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06-04-2007, 01:30 PM
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Mary Jane, out of curiosity I wanted to know wether you enjoyed last year show if you saw it.
Peronally as I said I was quite disppointed, I didn't really see anything that astonished me for beauty and handling of the paint.
It seemed to me that many artists were more after looks (contemporary, provocative, etc), and very few works seemed motivated by a real and profound artistic interest.
The head and shoulder choice is BORING, makes me think: come on, a little more effort. Maybe it's difficult to have many details to copy from in a photo if you have to step back and put the hands in too ?! (couldn't find a devilish smiley for this sentence)
Lisa, I came to conclusion that the choice is made quite randomely, and I just consider these show as a portion that does not represent the whole!
Ilaria
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06-04-2007, 06:31 PM
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Don't get me started! ;-)
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06-04-2007, 10:02 PM
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So to get noticed, paint a monstrously oversized head (even better if the face is fully 24 inches wide), and make sure it has a totally empty graphite toned background of nothingness.  Yes, I'm unimpressed that all four finalists fit such a precise dull uniform formulation. None of it moves me; on the other hand, all who posted above do move me greatly.
Garth
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06-05-2007, 10:46 AM
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Ilaria, I was really glad to see Andrew Tift finally win, he's been such a consistant gem of the award for years it was high time... otherwise there were a few pieces that appealed for their technique, and a certain personal individuality (certainly Darvish Fakr showed a big chunk of bravura and panache as usual, plus we frequent the same open life drawing studio...) but generally I felt it was a bit of a flat year. Actually I am still unsure if 2nd and 3rd were of the same model;-)
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06-05-2007, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mary Jane Ansell
Ilaria, I was really glad to see Andrew Tift finally win, he's been such a consistant gem of the award for years it was high time...
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I agree, Andrew Tift's "Kitty" is an interesting triptych portrait.
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06-05-2007, 04:54 PM
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As always with Andrew Tifts work I found it exquisite up close... incidentally I noticed on his blog that he is giving a one week course focusing on Super-realist portraiture at the Andreeva Portrait Academy, Santa Fe, New Mexico, in September 2007.
http://www.andrewtift.co.uk/portrait-artist/?p=76
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