BP Portrait award

[Maryam Foroozanfar]

Thanks very much Ilaria, and congrats to you for exhibiting in the last Royal Society of Portrait Painters show. It was great to see a familiar name and to match it with actual paint strokes alas!

Best,
Maryam

Originally Posted by Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

The BP show has finally opened yesterday.
Congratulations to Maryam Foroozanfar for being the face of the show: her work is on the cover of the catalogue and on all posters !
This is the
website with the list of selected work.
Indeed the majority of people in the portraits look as if view through a lens, this is the trend and has been so for the past few years.
My favorite is definitely this painting , a... painting. Very close to the divine Lopez Garcia, I am sure there is a generation of spanish painters who have studied with him and were influenced by his work. Anyway you can make your own mind about the selection
Ilaria

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Maryam, I didn't have the chance to go see the show yet but I will go soon and i am looking forward to get a close look at your work-again!

Passing such a huge selection this year is really an achievement and even more being chosen for the logo.

I hope it will bring you a lot of success.

Ilaria

[Maryam Foroozanfar]

Hi Ilaria,

Seems the gravitation towards a photorealistic style has become increasingly favorable for this particular competition - to the gratification & awe of some and inevitably, the disappointment of others. Hopefully, at least a couple portraits will shine and speak to each viewer regardless of personal preference.

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on the exhibition once you've seen it. Thanks again for your very kind and encouraging words.

All the best,
Maryam

Originally Posted by Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

Maryam, I didn't have the chance to go see the show yet but I will go soon and i am looking forward to get a close look at your work-again !
Passing such a huge selection this year is really an achievement and even more being chosen for the logo.
I hope it will bring you a lot of success
Ilaria

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Well, I just found out that Craig Wylie , a fellow student of mine at Rhodes university in South Africa, won the award. He is going to be sending some works to Vancouver, Canada in August this year to be part of the exhibition at the Hodnett Fine Art Gallery , where some of my works will be as well.