My paintings are Nature Morte of flora. ‘After Rachel I’ is a response to memories of works by Dutch 17th Century Still Life painter Rachel Ruysch. These memories are translated into a contemporary pictorial language, linked through expressive colour, gesture and form.
I paint from memory, working directly onto the canvas. My desire to respond to the memory is eventually abandoned as intuition and spontaneity take over from linear rational thinking and the work writes its own narrative in the layers of paint and marks. Compositional tensions arise through gestural marks juxtaposed next to carefully painted lines. Evidence of each layer is visible, revealing the painting’s journey. As the painting evolves I add and remove paint and turn the canvas to destabilise my process.
An interest in the passing of time is central to my work. Flowers are Memento Mori, they remind us of the ephemeral, fleeting nature of life. I think of painting as a time based medium, layers of paint are like timelines on a tree, each holding memories of marks and integral to the finished piece. For me painting is an ongoing conversation between past and present, an exploration of new forms from old imagery and narratives.
“My work intends to bring Latinx life into contemporary art by celebrating the culture and highlighting family values. The narrative shows interior domestic scenes surrounding tables. Bright colours and decorative patterns are very characteristic of my works; in my pictures, portraits are always in the foreground and close to the viewer. Intense brushwork provides unique character combined with flat backgrounds to highlights emotion.”
'Cats & Kids on Yellow', Jessica Alazraki, Oil on canvas, 109 x 165 cm
“Living on the coast I see our beaches, littered with plastic and rubbish. Beach cleans and picking up plastic waste goes hand in hand with the sea – yet within our bay, amongst the tangle of seaweed, plastic and detritus there is still beauty as this becomes the new normal. Although we know how bad the situation is, it is astonishing really the amount of plastic – the more you look, the more you see, until it just all becomes a jumble of colour and scrap.”
'Incoming', Sarah Bold, Oil & fluorescent paint on board, 23 x 30 x 3 cm
Portrait/Figure Category Award Winner
Anna McNeil
https://www.annamcneil.com
“In Les amoureux the bright contrasted colours and dynamic brush marks relate to the passionate embrace that is the theme of this painting. The two figures are locked together, the focus of intensity in the painting is on their connection and their bond is enhanced by the blocked in colour of the background that surrounds them and pushes them into one central form in the painting. My paintings consider themes of intimacy, unity, identity and the dynamics in human relationships.”
'Les amoureux', Anna McNeil, Oil on linen, 81 x 65 cm
“In my work, I always try to convey the feeling of the scene I am painting. Light and colour inspire me the most. No matter what subject I’m working on, I strive to capture the unique mood of the scene, keeping the painting as simple as possible so that unnecessary details don’t distract the viewer from absorbing the feeling of the scene.”
'Sleeping Sasha', Lena Rivo, Gouache, 16 x 20 cm
“I began this drawing at the end of 2020, scarred from a year of death, isolation, political divide, and social unrest — but also empowered with strength and hope for a brighter future. I finished the drawing on January 20th, 2021, the same day a new administration was sworn in as America’s new leaders. The image of this anemone is meant to represent the restoration of life and light as we begin to rebuild our health, communities, economies, and well-being in the coming years.”
'Revival', Megan Seiter, Coloured pencil on rising museum board, 38 x 36 cm
“For me, painting is a way of interacting with surroundings, and this is the best way for me than talking. I draw and paint instinctively, every day in any situation. I prefer oil paints for their plasticity and pasty brushstroke. Oil paints also allow you to use them to paint a picture for many sessions, or you can finish it right away depending on your mood. My paintings depict the ordinary life of the people I care about – my family and friends.”
'Purple dialogue', Sayan Baigaliyev, Oil on canvas, 90 x 230 cm
Abstract/Non-representational Category Award Winner
Rhiannon Inman-Simpson
https://rhiannoninmansimpson.com/
“My practice reflects on ideas surrounding bodily perception of place alongside the nature of painting itself. In my work I look at the differences in how we navigate, both physically and imaginatively, three distinct realms: the bodily experience of an environment, the pictorial space of a painting and the space of written language.”
'I cannot find my feet', Rhiannon Inman-Simpson, Oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm
“I have returned to the pond of my childhood village. At the edge of a 70’s housing estate, surrounded by concrete, it was a place where dramas unfolded and friendships were lost. This large-scale watercolour is the backdrop for a courtship between two trees, animated through the act of painting.”
'Pond', Angelina Davis, Watercolour, ink, and gouache on paper, 154 x 220 cm
“My paintings are detailed and vibrant, often on a large scale they aim to reveal the hidden beauty of botanical subjects, exploring a view that isn’t seen with the naked eye. I find decaying subjects with flaws and imperfections more interesting than a perfect specimen, the process of ageing, wrinkles and fading beauty applied to the botanical world.”
'Thistledown', Vivienne Rew, Water-based medium on paper, 63 x 89 cm
SHORTLIST
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'Desire & Longing 20', Sue Williams A'Court, Graphite mixed media on linen canvas, 180 x 180 cm
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'Xinzi Song, Qinhangdao, China', Catherine Knight, Gouache on watercolour paper, 14 x 21 cm
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'Incidental', Jill Tate, Oil on canvas, 51 x 61 cm
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'Quiet Summer', Robbie O'Keeffe, Oil on wood, 22.5 x 30 cm
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'Sara', Mantas Poderys, Pastels on paper, 30 x 60 cm
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'Bedroom', A. Degann, Indian ink on paper, 70 x 50 cm
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'Waiting', Bianca MacCall, Acrylic on board, 41 x 30 cm
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'Ascension', Ludvig Sjödin, Oil on plywood, 41 x 31 cm
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'Tree of Witness', Denise Howard, CPSA, CPX, UKCPS, MPAS, Coloured pencil on paper, 50.8 x 38.1 cm
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'Unquilted', Catherine Lette, Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 90 cm
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'As we grieved, we grew. / Aka week 44. Day 5.', Stuart Pearce, Oils on acrylic ground, 51 x 51 cm
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'Marnixstraat (An Unexpected Gift)', Amelia Schutter, Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm
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'Obedient Dog', Andrew McKay, Acrylic, ink and graphite on panel, 61 x 46 cm
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'Domestic Bliss 2020', Phillip Reeves, Oil on aluminium panel, 80 x 110 cm
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'Opulence', Andy Allen, Oil on canvas, 125 x 125 x 4 cm
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'Spring', Antoinette Favre Bonvin, Oil pastel and aquarelle pigment, 106.5 cm x 67 cm
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'Thistledown', Vivienne Rew, Waterbased medium on paper, 63 x 89 cm
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'Pepsi on the Technicolour Sofa', Virginia Cayzer, Oil on linen, 60 x 60 cm
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'Forest Portal', Robyn Litchfield, Oil on linen, 81 x 61 cm
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'Look Mum my painting got in to the Royal Academy!', Zoë Moss, Oil paint on wood, 40 x 60 cm
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'The freezing Venus, after Rubens', Anja Wülfing, Oil, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
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'Carpet Seller', Ayda Salami, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
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'Untitled 2020', Jo Berry, Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 55 cm
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'Snow Angel', Catherine Corfield, Oil on board, 29.7 x 21 cm
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'The Death Of A Courier', Nicholas Baldion, Oil on gesso board, 78.5 x 103 cm
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Shrouded Trees', Angelina Davis, Oil on canvas, 160 x 160 cm
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'I cannot find my feet', Rhiannon Inman-Simpson, Oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm
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'The Light Bulb and Me', JaFang Lu, Oil on linen, 24 x 18 cm
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'Falling, Rising', Rachel McDonnell, Oil on linen, 25 x 30 cm
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'Hopper's Corner', Joseph Harper, Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm
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'Firestone 7', David Rae, Oil on canvas, 50 x 81 cm
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'Balcony, Tottenham', Kally Laurence, Acrylic on canvas, foil, 160 x 140 cm
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'Patient', Martin Redmond, Oil on linen, 40 x 32 cm
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'Purple dialogue', Sayan Baigaliyev, Oil on canvas, 90 x 230 cm
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'Sleeping Sasha', Lena Rivo, Gouache, 16 x 20 cm
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'Arundel orchard, late Summer', Emily Faludy, Oil on board, 30 x 45 cm
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'After Rachel I', Miranda Boulton, Oil and Acrylic Spray paint on canvas, 76 x 61 cm
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'Revival', Megan Seiter, Coloured pencil on rising museum board, 38 x 36 cm
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'Portrait Of My Brother Charlie', Alfred Griffiths, Oil on board, 32 x 24 cm
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'Les amoureux', Anna McNeil, Oil on linen, 81 x 65 cm
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'Incoming', Sarah Bold, Oil & fluorescent paint on board, 23 x 30 x 3 cm
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'Edgelands', Lois Davidson, Watercolour and pencil on paper, 28 x 38 cm
LONGLIST
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'Wally's 131 nocturne', Tim Goffe, Oil on panel, 51 x 51 cm
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'Do not forget to wear a Mask', Yana Chernova, Oil on linen, 75 x 75 cm
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'Glencorse Reservoir, Pentland Hills', Susanne Astwood, Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas, 75 x 75 cm
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'The Valley 1', Steph Goodger, Oil on canvas, 120 x 220 cm
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'Longstanding', Sarah Granville, Gouache on paper, 21 x 31 cm
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'Shelley Floods. Snow', Michael Crowe, Oil on panel, 40 x 50 cm
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'Tate Modern Downpour', Max White, Oil on panel, 40.64 x 50.8 cm
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'Harmony In Grey', Max White, Oil on panel, 15 x 20 cm
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'Cliffside Bunker', Max White, Oil on panel, 20.32 x 25.4 cm
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'Feeders', Mark McConnell, Oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cm
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'Sky Riffing', Lucy Threlfall, Oil on canvas, 100 x 70 cm
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'To Wander in the Water', Lucille Dweck, Oil on canvas, 94 x 119 cm
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'The day they drained the canal at Linlithgow', Lesley Banks, Oil on deep edge linen, 70 x 50 cm
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'View from Queens Walk', Kieran Luke Naish, Oil, 57 x 72 cm
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'Dramatic Sky, Barkby', Kendrick Snodin, Mixed media, watercolour gouache, 37 x 28 cm
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'The oak tree', Josep M. Solà, Oil on linen, 60 x 81 cm
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'Spaardam Landscape', Jonathan Hargreaves, Oil on panel, 90 x 122 cm
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'Grasmere Island Winter Sunset', Jon Davidson, Acrylic on wooden panel, 42 x 112 cm
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'View from Under an Autumn Oak', John Cahill, Acrylic and gouache on paper, 55 x 75 cm
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'The Old Pigeonnier', Jack Coleman, Oil on board, 48 x 33 cm
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'Aerial View, London', Ian Kaye, Oil, 50 x 40 cm
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'Puddles in the lane', Gary Cook, Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, 68 x 50 cm
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'St Michael’s Mount Day', Edward Durdey, Oil on Indian teakwood marble, 50 x 70 cm
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'Chioggia Reimagined', Daniel Novotny, Transparent watercolor on paper, 56 x 76 cm
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'Lido', Corn Shuk Mei Ho, Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 101.6 cm
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'Overground', China Jordan, Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
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'Spring', Antoinette Favre Bonvin, Oil pastel and aquarelle pigment, 106.5 cm x 67 cm
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'Dante in (fake) furlough', Anna Walsh, Pencil on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm
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'Better', Ana del Valle Ojeda, Oil on canvas, 65 x 100 cm
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'Sugar Bowl Rock Wisconsin 1903', Alexander Johnson, Oil on canvas, 140 x 160 cm
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'The Road of Life', A Nottakar, Oil on MDF Panel, 40 x 30 cm
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'Palmella', China Jordan, Oil on canvas, 70 x 110 cm
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'Blue Pottery', Zahrah Azhar, Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 62 cm
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'Thistledown', Vivienne Rew, Waterbased medium on paper, 63 x 89 cm
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'Hydrangea Head', Vivienne Rew, Water based medium on paper, 63 x 89 cm
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'Fly Agaric', Vivienne Rew, Watercolour on paper, 46 x 65 cm
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'Valour 1982', Tara Esperanza, Acrylic on canvas, 54 x 35 cm
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'At the garden', Seryoung An, Pencil on paper, 42 x 29.7 cm
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'Tropical Light', Podi Lawrence, Oil on canvas, 51 x 61 cm
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'Light Through the Forest', Podi Lawrence, Oil , 61 x 51 cm
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'Rhododendron, Massey Woods', Peter Homan, Oil and fire on canvas, 80 x 80 cm
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'Goldenrods in a vase', Olga Tesis, Gouache on canvas, 70 x 50 cm
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'The Burden of Stuff', Nicole Price, Oil on French polyester, 100 x 80 cm
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'Sarah Pickstone's Studio Wall', Nicole Price, Oil on linen, 70 x 100 cm
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'Fight Like A Girl', Natalie Featherston, Oil on round panel, 61 x 61 cm
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'After Rachel I', Miranda Boulton, Oil and Acrylic Spray paint on canvas, 76 x 61 cm
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'Revival', Megan Seiter, Coloured pencil on rising museum board, 38 x 36 cm
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'Three things', Martin Redmond, Oil on linen, 35 x 35 cm
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'Preserve', Mark McDermott, Oil on Panel, 30 x 35 cm
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'A Place To Rest', Lorna Sinclair, Gouache and pigment on paper, 70 x 50 cm
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'Wild geranium in sunlight', Lena Rivo, Gouache, 16 x 20 cm
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'Still life with a porcelain swan', Lena Rivo, Gouache, 28 x 38 cm
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'Paradise garden I', Kata Maria Koleszar, Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm
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The insignificant quarrel', Jereme Crow, Oil on canvas board, 25 x 30 cm
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'Coral Sunset', Jana Leimane, Oil on canvas, 80 x 115 cm
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'Plastic tray with plastic wrap – Meatless 4', Ilana Dotan, Pencil drawing on paper, 40 x 70 cm
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'Plastic Tofu wrapper', Ilana Dotan, Pencil and charcoal drawing on paper, 70 x 70 cm
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'Cellophane package with a mushroom (Wizard of Oz)', Ilana Dotan, Pencil and charcoal drawing on paper, 65 x 95 cm
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'I am just a regular person III', Ieva Kampe-Krumholca, Oil on canvas, diameter 100 cm
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'Good enough', Ieva Kampe-Krumholca, Oil on linen, 150 x 130 cm
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'Naked model', Ido Ben Bassat, Oil on panel, 60 x 50 cm
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'Complementary Leftovers', Guido Sarti, Acrylic on board, 49.5 x 60 cm
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'Gollum Jade', Erin McCluskey, Oil on canvas Board, 27.94 x 35.56 cm
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'Carousel', Elizabeth Saskia Langley, Oil on canvas, 143 x 107 cm
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'Aloe Song', Denise Howard, CPSA, CPX, UKCPS, MPAS, Colored pencil on paper, 50.8 x 38.1 cm
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'Two furled sails', Chiara Bertolin, Oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
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Flowers in the Dirt I', Caroline Ann Mordue, Acrylic on wood panel, 25 x 25 cm
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'Empty Space', Boris Garanger, Oil on canvas, 162 x 130 cm
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'Enamel mug with Peach', Angelo Murphy, Oil on canvas, 31 x 36 cm
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'Three Apples', Angelo Murphy, Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
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'Summer Roses', Angelika Lialios, Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm
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'Memento Mori', Amnon David Ar, Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 53 cm
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'Little life', Aggie Matyjaszek, Oil on paper, 35 x 23 cm
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'The still life study with a bowl and a knife', Agata Smolska, Oil on linen, 35 x 40 cm
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'The blue bowl', Agata Smolska, Oil on linen, 28 x 34 cm
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'Look Mum my painting got in to the Royal Academy!', Zoë Moss, Oil paint on wood, 40 x 60 cm
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'Where are we, who are we, does it even matter.', william grob, Oil on linen, 170 x 320 cm
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'Fork and Deodrant', Willa Hilditch, Oil on paper, 14 x 18 cm
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'Short Cut', Steve Dodd, Oil on board, 26 x 21 cm
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'I hate math but love greens', Sooyoung Chung, Acrylic on linen, 150 x 150 cm
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'Waiting for Jean', Sayan Baigaliyev, Oil on canvas, 150 х 365 cm
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'Purple dialogue', Sayan Baigaliyev, Oil on canvas, 90 x 230 cm
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'In the kitchen tonight', Sayan Baigaliyev, Oil on canvas, 80 x 230 cm
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'Isolation', Saba Giani, Mixed media on canvas, 76 x 110 cm
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'Airing my dirty laundry', Ruth Swain, Oil on board, 89 x 59 cm
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'Enlightenment', Rachel Nenesh, Oil on canvas, 170 x 120 cm
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'Terrier-cotta', Peter Monaghan, Oil on wooden board, 91 x 69 cm
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'Walking Towards the Library, Manchester', Michael Ashcroft, Oil, 43 x 25 cm
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'Waiting Dog Primark', Mark Pearson, Oil on canvas, 44 x 54 cm
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'Morning light, Clockwork Courtyard.', Mark McLaughlin, Oil on canvas, 102 x 61 cm
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Lidmans stationary', Ludvig Sjödin, Oil on canvas, 60 x 73 cm
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'Kahvi', Ludvig Sjödin, Oil on masonite, 43 x 34 cm
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'In the company of good friends', Ludvig Sjödin, Oil on plywood, 40.5 x 30.5 cm
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'Ascension', Ludvig Sjödin, Oil on plywood, 41 x 31 cm
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'Self Portrait as a Shopping Trolley', Kate Wilson, Oil on canvas, 150 x 95 cm
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'Loss', Kally Laurence, Acrylic and stitching on canvas, 145 x 150 cm
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'Balcony, Tottenham', Kally Laurence, Acrylic on canvas, foil, 160 x 140 cm
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'Michael', Julia Dixon, Oil on canvas, 183 x 142 cm
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'Hopper's Corner', Joseph Harper, Oil on canvas, 100 x 120 cm
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'Untitled 2021', Jo Berry, Acrylic on canvas, 75 x 75 cm
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'Untitled 2020', Jo Berry, Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 55 cm
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'Incidental', Jill Tate, Oil on canvas, 51 x 61 cm
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'At Rest', Jill Tate, Oil on canvas, 51 x 61 cm
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'Cats & Kids on Yellow', Jessica Alazraki, Oil on canvas, 109 x 165 cm
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'White tiles', Gabrielle J Moore, Oil on clear perspex, 80 x 106 cm
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'Lunch outside', Emma Price, Oil on board, 32.5 x 25 cm
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'Wallow', Emma Foss, Oil on board, 20 x 20 cm
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'Soap in my Eye', Emily Brown, Oil on canvas, 42 x 60 cm
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'Cocktail Party II', Emilia Symis, Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 50 cm
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'Al Fresco', Emilia Symis, Acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm
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Mireille, Mary, Chloe and Rats', Diane Milner, Oil pastel and ink on paper, 152 x 57 cm
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'Afternoon Nap', Diana Boanas, Pure watercolour on paper, 58 x 35 cm
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'ID Life Tapestries No 3', di Masternak di Masternak, Ink, watercolour, Oil on silk, 120 x 90 cm
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ID Life Tapestries 41', Di Masternak, Oil, mixed media on silk fabric, 110 x 100 cm
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'Bathroom Sink', Chloe Chlumecky, Oil on canvas, 81 x 117 cm
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'Springtime Reflection', Charlotte Mitchell, Oil on canvas, 102 x 82 cm
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'Circe at her Pool', Charlie Buchanan, Watercolour on paper, 74 x 55 cm
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'Xinzi Song, Qinhangdao, China', Catherine Knight, Gouache on watercolour paper, 14 x 21 cm
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'Swanston Sledgers', Catharine Davison, Oil on board, 46 x 61 cm
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'Muruaneq', Carrie Stanley, Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 cm
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'The week', Bruno Di Lecce, Oil on canvas, 75 x 60 cm
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'Waiting', Bianca MacCall, Acrylic on board, 41 x 30 cm
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'Neighbourhood Watch', Bianca MacCall, Oil on board, 46 x 35 cm
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'Harbourside', Bianca MacCall, Oil on board, 60 x 50 cm
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'Bay Fireworks, Red Amber Brixham Devon', Barbara King, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 20 cm
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'Carpet Seller', Ayda Salami, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
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'Not New, and Yet...', Atsuko Saito, Watercolour, ink and collage on paper, 51.5 x 70 cm
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'Coffeebreak!', Astrid Vlasman, Paper and oil on canvas, 100 cm x 120 cm
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'Sunday afternoon', Annette Tranter, Acrylic on canvas, 61 x 76
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'Night Shift', Anna Porter, Oil on canvas, 200 x 120 cm
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'Opulence', Andy Allen, Oil on canvas, 125 x 125 x 4 cm
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'Untitled (Shelf)', Andrew Bryant, Oil on linen, 50 x 60 cm
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'Life Itself', Amnon David Ar, Oil on canvas, 180 x 180 cm
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'Death', Amnon David Ar, Oil on canvas, 205 x 180 cm
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'A regular day in the studio', Amanda Rosenstein Davidson, Acrylic on wood, 84 x 60 cm
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'Under the pink parasol', Aldo Balding, Oil on linen, 45 x 35 cm
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'Grill leaves', Aidan Potts, Watercolour, 51 x 36 cm
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'Bedroom', A. Degann, Indian ink on paper, 70 x 50 cm
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'Edward Thompson', Yunchu Chang, Oil on canvas, 180 x 120 cm
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'Sara by Zoomlight', Varosha Cornford, Oil on canvas board, 18 x 24 cm
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'The Cabinetmaker', Timothy Allen, Oil on linen, 40 x 60 cm
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'Jhumka', Swapnil Srivastava, Oil on canvas, 30 cm
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'Five Flights from the Kitchen', Suzanne Baker, Oil on canvas, 76 x 101 cm
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'As we grieved, we grew. / Aka week 44. Day 5.', Stuart Pearce, Oils on acrylic ground, 51 x 51 cm
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'Blue Goggles', Stephen Hall, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 75 cm
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'Vitae Corona Fides (Faith is the crown of life) Self portrait.', Sid Hines, Coloured pencil on sanded paper, 43 x 38 cm
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'Red Head'', sarah harvey, Watercolour, 25 x 35 cm'Red Head', Sarah Harvey, Watercolour, 25 x 35 cm
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'Self portrait during the Isolation', Samir Rakhmanov, Pastel on black paper, 50 x 45 cm
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'Portrait of Violetta', Samir Rakhmanov, Oil on canvas, 90 x 50 cm
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'Yeside', Sally Ward, Oil on linen canvas, 80 x 60 cm
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'A writer', Saima Rasheed, Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper, 22 x 28 cm
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'Portrait of Beverly', Rosie McClelland, Oil on linen, 90 x 70 cm
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'Dear Mom', Richard Mensah, Oil on Cotton, 100 x 100 cm
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'Snooze', Preslav Kostov, Oil on canvas mounted to panel, 21 x 29.7 cm
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'Ensemble xi', Philip Tyler, Oil on board, 40 x 40 cm
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'Iron Man', Peter Monaghan, Oil on wooden panel, 91 x 122 cm
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'Double tap to like', Peter Davis, Acrylic on canvas board, 65 x 55 cm
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'As The Light Enters The Soul', Patrice Robinson, Oil on wood panel, 25 x 25 cm
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'The Painter at Work (Self-Portrait Fragment)', Owain Hunt, Oil on canvas, 25 x 20 cm
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'Running', Noemi Stysiak, Acrylic and PVA on board, 75 x 88 cm
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'Vessel', Nicholas Phillips, Watercolour on paper, 34 x 60 cm
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'The Death Of A Courier', Nicholas Baldion, Oil on gesso board, 78.5 x 103 cm
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'Portrait of Cedric', Milenko Stevanovic, Oil on canvas, 58 x 83 cm
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'The Unicorn Ride', Mauro Affronti, Oil on canvas, 45 x 61 cm
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'Leaving', Matt Hardman, Oil & spray paint on board, 61 x 61 cm
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'A Prayer', Massimo Casalini, Oil on canvas, 50 x 70 cm
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'Gina', Martyn Harris, Oils, 30 x 30 cm
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'Patient', Martin Redmond, Oil on linen, 40 x 32 cm
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'To the music of the sea', Maria Likhaja, Oil on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
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'Still I Rise', Margie Andrew-Reichelt, Soft pastel and charcoal on white Fabriano paper, 90 x 80 cm
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'Sara', Mantas Poderys, Pastels on paper, 30 x 60 cm
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'Rose', Liga Kempe, Oil on linen, 150 x 80 cm
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'Dancer in Kimono with Cat', Liana Vargas, Oil on wood, 60 x 60 cm
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'Future', Leo Morey, Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91 cm
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'Summer Heat', Lena Rivo, Gouache, 23 x 25 cm
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'My dear friend', Lena Rivo, Gouache, 17 x 19 cm
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'You will be an Astronaut', Laura Skelton, Oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
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'Sacred Spring', Kristina Schwarzwald, Oil on wood, 26 x 48.5 cm
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'A Place To Hide', Kemi Onabule, Oil, acrylic, oil pastel on canvas, 146 x 116 cm
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'Chastity', Juan Suarez Rodriguez, Oil on canvas, 127 x 92 cm
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'Mirror', Jonathan Virginia Green, Oil on wood panel, 20 x 19 cm
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'The Captive', Johanna Zhang, Oil on linen, 56 x 46 cm
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'Outside In', Johanna Zhang, Oil on linen, 56 x 82 cm
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'Oldest & Youngest. Mongolia', Joan Prickett, Oil on canvas, 40.5 x 30.5 cm
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'Holding Cat', Jessica Alazraki, Oil on canvas, 106 x 106 cm
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'Echinopsis', Jean Carlos Puerto Cascarano, Oil on canvas, 200 x 130 cm
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'Never The Bride. Self-portrait in visor.', Jane Kelly, Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cm
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'The Light Bulb and Me', JaFang Lu, Oil on linen, 24 x 18 cm
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'The Blue Coat', Jael O'Connor, Oil on board, 59.4 x 42 cm
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'Lockdown Fare', Howard Mason, Oil on canvas, 91 x 61 cm
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'Gavin', Hans & Irina Askheim Melsom, Oil on board, 5cm x 7cm
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'Rainbow fire', Hanna Ilczyszyn, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm
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'By the hare of my eye', H.E. Morris, Oil on canvas, 117 x 173 cm
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'Ignas', Gila Epshtein, Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
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'Self portrait', Giannis Efthimiou, Oil on canvas, 25 x 35 cm
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'Maria Holding a Mac; Scenes of conquest.', Francisco Ortiz Trejo, Oil on linen, 90 x 60 cm
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'Memore', Federica Poletti, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
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Where The Wild Things Are', Faye Woods, Distemper and acrylic ink on canvas, 152 x 122 cm
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'Wonder Of The Beyond', Emeka Udemba, Mixed media on canvas, 130 x 120 cm
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'Don't Forget: You're a Blue String', Elizabeth Bergeland, Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 152.4 cm
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'Atlas', Elizabeth Bergeland, Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 152.4 cm
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'Once, Nr.2', Eliana Marinari, Acrylic, spray paint and ink on canvas, 100 x 90 cm
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'Pearl 1', Dominika Hofman, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
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'Untitled (copy)', Diogo Guerra Pinto, Oil on linen, 80 x 70 cm
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'Memento mori', Dieter Darquennes, Oil on linen, 85 x 125 cm
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'Fin as Kate Wetherall', David Hamilton, Acrylic on linen, 109 x 62 cm
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'I've seen it all', David Betty, Watercolour on paper, 38 x 28 cm
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'Caron in sunshine', Curtis Holder, Colour pencil and acrylic gouache, 115 x 110 cm
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'Portrait of a young woman', Chris Longridge, Oil on canvasboard, 40 x 30 cm
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'Searching', Charles Choi, Oil on canvas, 160 x 140 cm
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'Isolation 3', Charles Choi, Oil on canvas, 130 x 100 cm
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'Unquilted', Catherine Lette, Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 90 cm
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'Snow Angel', Catherine Corfield, Oil on board, 29.7 x 21 cm
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'Richard Parkes', Benjamin Sullivan, Watercolour on paper, 60 x 43 cm
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'Icon', Ayelen Cerda, Oil on cardboard, 158 x 144 cm
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'Home in Autumn', Arienne Boley, Acrylic, 18 x 24 cm
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'Les amoureux', Anna McNeil, Oil on linen, 81 x 65 cm
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'Riparo', Anna Gritti, Oil on canvas, 115 x 147 cm
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'The freezing Venus, after Rubens', Anja Wülfing, Oil, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
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'Ignas', Angela Bell, Oil and graphite on panel, 23 x 18 cm
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'Presence', Amy Robson, Oil and oil bar on canvas, 100 x 120 cm
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'Alice at the Laundrette', Amelia Webster, Oil on Board, 60 x 84 cm
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'Ascension/Trying To Sneeze', Alice Miller, Oil on wood, 40 x 30 cm
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'Self Portrait with My Little Sister Violet', Alfred Griffiths, Oil on board, 74 x 63 cm
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'Portrait Of My Brother Charlie', Alfred Griffiths, Oil on board, 32 x 24 cm
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'The Calm and Pointless Sky', Adam Lupton, Oil, latex, sand on canvas, 185 x 203 cm
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'I Me Mine', Adam Lupton, Oil on canvas, 152 x 203 cm
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'Solace VI', Abi Whitlock, Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 80 cm
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'Diplopia', Ada Densham bond, Oil on board, 26 x 25 cm
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'Fanny Hesse', Shannon Pawliw, Acrylic on wood panel, 76.2 x 60.96 cm
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'Comfortable Existence Opulence IV', Sandra Daniel, Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 65 cm
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'Essential 2', Rose Parker, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 110 x 75 cm
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'Essential 1', Rose Parker, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 71 x 50 cm
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'With my back to the morning', Rhiannon Inman-Simpson, Oil on canvas, 125 x 135 cm
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'The water caught the edges', Rhiannon Inman-Simpson, Oil on paper, 30 x 40 cm
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'I cannot find my feet', Rhiannon Inman-Simpson, Oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm
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'Raw (En carne viva)', Ramón Redondo, Collage on board, 60 x 120 cm
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'Meditation of the Deep', Rachael Addis, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 150 cm
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'The Wall (Absent) II', Priya Vadhyar, Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 122 cm
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'Multiverse', Priya Vadhyar, Acrylic on canvas, 122 x 91 cm
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'I Want To Break Free', Polly Merredew, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 100 cm
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'Triolet No.3', Peteris Sidars, Oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm
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'Looking Out', Olga Evenden, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
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'Foundations', Olga Evenden, Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 65 cm
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Journey of Mind', Nattanon Baiphowongse, Acrylic and grease pencil on canvas, 70 x 70 cm
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'30 April 2020', Nadja Gabriela Plein, Oil on canvas, 120 x 150 cm
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'The Dénia series: Spirit Door', Miguel Sopena, Oil paint, impasto medium and marble dust on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
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'Valley of Tranquility', Martin Banks, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 cm
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'Serendipity', Luis Lopez del castillo, Oil on canvas, 162 x 283 cm
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Presence (division bells)', Luis Lopez del castillo, Oil on canvas, 160 x 185 cm
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'Shadow Sculpture 2', Lesley Bunch, Oil on wooden panel, 40 x 40 cm
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'The Trial', Laura Skelton, Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
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'No Pause', Lara Balcerzak, Oil and crayon on canvas, 180 x 92 cm
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'Vulnerable view of a kernel in transition', Justine Formentelli, Acrylic on paper, 59.4 x 42 cm
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'Daily strands', Justine Formentelli, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm
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'Breathing in Unison', Justine Formentelli, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 120 cm
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'Aeolian Cadence', June Higgins, Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91 cm
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'Intertidal', John Wyatt Clarke, Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 cm
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'Tangled up in Blue', Jenny Arran, Oil on Fabriano paper, 170 x 150 cm
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'Yellow Rock', Jason Gregory, Oil on linen, 36 x 36 cm
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'Winter Sun', Janette Fry, Acrylic on board, 60 x 60 cm
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'Over Stranger Days (Blue Cloak)', Jan Valik, Oil on canvas, 160 x 135 cm
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'Prophet in the Wilderness (St. Anthony)', Iain Andrews, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
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'Dismantling the past', Helen Bermingham, Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 cm
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'Old School Woodwork', Edwin Aitken, Acrylic, pastel and ink on canvas, 29.7 x 21 cm
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Here we go again #1', Clare Smith, Ink and watercolour on Xuan paper, 39 x 71 cm
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'Tumble Down', Charles Inge, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 160 cm
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'Clastic', Charles Inge, Acrylic on canvas, 160 x 120 cm
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'Thank you for having me', Catherine Chen, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 202 cm
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'Hopefully soon', Catherine Chen, Acrylic on canvas, 117 x 157 cm
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'Blood orange season', Catherine Chen, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 115 cm
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'Spring', Antoinette Favre Bonvin, Oil pastel and aquarelle pigment, 106.5 cm x 67 cm
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'Yellow Core', Anna Tveritinova, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
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'Learning to Accept VI', Andreas Papanastasiu, Ink on mount board, 84 x 60 cm
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'Stay inside', Ana Pais Oliveira, Acrylic on canvas and maritime plywood, 200 x 230 x 12 cm
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'Old apple tree', White star Faun Grzegorz Bugaj, Acrylic on linen, 51 x 51 cm
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Brisbane Southbank', Tom Voyce, Oil on Board, 30 x 20 cm
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Ark: on the edge of the city', Teresa Lawler, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm
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'The house on the edge of the lake', Teresa Lawler, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 76 x 76 cm
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'Desire & Longing 20', Sue Williams A'Court, Graphite mixed media on linen canvas, 180 x 180 cm
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'Travellers Cross a Sodden Landscape Under a Solar Eclypse', Stephen Read, Oil on board, 20 x 30 cm
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'The four seasons of Priory Park (the marriage of Mr and Mrs Burnett)', Stephen Jordan, Oil and Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 90 cm
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'Rural Fair', Stephanie Fawbert, Oil on canvas, 76 x 102 cm
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'The Motherland 2', Steph Goodger, Oil on canvas, 150 x 220 cm
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'Fireweed', Sophie Parr, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
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'Canyon', Sinusik Volodymyr, Oil on linen, 45 x 55 cm
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'Walking Home in Winter', Simon Carter, Acrylic on canvas, 55 x 50 cm
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'Incoming', Sarah Bold, Oil & fluorescent paint on board, 23 x 30 x 3 cm
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'Drops In The Ocean', Sarah Bold, Oil & fluorescent paint on board, 23 x 30 x 3 cm
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'Woods and Stream 4', Russell Gilder, Oil on canvas, 168 x 228 cm
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'Turquoise Lugger and White Fenders', Rosemary Oberlander, Acrylic on card, 29 x 29 cm
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'Tai Poutini', Robyn Litchfield, Oil on linen, 120 x 95 cm
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'Forest Portal', Robyn Litchfield, Oil on linen, 81 x 61 cm
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'Tottenham Lock', Robert Cunnew, Acrylic on conservation board, 55 x 65 cm
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'Harbour At Dusk', Robbie O'Keeffe, Oil on canvas, 14.5 x 19.5 x 4.5 cm
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'Quiet Summer', Robbie O'Keeffe, Oil on wood, 22.5 x 30 cm
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'Homework Still To Do', Rick Smith, Acrylic on board, 73 x 88 cm
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'No Tickets to paradise', Raina Goran, Acrylic and collage on board, 23 x 23 cm
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'Falling, Rising', Rachel McDonnell, Oil on linen, 25 x 30 cm
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'Nightjars', Rachael Tyler Bacon, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 70 cm
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'Fire and Ice', Polly Townsend, Oil and acrylic on panel, 30 x 40 cm
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'Jack's Shed', Peter Tuck, Acrylic on paper, 40.5 x 50 cm
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'Messing about on the River', Patricia Thornton, Oil on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
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'Nagasawa Winter Farmhouse', Norman Mathieson, Watercolour and gouache on paper, 69 x 79 cm
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'Cudgewa', Melody Spangaro, Water soluble graphite on plastic, 136 x 175 cm
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Night Stile', Mary Low, Acrylic on panel, 40 x 40 cm
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'Interlude', Martin Cox, Egg tempera, 28 x 29 cm
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Love Power Peace', Mark Pearson, Oil on resin-treated cardboard, 64 x 94 cm
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'Corona time landscape', Marina Levitan, Oil in wood, 45 x 40 cm
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'Beach at Carbis Bay', Margo Random, Oil on paper, 30 x 39 cm
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Shopping City', Mandy Payne, Spray paint, acrylic, oil, graphite, marker pen on glass fibre reinforced concrete panel, 49.5 x 49.5 x 1.5 cm
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'Icy Tracks', Lynn Ward, Acrylic on canvas board, 73 x 31 cm
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'Flora's Gaze', Lucy Threlfall, Oil on canvas, 70 x 50 cm
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'Kew's Princess of Wales Conservatory', Lucy Cariou, Watercolour on paper, 25 x 34 cm
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'Surface Tension', Lucinda Metcalfe, Oil on acrylic on board, 60 x 80 cm
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'Son Sparkles', Lucille Dweck, Oil on linen, 81 x 66 cm
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'Moonlight', Lucille Dweck, Oil on linen, 153 x 122 cm
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'Liz and Emma, Hampstead Ponds', Lucille Dweck, Oil on linen, 210 x 130 cm
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'Edgelands', Lois Davidson, Watercolour and pencil on paper, 28 x 38 cm
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Mine No. 23', Livia Erwin, Oil on linen, 152 x 157 cm
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'Bare Trees in Winter', Lisa Hawkins, Oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm
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'Room with a view', Kerry Doyland, Acrylic on board, 40 x 40 cm
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When you are near', Kelly Norman, Charcoal and oil stick on paper, 170 x 190 cm
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'Los Glacis', Karl Ullger, Oils on board, 122 x 150 cm
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'Snow Day. London Road', Karen Laird, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 cm
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'Relax and Unwind', Julie Moss, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm
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'Now is not the time', Julie Moss, Oil on canvas, 153 x 153 cm
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'Burton Crescent, Headingley, Leeds III', Jonathan Hooper, Oil on board, 41 x 51 cm
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'An empty bliss in the Maelström', Jonathan Dickson, Oil on 2 wood panels (diptych), 61 x 122 cm
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'It’s About Time', Jan Valik, Oil on linen, 160 x 135 cm
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'Windmills 1. The Golden Helmet of Mambrino', James Mackie, Oil on canvas, 91 x 122 cm
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'Green Shelter', Jack Hicks, Acrylic on linen, 60 x 80 cm
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'The Old Pigeonnier', Jack Coleman, Oil on board, 48 x 33 cm
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'Tidal contours II (Fintra beg)', Ivan Daly, Oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm
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My invisible, dramatic everyday life', Ieva Kampe-Krumholca, Oil on linen, 100 x 110 cm
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It is so beautiful - not to be beautiful', Ieva Kampe-Krumholca, Oil on linen, 110 x 100 cm
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All the inexplicable', Ieva Kampe-Krumholca, Oil on linen, 150 x 130 cm
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'Time circle IIX', Herman Kuypers, Watercolor, 96 x 123 cm
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'Cricket Club', Gavin Shepherdson, Acrylic and pastels on paper, 14.8 x 21 cm
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'Memory Square', Eugene Tan, Oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm
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'Panic at Grand Hotel', Eugen Gorean, Watercolour on paper, 73 x 53 cm
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'Swimmer', Emma Foss, Oil on board, 27 x 27cm
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Blossom in the Spring Garden', Emily Faludy, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
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'Arundel orchard, late Summer', Emily Faludy, Oil on board, 30 x 45 cm
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Echos from the Past - 3', Edouard Fabred, Watercolour on paper, 70 x 50 cm
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'Ornamental Gardens at Night', Donna McGlynn, Acrylic and oil on board, 61 x 49 cm
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'Tree of Witness', Denise Howard, CPSA, CPX, UKCPS, MPAS, Coloured pencil on paper, 50.8 x 38.1 cm
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'Drift', Dee Walsh, Oil and acrylic on board, 50 x 40 cm
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'Meldon Quarry 11.11.2020', Debs Last, Oil on board, 25.4 x 30.48 cm
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'Firestone 7', David Rae, Oil on canvas, 50 x 81 cm
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'Airship Over The Big Beach Busk', David Hamilton, Acrylic on Linen, 115 x 76 cm
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'Through into the distance', Daniel Rossi, Oil on canvas, 43 x 28 cm
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'Juicy fruit', Christopher Campbell, Oil on canvas, 50 x 75 cm
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'Winter Sun', Catherine Corfield, Oil on canvas, 62 x 52 cm
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'Fleeting Moments', Catherine Corfield, Oil in canvas, 60 x 40 cm
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'In the Japanese Garden', Caroline Thomson, Oil on canvas, 71 x 51 cm
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'Mossy wall in low sunlight', Bridget Derc, Soft pastels on pastelmat, 44 x 60 cm
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'Layers of Time', Atanas Matsoureff, Watercolour on paper, 62 x 46.5 cm
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'Dear Friend', Arienne Boley, Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 cm
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'Kisdon Gorge, Blazing', Anji Timlin, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 51 cm
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The Board Walk', Angelina Davis, Oil on canvas, 120 x 154 cm
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Shrouded Trees', Angelina Davis, Oil on canvas, 160 x 160 cm
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Pond', Angelina Davis, Watercolour, ink, and gouache on paper, 154 x 220 cm
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Didn't It Feel Good', Andrew McIntosh, Oil on linen, 130 x 100 cm
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'Marnixstraat (An Unexpected Gift)', Amelia Schutter, Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm
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'The River Tillingbourne at Shere', Alison Powell, Coloured pencil on paper, 35 x 28 cm
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'A Romantic Evening in Venice', A Nottakar, Pure watercolour on cold press Fabriano paper, 36 x 27 cm
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'Pepsi on the Technicolour Sofa', Virginia Cayzer, Oil on linen, 60 x 60 cm
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'Baboon', Viktor Mikhailov, Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 cm
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'Red Squirrel', Steve Nayar, Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
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'When your Numbers Up', Stephen Earl Rogers, Oil on Board, 27.5 x 39.5 cm
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'In a Lion's Den, Playing', Serena Caulfield, Oil on canvas, 80 x 100 cm
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'Marnie', Sandra Jones, Soft pastels and pastel pencils on pastelmat, 36.5 x 28.5 cm
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'Domestic Bliss 2020', Phillip Reeves, Oil on aluminium panel, 80 x 110 cm
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'Dougal and Em in Lockdown', Paulene Warnock, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 76 cm
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'Dinner is served for now, and maybe forever I (1/3)', Nikolai Torgersen, Pencil on paper, 100 x 70 cm
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'Ludo', Michael Sheldon, Pastel on pastelmat paper, 70 x 50 cm
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'Sleeping Sasha', Lena Rivo, Gouache, 16 x 20 cm
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'The Secret', Koko Davlasheridze, Oil on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
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'Lipstick Tiger', Jessica Holloway, Acrylic on plywood, 30 x 46 cm
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To Wander', Jason Macza, Collage, oil paint, oil pencil on panel, 43 x 43 cm
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'An Ecstasy of Shrilling', Grace O’Connor, Oil on canvas, 121 x 152 cm
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'A Shady Spot', George Davies, Oil on board, 40 x 50 cm
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'Angry dog', Enzo Marra, Hammerite on canvas, 91 x 46 cm
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'Sweet dreams', Emma Reznikova, Acrylic on paper, 38.5 x 57 сm
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'Sheep on the Stairs', Diane Bellamy, Acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
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'Hare Hid Lather', Diane Bellamy, Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 76 cm
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'Adorable Hyena', Danguole Serstinskaja, Oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm
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'The Frog Pond', Clare Adams, Pastels and pastel pencils on pastelmat paper, 24 x 28 cm
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'Dog on Duvet', Claire Gurnett, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
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'The Gambler', Chantal AuCoin, Oil on linen, 61 x 91 cm
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'Wreck Dwellers', Cathy Taylor, Oil and gold leaf on canvas, 59 x 84 cm
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'Hide 'n' Seek', Cathy Taylor, Watercolour on paper, 51 x 71 cm
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'Zuzia', Anna Sołtysik, Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 60 cm
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'Obedient Dog', Andrew McKay, Acrylic, ink and graphite on panel, 61 x 46 cm
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'Dolly on Kilim Sofa', Amanda Rosenstein Davidson, Acrylic on wood, 84 x 60 cm
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'The Duck', Aliaksandr Listsiukhin, Oil on linen, 40 x 80 cm
JUDGES
All six of our expert judges are leading figures in the contemporary art world. Each judge will bring a unique perspective and opinion to the judging which will cultivate a varied selection of work that showcases the very best of the entrants.
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JULIETTE LOSQ
Contemporary Artist
https://www.losq.co.uk/Juliette Losq studied Fine Art at the University of the Arts London (2004-2007) and the Royal Academy Schools (2007-2010), as well as studying English and History of Art at Newnham College, Cambridge (1997-2000) and History of Art at the Courtauld Institute, London (2000-2001).
She won the Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2005, was one of five shortlisted artists for the John Moores Prize in 2014, receiving the Visitor’s Choice Award, and the John Ruskin Prize in 2019. She was elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours in 2020.
Juliette Losq is included in The Newhall Women’s Art Collection, The Newnham College Art Collection, All Visual Arts and The Saatchi Collection and her work is exhibited in the UK and internationally.
KIMBERLY KLAUSS
Contemporary Artist
http://www.kimberlyklauss.com/Kimberly Klauss is an artist based in Munich and London.
In figurative paintings Kimberly questions the universal and specific experience of being a person among people, as well as the reliability of perception and portrayal.
She is particularly interested in misrepresentation of the self and others within figuration. Working from life and photographs and often with a limited palette, her paintings recall the approximation, omission and fabrication all parties bring to the act of viewing and portraying.
Kimberly’s work was introduced to a wider audience in 2017, when she was a finalist in Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year. During this year’s lockdown she revisited the experience, taking part in the virtual and live Portrait of the Week series.
Kimberly has a piece in the ING Discerning Eye annual exhibition, as well as paintings held in the Soho House, Villa Lena and Ruth Borchard Next Generation Collections.
GITA JOSHI
Curator & Art Dealer
https://thecuratorssalon.com/Gita Joshi is an independent curator, an award winning art dealer and the host of The Curator’s Salon – a podcast and website focussing on the art world with advice for early and mid career artists.
She has an art history background and trained in curating at Central St Martins before opening her own gallery, Orso Major, in Central London (2013-2016). Gita has produced artists open studio programs, worked with arts charities, organised open exhibitions, been a juror for art competitions and curated exhibitions in business spaces as well as within the gallery context.
She works as an artist coach supporting artists to establish their careers and paint their own profitable path. She has curated over 30 exhibitions and her first virtual exhibition opened in April 2020. Gita is the author of bestselling book, Show Your Art – How to build an art career without a Gallery.
She says “There are more artists than galleries could ever manage today. And if you are an artist, you are best positioned to show your art and reach an appreciative audience directly. Artists are the best advocates of their work and need to learn to become their own agents. The idea that you must have a gallery for any kind of success is an outdated one. Sadly this idea keeps artists stuck and unseen, when in fact the tools and resources to exhibit and sell their work is available to them right now.”
TABISH KHAN
Art Critic
https://www.instagram.com/londonartcritic/Tabish Khan is an art critic specialising in London’s art scene, covering contemporary and historical exhibitions. He visits and writes about hundreds of exhibitions a year covering everything from the major blockbusters to the emerging art scene.
Tabish has been visual arts editor for Londonist since 2013. Contributions include reviews, previews, news, experiences and opinion pieces.
He is also a regular contributor for FAD with weekly top exhibitions to see in London and a column called ‘What’s wrong with art’.
Tabish is a trustee of ArtCan, a non-profit arts organisation that supports artists through profile raising activities and exhibitions.
RUTH MURRAY
Artist and winner of Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020
https://www.ruthmurray.com/Ruth won the Jackson’s Painting Prize in 2020. Her paintings explore portraiture, identity, and the presence of human concerns in natural settings and the social landscape. The work is about her experience as a woman, and often features young female subjects painted at provocative scales. Alongside these subjects are unsettling elements like voyeurism, enigmatic behaviour, mangled iconography, and the spongy fungibility of matter.
Ruth’s most recent shows include ‘The Blue Hour’ at the Old Bank Residency in Manchester, ‘Second Nature’ at the Portico Library and ‘Good Morning, Midnight!’ at Elysium Gallery in Swansea. Other notable exhibitions and awards include Derek Hill Scholar at the British School at Rome, Northern Stars at the A Foundation, Saatchi’s 4 New Sensations, the BP Portrait Award, the Threadneedle Figurative Art Prize, the Contemporary British Painting Prize, and the Sheldon Bergh Award for her final show at the RCA.
ELIZABETH DELLERT
UK Affordable Art Fair Director
https://affordableartfair.com/Elizabeth’s career spans the full range of the art market. Since relocating from America to complete her masters at Christie’s, she’s helped to run a gallery in Mayfair; launched the art, antiques and design fair Masterpiece London; set up her own art PR consultancy; piloted Frieze Masters; and, most recently, joined the Affordable Art Fair in 2019.
