Tonight is the semi-finals of Portrait Artist of the Year 2023.Can you predict who will get the three places in the Final - based on the self portrait submission and their heat painting?PAOTY 2023: The self portrait and heat...
Tonight is the semi-finals of Portrait Artist of the Year 2023.
Can you predict who will get the three places in the Final - based on the self portrait submission and their heat painting?
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| PAOTY 2023: The self portrait and heat paintings by the seven Heat Winners |
Check them out below. I've listed all the Heat Winners and included the images of the self portrait and heat painting below.
My prediction is the finalists will be
Gail ReidSara Reeeve; and Wendy BarrattI say that mainly on the basis that:they are all experienced portrait paintersthey all produced very good heat portraits (judged against the seven as a whole)they all seem to have the sort of temperament which means they mobilise quickly and complete within the time limit.
Heat 1 - Anna-Louise Loy
Heat 2 - Gail Reid (Instagram | YouTube | X)
Heat 3 - Lorena Levi (Instagram)
Heat 4 - Davide di Taranto (Instagram)
Heat 5 - Sara Reeve (Instagram)
Heat 6 - Wendy Barratt (Instagram)
Heat 7 - Ed Lawrenson (Instagram)
Ed Lawrenson is a professional full time artist based in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Studied at Winchester school of Art and the École Nationale Superiere des Beaux Arts in Paris. Currently works as a Studio Manager for a contemporary artist. (I'm pretty sure that's Damien Hirst who has one of his Science (UK) Limited Studios in Stroud). He is also a painter working primarily in figurative oil painting, with an interest in the renaissance and Impressionism. His self portrait was intended to poke fun at how seriously he takes himself. He is is currently working on a large body of mythological painting; fusing elements from the Bible with contemporary science fiction and historical painting motifs.
see Review: Episode 7 of Portrait Artist of the Year (Series 10)