Jackson's Painting Prize Longlist announced.

You too can vote for a prizewinning painting!

Jackson's Painting Prize has announced its Longlist for the People's Choice Award. You can see the Longlist on the website here

Jackson’s Painting Prize exists to champion exceptional artworks made by international artists at all points in their careers, with tailored prizes that aim to give successful applicants the exposure and resources to support them in their practice.

some of the longlisted artworks

The lucky winner will get £500 in vouchers to spend on art supplies at Jacksons.

You need to register to vote (or open your account if you;'ve registered in previous years)

The rules are very, very simple

How to vote:

• All you need to do is click the heart symbol ♡ underneath your favourite paintings and your vote will be saved. If the heart is white, you have successfully voted.
• You can vote for as many artworks as you like.
• You can only vote once for each artwork
• If you change your mind, your vote can be revoked

I always think having the chance to vote helps artists to see and understand the sort of criteria that Judges use when awarding prizes to painting.

I certainly found when I was a Selector for this competition that it really made me think very hard. I'm pleased to say that a number of the ones I selected were awarded prizes of not insignificant sums! :)

TIPS:

• There are 400 images to look at - so if you're going to do this in one go you need to set aside a decent amount of time - and you will soon begin to realise how little time you, as an artist, have to make a good impression
• I recommend a speedy look through ALL the images first - and then go back and see if the ones you thought you liked at first look are the ones you still like on second viewing. That's how I did my selection - and it's amazing how your choices change for anything other than solid certainties.
• Be selective - don't like everything!
• Try reviewing the artwork in the different categories - you're then comparing artwork which interprets that category
• Try picking a winner for each of the categories - and make a note of these and then compare how your choice did with the ones that win the category prizes when these are announced (see below for dates)

Jackson's Painting Prize

This year this art competition received 8,949 submissions this year, from artists all over the world, of all ages and abilities. Jackson's then selected a longlist of 400 artworks - which are all eligible for an award or cash prize

Categories

The paintings are allocated to a specific category as follows. The Category Award winners get £500. 

The number after the category title is the number of artworks selected as finalists within that category

• Animal (48)
• Portrait / Figure (106)
• Landscape / Cityscape / Seascape (113)
• Still Life / Botanical (35)
• Abstract / Non-representational (53)
• Scenes of Everyday Life (45)

Timeline for Voting and Prizes

I do like the fact that they spread announcements over several days so winners have an equal share of the limelight.

• 30th March: The shortlist will be announced
• 5th April: Voting for People's Choice Award closes at midday
• 6th April: Announcement of 
• People's Choice Award winner (£500 Jackson's Voucher)
• Amateur Artist winner (£500 Jackson's Voucher)
• 7th April: Winner of the Outstanding Watercolour Artist Award announced (£500 Jackson's Voucher)
• 8th April: Category Winners announced (£500 each)
• 11th April: Emerging Artist Award winner announced (£1,000)
• 13th April: Jackson's Painting Prize Winner announced (£6,000)

Affordable Art Fair Hampstead 

Jacksons will be exhibiting selected works from the Jackson’s Painting Prize 2022 UK based finalists between 4 – 8 May at the Affordable Art Fair 2022 in Hampstead - social distancing restrictions permitting. 

In addition to the Jackson's Painting Prize finalists, The Affordable Art Fair also includes:

• a selection of leading galleries both local and international, showcasing 1,000s of inspiring contemporary artworks.
• work from exciting emerging artists from across University of the Arts London’s (UAL) six colleges and institutes in Made in Arts London’s showcase.

REFERENCE

• Jackson's Painting Prize 2022 | Making A Mark (December 2021) - about the call for entries

Previous Years

The posts below unpack this prize a bit more.

• Call for Entries: Jackson's Painting Prize 2021
• Jackson's Painting Prize 2020 - time to vote - this provides an indication of which are the most popular categories and which the least populat
• Call for Entries: Jackson's Painting Prize 2020 - This is a bit of a different Call for Entries - as I got asked to be one of the Judges for this one!