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The Common, 2020 Acrylic on canvas, 222 x 246 cm Kathryn Maple |
I'm pleased that her painting won. I've been saying for a very long time that it is a great pity that almost all painters totally ignore the scope for adding people in groups into paintings.
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| View of all the shortlisted artists with Kathryn Maple in the centre |
The John Moores Painting Competition - held on a biennial basis at the
Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool - is an extremely prestigious competition
and
previous winners of the John Moores Painting Prize
have included artists such as
- 1959: Patrick Heron - "Black Painting - Red, Brown and Olive: July 1959
- 1967: David Hockney - Peter Getting Out of Nick's Pool
- 1972: Euan Uglow - "Nude, 12 vertical positions from the eye"
- 1993: Peter Doig - "Blotter"
- 2014: Rose Wylie - "PV Windows and Floorboards"
I haven't always liked all the choices made by the varying Judging Panels
in recent years - but knew as soon as I saw Kathryn's painting of "The
Common" in the Virtual Tour of the Exhibition that it had an excellent
chance of winning first prize.
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| The Common in the exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery |
The Common evokes the quiet moments of urban mundanity, where observed and imagined worlds cross paths. Kathryn describes it as a ‘...meeting place, an intersection, people seemingly aware of each other, but minds elsewhere – all sharing an open space...’. Kathryn’s work frequently returns to ideas around these ‘resting places within a city’, where nature is seen and celebrated.
You can watch the announcement of the award, which happened this
afternoon, in this video
- which also includes:
- comments by the Judges on every painting and why they shortlisted it - something of particular interest to anybody wanting to submit work for the next competition in 2022. Of Kathryn Maple's paintings they said that it resonated
"perhaps because it depicts the very thing we are currently unable to share: the painting resonates with movement and communality, and embodies the deeply social nature of humans,"
- the faces of all five artists as they wait for the announcement of who has won
- the very sneaky way that they announced who had won with none of the usual - "and the winner is" followed by a long pause - as it was obvious!
About Kathryn Maple
I first met Kathryn Maple at the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition in 2014
- when she won first prize. (see my blog post Kathryn Maple wins Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2014)
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Winner of the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2014
Fatboys Diner (88cm x 64cm )
by Kathryn Maple
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She won the SRWC first prize AGAIN in 2016 with another watercolour painting of her trip to India. (see my blog post Kathryn Maple wins Sunday Times Watercolour Competition for second time)
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Winner of the Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2016
Sandy Shoes by Kathryn Maple
110cmx92cm, watercolour
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Kathryn in fact has a fantastic track record in art competitions due I am sure to her unique style and approach to both drawing and painting. She moved from painting mainly in watercolour in recent years and to painting in acrylic as she began submitting entries to other art competitions. For example this is not her first time in this competition having been selected for an exhibition in the John Moores Painting Prize 2018. She's also exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Lynn Painter Stainers and ING Discerning Eye.She's also now painting a lot larger - and it does help to get you noticed!
There are some echoes of other painters (Doig being the most obvious) but her style is her own and it has continued to progress since I've been following her after that win in 2014
My personal preference is for her watercolour paintings which I feel are a lot more unique - in terms of perspective, technique and "feel" - than anything anybody else is painting.
Kathryn Maple was born in Canterbury, Kent and studied art at the Royal Drawing School London (2013-14) and University of Brighton (2008-11).
You can follow her on: Instagram
The other four shortlisted artists Robbie Bushe, Michele Fletcher, Steph Goodger and Stephen Lee (see their profiles in my post about the shortlist below) won a prize of £2,500 each.
Kiki Xuebing Wang won the John Moores Painting Prize first ever Emerging Artist Prize, for her painting ‘Untitled (Loafer)’.
There are some echoes of other painters (Doig being the most obvious) but her style is her own and it has continued to progress since I've been following her after that win in 2014
My personal preference is for her watercolour paintings which I feel are a lot more unique - in terms of perspective, technique and "feel" - than anything anybody else is painting.
You can follow her on: Instagram
Other Prizes
The other four shortlisted artists Robbie Bushe, Michele Fletcher, Steph Goodger and Stephen Lee (see their profiles in my post about the shortlist below) won a prize of £2,500 each.
Kiki Xuebing Wang won the John Moores Painting Prize first ever Emerging Artist Prize, for her painting ‘Untitled (Loafer)’.
Reference
- Call for Entries: £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize 2020 + NEW Prize
- Selected artists for John Moores Painting Prize 2020
- View five prizewinners and the paintings selected for the John Moores Painting Prize 2020
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