tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post5760009794634069246..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Nina Murdoch wins the Threadneedle Figurative Prize 2008Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-37814805016268438472008-09-05T11:20:00.000+00:002008-09-05T11:20:00.000+00:00Adebanji and Jenni - I absolutely agree. I'm so p...Adebanji and Jenni - I absolutely agree. I'm so pleased that this work won despite the fact that it's online image simply didn't do it justice - as I'm sure everybody who has seen it will agree.<BR/><BR/>I'm not blaming the person who took the photograph. It's just incredibly difficult to photograph. <BR/><BR/>What's a tad amusing about this is the similarity to any artist displaying their work online who has said "It actually looks much better in real life".<BR/><BR/>I'm certainly going to be paying a visit to the exhibition preview each year to do a <I>'this is what it looks like to me in real life compared to online'</I> review. <BR/><BR/>Many thanks to all the people who said they found the comments useful.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-80483594449073236982008-09-05T11:14:00.000+00:002008-09-05T11:14:00.000+00:00Petra - I wonder whether this prize will find us s...Petra - I wonder whether this prize will find us seeing people trying to come up with more definitive guidance on figurative?Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-37661055466310656272008-09-05T11:13:00.000+00:002008-09-05T11:13:00.000+00:00Deborah - The Internet has opened up the viewing o...Deborah - The Internet has opened up the viewing of Art Prizes to an international audience. It would be so nice to see the art go travelling too - for all of us!<BR/><BR/>I'm rather surprised that some of the big prizes in this country don't tour to other countries. A number of them do mini tours within the UK though.<BR/><BR/>I wonder whether the national art societies could get involved in reciprocal arrangements? I guess the thing that might hold it back would be the expense and the insurance. <BR/><BR/>Which is where I come back to the big sponsored prizes...........Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-16201174270699395292008-09-05T11:10:00.000+00:002008-09-05T11:10:00.000+00:00Robyn - thank you - it does seem a bit like I'm on...Robyn - thank you - it does seem a bit like I'm on a roll at the moment!<BR/><BR/>Deborah - I wish I'd used a word other than cockahoop now as I've discovered its meaning is a bit more brash about being boastful than I actually meant! <BR/><BR/>"I've got a big smile on my face" would have been rather more descriptive of the way I was feeling!!!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-5247470224354669852008-09-05T08:40:00.000+00:002008-09-05T08:40:00.000+00:00Wonderful work, but it needs to be seen in the fle...Wonderful work, but it needs to be seen in the flesh to really appreciate it. It has such depth and luminosity.<BR/><BR/>JenniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-65368386461188214452008-09-05T00:17:00.000+00:002008-09-05T00:17:00.000+00:00I actually visited the exhibbition for the first t...I actually visited the exhibbition for the first time today and I must say, when I saw her piece it was fully of nuaces of washes and colours that I can't explain! AMAZING is the word! Then the final varnishing to seal it, now made it "beyond my reach"!adebanjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12832505675979297771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-77867635401496230192008-09-04T20:51:00.000+00:002008-09-04T20:51:00.000+00:00I can only add the same feeling about this paintin...I can only add the same feeling about this painting! Stunning and absolutely unusual - in my humble opinion - and beautiful in its purest sense! I am also a bit confused about the definition of "figurative" though - as you already said...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15871565282521663165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-23964593963493423632008-09-04T16:11:00.000+00:002008-09-04T16:11:00.000+00:00cockahoop?Its a stunning painting-wish I could see...cockahoop?<BR/><BR/>Its a stunning painting-wish I could see it in person.Deborah Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242296435365350267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-20817047480771263192008-09-04T14:28:00.000+00:002008-09-04T14:28:00.000+00:00Gosh, I just read on Nina Murdoch's website that s...Gosh, I just read on Nina Murdoch's website that she keeps coming back to a tunnel in Battersea, and the painting reminded me of a tunnel I used to go through on the way to school in Battersea! It really does evoke that strangeness, I wonder if it was the same one? The colours are amazing, I'd love to see it in the flesh.Felicity Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145205761346733464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-45756765549813727602008-09-04T14:00:00.000+00:002008-09-04T14:00:00.000+00:00I thought Nina's painting was stunning too, when y...I thought Nina's painting was stunning too, when you first posted about it. You have a great eye for the winners, Katherine.Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.com