He's a mature painter in every respect who has hit his stride.Ĭommission Painting of JazzieB and Final Painting by Tom Mead It was a very good likeness and the painterliness was really impressive. I personally left the National Portrait Gallery on the day of the Final convinced that he was going to be the winner - based just on the strength of his painting that day. As the Judges indicated, the strength and personality of the sitter was rendered in a very powerful way. This is a simply STUNNING portrait of Dame Cleo Laine which would merit hanging in the National Portrait Gallery. They also expressed the view that the Commission Paintings were critical to the decision about who won the Final.Ĭommission Painting of Dame Cleo Laine and Final Portrait by Duncan Shoosmith That's another way of saying that these three just raised the bar for all those who come afterwards. I think it was Kate who remarked that they were the best commission paintings they'd ever had in a Final. The Judges genuinely seemed bowled over by the quality of the Commission Paintings which they did not see until after the 'Final' Portraits had been painted. The Commission and 'Final' Paintings by (L to R) Duncan Shoosmith, Tom Mead and Sara Lavelle I guess it's the first inkling you have that you might be the winner. Laura was very complimentary about Duncan's painting and watching her I was in no doubt which one she would choose.ĭuncan looks down on hearing that Laura Linney has chosen to keep his portraitĭuncan however appeared quite overwhelmed by being chosen. Laura and Duncan discuss his portrait - you can better judge the likeness It's very stage managed.Īs ever the easels are turned and the sitter chooses. All the space was put to good use with space for masses of close-ups of every painter and their brish work during the course of the programme. She was an excellent sitter - and seems like the sort to turn up on time and aim to reduce the stress levels for the artists. I kept looking at her and not being quite able to work out who she was - there again I don't watch films much and hadn't yet started watch Ozark!įirst meeting between the sitter and the artists The sitter in this instance was Laura Linney. Painting the sitter from quite some distance Maybe it's all just due to the shape of the rubber underlay to protect the floor? If they'd had the crescent shape arrangement as for the Heats they'd have been much closer. I'm really not sure why they place them so far away as they manage with much less space and enable the artists to be closer to the sitter during the Heats. You may just be able to spot the olive green chair for the sitter underneath the very big painting - and the ACRES of space between easels and sitter.
0 kommentar(er)
