going to do the same again this year - which I suspect will please all those who have been asking me am I doing it again.
Subject to enough submissions I'm happy to display "the ten best of the rest" i.e. of submissions sent to me for review that were not chosen for exhibition by the BP Portrait Selectors this year. Below you can find out how...
The first artist, Justin Russell, has pre-selected himself through submitting his portrait early! (see below). Justin is a London based artist, specialising in realism and hyper-realistic painting. Justin made it through to my best of the rest top 10 in 2016.
This invitation is ONLY extended to those artists whose portraits were rejected by the BP Portrait Portrait Award 2017 Selection Panel.
What I need from the artists whose entries were rejected is:
The likelihood is that all my "best of the rest" will be selected from the final 218 artists. However, if you think your portrait is really good and you've previously been selected for the BP Portrait Award please also submit your portrait and rejection letter for 2017 (as per instructions above) to the email address below.
I'll post my "Best of the Rest" post next Sunday.
If you've been selected for the BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition - and want an image of your painting included in the "selected artists" blog post on Wednesday, please do the same as above - but include your selection letter!
Subject to enough submissions I'm happy to display "the ten best of the rest" i.e. of submissions sent to me for review that were not chosen for exhibition by the BP Portrait Selectors this year. Below you can find out how...
The first artist, Justin Russell, has pre-selected himself through submitting his portrait early! (see below). Justin is a London based artist, specialising in realism and hyper-realistic painting. Justin made it through to my best of the rest top 10 in 2016.
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| Mr Cyril by Justin Russell oil on board, 120 x 90cm |
Rejected to selected
This invitation is ONLY extended to those artists whose portraits were rejected by the BP Portrait Portrait Award 2017 Selection Panel.
What I need from the artists whose entries were rejected is:
- TWO digital images
- your portrait as per the image you submitted (I want good images to review). I'll then downsize the images of the ten best and make them web-ready for the blog. They will be displayed @72 dpi with the longest dimension being no bigger than 600 pixels
- PLUS a scan or photo of your 2017 rejection letter from the competition showing the date, the email address of the NPG and the name of the sender of the email + your name, competition number and the outcome of selection. (I'm no fool - I don't want to be drowned in portraits from those who forgot to send their entries in or got rejected in previous years!).
- PLUS dimensions and media of the portrait in your email
- PLUS your website domain URL. I will provide a link to your website if your portrait gets posted - much as I do for the selected artists.
- receipt of your entry by Friday 21st April.
The likelihood is that all my "best of the rest" will be selected from the final 218 artists. However, if you think your portrait is really good and you've previously been selected for the BP Portrait Award please also submit your portrait and rejection letter for 2017 (as per instructions above) to the email address below.
I'll post my "Best of the Rest" post next Sunday.
Selected for the BP Portrait Award?
If you've been selected for the BP Portrait Award 2017 exhibition - and want an image of your painting included in the "selected artists" blog post on Wednesday, please do the same as above - but include your selection letter!
Where to send your email entry
This web page gives you my email address - on the top right, under the pic of me.
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