{"id":1382807,"date":"2018-01-19T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/?p=1382807"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:34:41","slug":"jopp-18-commended-entry-bejamin-hassan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/19\/jopp-18-commended-entry-bejamin-hassan\/","title":{"rendered":"JOPP Commended Entry: Benjamin Hassan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>We have announced our second Commended Entry for the Jackson\u2019s Open Painting Prize! During the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonspaintingprize.com\/\">JOPP entry period<\/a>, we will be commending one entry each week that we think is of exceptional quality. All commended entries are automatically added to the longlist meaning they will be considered for the six Category Prizes, the People\u2019s Choice Award, the Shortlist and the Overall Prize. To submit your work, please go to our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonspaintingprize.com\/\">Jackson\u2019s Open Painting Prize Website<\/a>.<\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1382808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1382808\" style=\"width: 1620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1-620x413.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1-192x128.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/file-1-940x627.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1382808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Misty Mountain&#8217; by Benjamin Hassan, oil on canvas 60cm x 90cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h6 class=\"h1\">Commended Entry Winner: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminhassan.com\/\">Benjamin Hassan<\/a><\/h6>\n<p class=\"h1\"><strong>&#8216;Misty Mountain&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Oil on canvas, 60cm x 90cm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Artist Description:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I just love those quiet, lazy summer mornings, birds chirping as the old town wakes up to the warm, radiant sunshine. This landscape depicts the Rock of Gibraltar in the dissipating morning mist.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Jackson&#8217;s Judging Panel:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Benjamin Hassan&#8217;s painting &#8216;Misty Mountain&#8217; embodies the timeless join between painterly mark-making and realism. His classically balanced landscape painting draws the eye around the canvas in a gentle, calm movement, emphasizing the still softness of the scene. His perceptive use of colour gives a sense of oppressive heat while drawing narratives between the different depths of field. The smoothness in which the subdued background of preliminary marks consolidates into bolder, brighter tones shows a high level of skill; his considered rendering of this dry, delicate light is truly beautiful to view.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benjaminhassan.com\/\">We highly recommend viewing more of Benjamin&#8217;s work on his website (examples of his other paintings are below).<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1382849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1382849\" style=\"width: 1333px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eastern_rock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eastern_rock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eastern_rock.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eastern_rock-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eastern_rock-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eastern_rock-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eastern_rock-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/eastern_rock-940x705.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1382849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mediterranean Steps, northern view, oil on aluminium panel, 120cm x 90cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1382851\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1382851\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/adolfo_canepa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/adolfo_canepa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/adolfo_canepa.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/adolfo_canepa-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/adolfo_canepa-768x937.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/adolfo_canepa-620x756.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1382851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Speaker, Oil on canvas, 61cm x 50cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1382850\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1382850\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/yan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1382850\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/yan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/yan.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/yan-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/yan-768x919.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/yan-856x1024.jpg 856w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/yan-620x742.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/yan-940x1124.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1382850\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hyperion portraits, Yan Delgado, Oil on canvas, 46cm x 55cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonspaintingprize.com\/commended-entries\/\">View our other Commended Entries here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have announced our second Commended Entry for the Jackson\u2019s Open Painting Prize! During the\u00a0JOPP entry period, we will be commending one entry each week that we think is of exceptional quality. All commended entries are automatically added to the longlist meaning they will be considered for the six Category Prizes, the People\u2019s Choice Award, the Shortlist and the Overall Prize. To submit your work, please go to our\u00a0Jackson\u2019s Open Painting Prize Website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":1382810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2371],"tags":[2375,2542,2302,2370],"class_list":["post-1382807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jopp-2018","tag-benjamin-hassan","tag-jacksons-competitions","tag-jopp-commended-entry","tag-jopp2018"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>JOPP Commended Entry: Benjamin Hassan - Jackson&#039;s Art Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/19\/jopp-18-commended-entry-bejamin-hassan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JOPP Commended Entry: Benjamin Hassan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have announced our second Commended Entry for the Jackson\u2019s Open Painting Prize! 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