Congratulations to our 4 winners of the Mussini Oil Painting Competition! Thank you to everyone who participated in this month’s competition, whether that be submitting work or voting in our People’s Choice Award. Our shortlist was incredibly varied and full of very powerful paintings that used oils in a very large variety of ways – from Enzo Marra’s impasto work ‘Fictional Public Art in Landscape’ to Andrew Crane’s abstract ‘Tutti Frutti’ to Katy Sullivan’s hyperreal ‘Boy Blue’, we definitely received a bit of everything!
You can view all 25 works that made the shortlist here.
Overall winner, chosen by Jackson’s Judging Panel
‘Dutch 1’ by Lindsey Carr
Description: A contemporary rendition after the Dutch ‘Tulip-mania’ paintings of the 17th century.
Medium: Jackson’s and Winosr & Newton Oil on panel, 50cm x 50cm
Lindsey will receive the following prize:
- £150-worth of the gorgeous Schmincke Mussini Oil Paints of their choice
People’s Choice Award – 1st Place
‘Hilbre Island’ – Jane Barwood
Description: This painting was inspired by my walk to Hilbre Island on The Wirral a few weeks ago. It’s a beautiful place. It’s quite a trek from the mainland and is cut off at high tide. My paintings often feature lonely buildings in the landscape. The buildings represent the place of people in the natural world. My paintings explore ideas of loneliness and connection, communication and isolation, alienation and belonging. The settings are based on reality but are not realistic. I allow myself free rein with colour, texture and form to evoke atmosphere and emotion rather than photographic realism.
Medium: Winsor & Newton Oil on Canvas, 61cm x 61cm
Jane will receive:
- Their choice of £50-worth of Schmincke Mussini Oil Paints
People’s Choice Award – 2nd Place
‘Fleeting Lily’ – Vicki Sullivan
Description: This painting is about the Fleeting time that we have in life….the way time passes so swiftly
Medium: Jackson’s, Schmincke, Van Gogh, Vasari and Winsor & Newton Oil on canvas, 102cm x 80cm
Vicki will receive:
- Their choice of £50-worth of Schmincke Mussini Oil Paints
People’s Choice Award – 3rd Place
‘Beach, Rain and Happiness’ – Belinda Reynell
Description: A seascape inspired by a morning sketching in the rain with my daughter at Saunton Sands while my sons were surfing. An atmospheric painting that reminds me of that happy morning.
Medium: Winsor & Newton oil paint, 50cm x 50cm
Belinda will receive:
- Their choice of £50-worth of Schmincke Mussini Oil Paints
Belinda’s website.
