RP Catalogue 2010 Royal Society of Portrait Painters` Annual

Annual Exhibition 2010
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
17 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5BD
Tel: 020 7930 6844
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Cover painting
‘Joy’ (People’s Portraits Collection,
Girton College, Cambridge) by Robin-Lee Hall RP
Designed and produced by Chris Drake
Printed by Duncan Print Group
Published by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters
© 2010 Royal Society of Portrait Painters
ISBN 978-0-901415-23-3
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters
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Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Patron: Her Majesty The Queen
Advisory Board
Council
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster GCB, CVO
Keith Breeden
Anne Beckwith-Smith LVO
Anthony Connolly
Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll DBE
Simon Davis
Lord Fellowes GCB, GCVO, QSO
Robin-Lee Hall
Damon de Laszlo
Anastasia Pollard
The Hon. Sandra de Laszlo
Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE, OC
Daphne Todd OBE, PPRP, NEAC, Hon. SWA
Secretary
Ann Louise Little
Hanging Committee
President
Alastair Adams
Vice President
Geoffrey Hayzer, Foreman
Robin-Lee Hall
Antony Williams
Andrew James
Gallery Manager
Honorary Secretary
John Deston
Melissa Scott-Miller
Exhibitions Officer
Honorary Treasurer
Lucy Ward
Brendan Kelly
Press and Publicity
Honorary Archivist
Richard Fitzwilliams
Toby Wiggins
Emma Healey
Commissions Consultants
Annabel Elton
Stephanie Dellner
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Deceased Honorary Members
Past Presidents
Honorary Members 2010
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema OM, RA, RWS
1891 – 1904 A. Stuart Wortley
William Bowyer RA, RP, RWS, NEAC
Maurice Bradshaw OBE
1906 – 1910 Sir W. Q. Orchardson RA, HRSA
Derek Clarke RP, RSW, ARSA
Sir George Clausen RA
1910 – 1924 Sir James J. Shannon RA
Claude Harrison ARCA
Sir Arthur Cope RA
1924 – 1930 Sir William Orpen KBE, RA, RHA
Leonard McComb RA, Hon. RBA
Cowan Dobson RBA
1932 – 1940 Sir John Lavery RA, RSA, RHA, Etc
Tom Phillips CBE, RA, Hon. PS
William Dring RA, RWS
1944 – 1948 George Harcourt RA
Leonard Rosoman OBE, RA
Hugh de T. Glazebrook
1948 – 1953 Augustus John OM, RA
Tai-Shan Schierenberg
Kenneth Green
1953 – 1965 Sir James Gunn RA, LL.D
John H. Wonnacott
Sir James Guthrie PRSA, RA
1965 – 1971 Sir William Hutchison PPRSA
Allan Gwynne-Jones DSO, RA
1971 – 1980 Edward Halliday CBE, PPRBA
J. McLure Hamilton
1980 – 1983 Norman Hepple RA
Augustus John OM, RA
1983 – 1991 David Poole ARCA
Dame Laura Knight RA, RWS
1991
Leonard C. Lindsay FSA
1991 – 1994 George J. D. Bruce
Sir William Llewellyn PRA
1994 – 2000 Daphne Todd OBE
Sir John Everett Millais PRA
2000 – 2002 Paul Brason
A. T. Nowell
2002 – 2008 Andrew Festing MBE
Edward Hall
Herbert A. Oliver RI
Sir Edward Poynter, PRA, RWS
Hugh G. Riviere
Carlos Sancha
C. Sanders RA
John S. Sargent RA, RWS
Howard Somerville
Trevor Stubley RBA, RSW, RWS
A. R. Thompson RA
G. F. Watts OM, RA
T. Fiddes Watt RSA
J. McNeill Whistler HRSA, LL.D
Walter Woodington RBA, NEAC
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Past Vice Presidents
Members 2010
Alastair C. Adams PRP President
Douglas Anderson RP
Jane Bond RP, NEAC
Jason Bowyer RP, PNEAC, PS
Paul Brason PPRP
Keith Breeden RP
George J. D. Bruce PPRP
Tom Coates RP, PPPS, PPRBA, RWS,
PPNEAC, RWA
1898 – 1934 The Hon. John Collier OBE
David H. Cobley RP, RWA, NEAC
1934 – 1944 George Harcourt RA
Anthony Connolly RP
1944 – 1952 Sir Oswald Birley RA
Saied Dai RP
1952 – 1953 T. C. Dugdale RA
Simon Davis RP, RBSA
1953 – 1957 Simon Elwes ARA
Frederick Deane RP
1959 – 1964 Sir William Hutchison PPRSA
John Edwards RP
1966 – 1980 Norman Hepple RA
Andrew Festing MBE, PPRP
1980 – 1985 John Ward RA, RWS
Richard Foster RP
1985 – 1991 George J. D. Bruce
David Graham RP
1991
Robin-Lee Hall RP
Edward Hall
1991 – 1994 Richard Foster
Geoffrey Hayzer RP
1994 – 1999 Trevor Stubley RWS, RBA
Sheldon Hutchinson RP
1999 – 2001 Paul Brason
Andrew James VPRP Vice President
2001 – 2002 Andrew Festing MBE
Brendan Kelly RP Hon. Treasurer
2002 – 2008 Susan Ryder NEAC
Peter Kuhfeld RP, NEAC
James Lloyd RP
June Mendoza OBE, RP, ROI, Hon. SWA
Anthony Morris RP, NEAC
Michael Noakes RP
Anastasia Pollard RP
David Poole PPRP, ARCA
Susan Ryder RP, NEAC
Melissa Scott-Miller RP, NEAC Hon. Secretary
Stephen Shankland RP
Jeff Stultiens RP
Benjamin Sullivan RP, NEAC
Jason Sullivan RP
Michael Taylor RP
Daphne Todd OBE, PPRP, NEAC, Hon. SWA
John Walton RP
Emma Wesley RP
Toby Wiggins RP Hon. Archivist
Antony Williams RP, PS, NEAC
Neale Worley RP AGBI Steward 2009-10
Robert Wraith RP
Martin Yeoman RP, NEAC
Associate Members 2009-10
Honorary Friends
Ms Philippa Abrahams
Ms Anne Allport
Sir Ian Amory
The Rt. Hon. Lord Archer of
Weston Super Mare
Ms Pim Baxter
Keith Benham Esq.
The Rt. Hon. Virginia Bottomley MP
Gyles Brandreth Esq.
Robin Buchanan-Dunlop Esq.
Gerald Carroll Esq.
Colonel William Chesshyre
Mrs Peter Cookson
Conrad Dehn Esq.
Ms Susan Engledow
Ms Katherine Eustace
Michael Fawcett Esq.
Julian Fellowes Esq.
Ms Moira Field
Ms Frances Gandy
Dr Rita Gardner
Martin Gayford Esq.
Valeriy Gridnev Assoc. RP, PS, ROI
Robin Gibson Esq.
Binny Mathews Assoc. RP
David Goldstone Esq.
Sergei Pavlenko Assoc. RP
Philip Harley Esq.
Jason Walker Assoc. RP
Sir Max Hastings
Michael Holroyd Esq.
David Houchin Esq.
Mrs Julian Kitchener-Fellowes LVO
Sir Kirby and Lady Laing
Ms Christina Leder
Professor Norbert Lynton
Professor Kenneth McConkey
David Messum Esq.
Dr Mark Moody-Stuart
Ms Jans Ondaatje-Rolls
Richard Ormond Esq.
William Packer NEAC, Hon. RBA, Hon. PS
James Partridge OBE, DSc.
Ms Liz Rideal
Alasdair Riley Esq.
The Hon. Maurice Robson
Sir Timothy Sainsbury
Dr Charles Saumarez Smith
Sir David Scholey
The Rt. Hon. the Lord Selborne
Robin Simon Esq.
Peyton Skipwith Esq.
Peter Spira Esq.
Prof. Dame Marilyn Strathern
The Lord Vinson of Roddam Dene LVO, DL
Ian Wallace Esq.
Anthony Weale Esq.
Duncan Wilson Esq.
Andrew Wilton Esq
Prize Judging Panel 2010
Ms Sarah Howgate
Alastair Adams PRP President
Ms Dotti Irving
Rosie Broadley Associate Curator,
Mrs Lucy Jenkins
National Portrait Gallery
Dr Gillian Jondorf
Anastasia Pollard RP Artist
The Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell MP
Jane Dowling RA, Hon. RBA Artist
Henry Keswick Esq.
Monica Weller ARPS Photographer
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President’s statement
Hello and welcome to the 2010 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual
Open Exhibition catalogue. The Exhibition is now in it’s 119th year and,
despite this grand old age, we hope it will provide some fresh and original
perspectives on portraiture in the 21st century, as well as continuing to
promote the timeless value of quality in practice.
The life of an artist is by no means without
risk, and it is heartening to know that as
President I am working with Members that
are prepared to take time off from their own
work in order to promote a discipline they
feel passionate about. These contributions,
backed up by the support of the RP’s friends
and the FBA staff, fuel the Society’s activities
and have ensured that the past 12 months
have been active ones. It is encouraging to
see that despite the uncertain financial
times we live in, members of the public
continue to be demonstrably supportive and
committed to the values of painted
portraiture and the insight it has to offer.
As a practitioner, I am always curious to
observe the symbiotic relationship between
the representations offered through
contemporary media and that of the painted
portrait. I am glad to see that rather than
being surpassed by technological advances
in image capture, manipulation and
reproduction, portraiture continues to
maintain its relevance by dancing with these
shifts. It is essential, however, that emerging
practitioners and viewers alike are offered
the opportunity to engage with, and
understand the unique visual and interpretive
qualities therein. The prevailing technology
used for recording imagery, and therefore, a
dominant visual aesthetic, may be dictated by
the digital camera, however, it is important
to remember that not all representational
images are engaged with, or should have
their visual merits judged in the same way.
The first-hand testimony produced by an
artists’ direct observational engagement
with a subject may choose to selectively
interpret rather than merely depict. This, in
hand with a personally created ‘drawn’
language as expressed through the
‘technology’ of the analogue mark, ensures
a distinctive response unique to the creator
and states: “I was here, this is what I saw”.
A painted portrait is usually designed to be
seen and understood at the size it was
created, ideally, in person and in an
appropriate environment. So, when
contrasted with the wealth of imagery and
rhetoric provided by the contemporary
visual communications arena, painted
portraiture offers a tonic as part of a
balanced, visual diet.
An appreciation and understanding that
there are many ways of seeing and
representing is a quality and value that the
Royal Society of Portrait Painters aims to
showcase and promote through its
activities. We are therefore pleased to build
upon our historical standing, offering the
opportunities that we do, whilst exploring
new areas of interest in the hope that we
may continue the dance.
Alastair Adams
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2008/2009 Highlights
remain unchanged whilst Jason Bowyer,
Robbie Wraith, June Mendoza and Jane
Bond stand down from the Council, and
Keith Breeden, Robin-Lee Hall and Anthony
Connolly step up. Our thanks go to the
outgoing Council Members and best wishes
go to Jason Bowyer, who moves on and into
the role of President of the NEAC.
Annual Open Award Winners 2009
Congratulations go to Anastasia Pollard,
recipient of this year’s Ondaatje Award for
‘Valentina’; Amin Milani, recipient of The
Arts Club Award for ‘Portrait of Adam’;
Emma Wesley, who received the de Laszlo
Prize for Best Portrait by an under 35 years
old for ‘Margaret Bent CBE FBA’; Neil B.
Helyard, who received The Prince of Wales’s
Award for Portrait Drawing for ‘Thelma’;
and new Member Anthony Connolly,
recipient of the Changing Faces Prize for
‘Mrs Edmondson’. Our thanks to our
generous sponsors for all awards offered.
‘Robert in my Studio’ by Neale Worley RP
New Members
As a result of voting at the 2009 AGM, the
RP created two new Members. These are
Neale Worley, an established Member of the
NEAC, and Anthony Connolly, previously
an RP Associate Member and winner of the
2009 Changing Faces prize. In accordance
with the RP’s Associate Member scheme,
Jason Walker became our latest ARP and
will benefit from membership with the
Society for a five year period.
RP Council
On the Council front, Honorary Officers
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attract applicants from a variety of artistic
backgrounds, all interested in the chance to
further their artistic and professional skills
as portrait artists. The Bursary is funded by
the Bulldog Trust and the de Laszlo
Foundation, and in May each year, artists
are invited to submit work for the chance to
receive £7,500 in sponsorship. The scheme,
which also includes mentoring by the RP in
the form of studio visits, practical
demonstrations and advice, aims to offer
the recipient the opportunity to explore
portraiture in a way that they might not
have been able to otherwise. This year’s
recipient, David Caldwell, was selected from
a shortlist of 40 other artists to benefit from
the scheme. We wish him well and look
forward to seeing the positive impact of the
project on his work.
Drawing Now
Further to a Council generated initiative,
the RP has reached out to develop links with
art schools that promote observational
centred drawing and painting practice. As
such, we have invited work by Heatherley’s
student David Weekes, London Atelier of
Representational Art (LARA) student Luca
Indraccolo and Prince’s Drawing School
student Louise Yates. This is in the hope that
we may be able to encourage the submission
of drawing to the Society’s exhibition and
promote drawing practice itself.
Bulldog Bursary
The Bulldog Bursary, established in 2007, is
now in its third year and continues to
‘Self-portrait’ by David Caldwell
‘Stare’ as part of the debate, and thank her
and the Gagosian Gallery accordingly. The
discussion will be chaired by RP President,
Alastair Adams. Tickets are on sale from the
Mall Galleries direct or by phone, and priced at
£7 and £5 for concessions and FBA Friends.
Art Liberating Lives
This year also saw the RP offer an award in
the Art Liberating Lives exhibition held at
the Mall Galleries in December. As part of
the award, winner Kasia Andrews has her
work ‘Foetal’ exhibited in the RP Annual
Open. Art Liberating Lives is an annual art
event aimed at showcasing work produced
by those connected with Sue Ryder Care
and an open submission from artists from
across the UK. Art Liberating Lives
approached the RP to help judge the
increasing number of submissions from
artists using portraiture as a means of
communicating their experiences of illness,
bereavement and recovery. Whilst not
necessarily conforming to a traditional
process of artistic development, painted
portraiture, when explored from this
perspective, offers original insight into an
area that is often not openly or easily
communicated. We wish them success.
RP/Changing Faces Debate
2009 also saw the first in the series of
collaborative debates between the RP and
Changing Faces. The first debate, held
alongside the Annual Open Exhibition, was
firmly aimed at examining the dialogue
between portrait painter and subject, and
the revealing nature of the portrait painting
process. Over 100 people attended from a
variety of backgrounds, disciplines and
occupations. We were supported by the
National Portrait Gallery, with Sandy Nairne
kindly agreeing to Chair. The panel included:
James Partridge, CEO of Changing Faces;
Jonathan Jones, Art Critic from the
Guardian; Brendan Kelly RP; Heath Roselli,
Artist; Michele Gemelos, Heath’s sitter;
Alastair Adams PRP; and Marc Crank,
Alastair’s sitter. The debate was recorded
and we hope to be able to make it available
shortly through the pages of the RP website
as a audio file, either Quicktime or Podcast.
The 2010 debate is scheduled for the
evening of the 13th May and will focus on
the subject of Representations of Childhood
in Portraiture. The discussion will feature
contributions from Peter Monkman, winner
of the 2009 BP Portrait Award and Chris
Lapham, Creative Director of DDB UK, and
responsible for the recent Changing Faces
Face Equality for Children Campaign. Input
will also be provided by Debbie Begent,
who has spoken widely in the media of her
experience of living with a portwine stain.
We have also been given permission by
Jenny Saville to use an image of her painting
Commissions
A large part of the Society’s income is
generated through portrait commissions.
This affords us the opportunity to exhibit
from year to year in association with the
Federation of British Artists (FBA) and
within the ever developing walls of the Mall
Galleries. We are able to provide a unique
commissions service that aims to
sympathetically bring together the needs of
the client with the unique skills of Members
and the experience of the commissions staff.
This means we can ensure a highly
professional service throughout the process
and offer realistic unbiased advice on the
choice of artist.
Sourcing the right artist for a commission is
essential. A good working relationship with
the right painter creates a distinctive
portrait that best reflects the subject and
stands the test of time for years to come.
And finally…
Our thanks to Geoff Hayzer, Antony Williams
and Robin-Lee Hall for taking on the
responsibility of hanging this year’s exhibition
which, as ever, is no small task. We also
thank the Director, Lewis McNaught, and the
staff of the FBA for their on-going reactive
and importantly, proactive support. We are
grateful for the input and advice provided
by our advisory body and look forward to
the benefit of our on-going relationship.
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People’s Portraits at Girton
This year marks the 10th anniversary
of the creation of the People’s
Portraits Collection. This on-going
project was established in order to
reflect a cross section of people’s
lives in the United Kingdom at the
beginning of the 21st Century.
To celebrate the occasion we are exhibiting
all work added to the collection since 2000.
This has involved bringing forward the
unveiling of new works usually scheduled
for September. These will now be unveiled
at a special reception to be held on the
evening of the 6th May by guest speaker
The Rt Hon the Baroness James of Holland
Park, OBE. Celebrations will also take place
throughout the summer at Girton College
Cambridge, the home of the People’s
Portraits Collection.
industry in the East End of London. In later
life, he built theatre and opera scenery
before arriving in his current occupation as
a bespoke furniture maker and joiner with
his own workshop.
2009 was also Dame Marilyn Strathern’s last
as Mistress of Girton. Dame Marilyn has
been instrumental from the start in
supporting the People’s Portraits project and
all Members present expressed their thanks.
The new Mistress, Susan Smith, looks set to
continue Girton’s support of the project,
seeing it as a unique collection and an asset
to the college and surrounding area.
Thanks go to the Girton College staff for
their commitment to housing the collection,
Daphne Todd for her organisation, and of
course, Members for giving so generously
of their work. Anyone who has yet to pay
a visit should make an attempt to do so.
The Mistress and staff at Girton continue
to invest their time to showcase and
present the work to students and visitors.
Given the ever expanding nature of the
collection, the college recently installed a
further phase of track lighting in order to
display new work and increase the quality
experience for visitors.
Donations in 2009 came from Anastasia
Pollard and Jason Bowyer, and were
unveiled by Sir Christopher Ondaatje at a
sunny reception on the 26th September.
Sir Christopher also took the opportunity to
donate a painting of his own to the
collection, a portrait of him painted by
Andrew Festing PPRP.
Jason’s portrait of Eamonn Sylvester
entitled ‘The Offering’ depicts the artist’s
friend, an amateur football player, coach
and supporter of his local football team.
“He stands for the true supporter, the
life-blood of the game”. The story behind
the face of Anastasia Pollard’s portrait,
‘Nick’, is that of a joiner’s apprentice who
moved on to work in the construction
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‘The Offering’ by Jason Bowyer RP, PNEAC, PS
Girton very much welcomes visitors to view
the People’s Portraits Collection. The
exhibition is open to the public 2-4pm daily
but may be seen at other times by prior
arrangement. Groups wishing to visit
should book in advance. For all enquiries,
please call 01223 338901, email
[email protected] or visit:
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/about/peoplesportraits-exhibition/
‘Nick’ by Anastasia Pollard RP
The Bursary Year 2008-9
painted individuals? Being in a room with
three people was a sensory chaos. Drawing
helped me to begin the picture, by limiting
the information and by making some order
out of the confusion. A mixture of this and
painting from life helped me to understand
better how to set about this challenge.
It doesn’t get any easier, trying to
paint a portrait. But having
completed the year, I now feel that I
can see more clearly what I am after.
When I am with a sitter I am more confident
of my ability and of knowing what to look
for. This is all due to the practice I have had
with models and other sitters that the
bursary enabled me to have much more
frequently than before.
I am very grateful to the Bulldog Trust and
the de Lazlo Foundation for what they have
given me, and to Alastair and Andy at the
Royal Society of Portrait Painters for being
so understanding and encouraging to the
needs and methods of my painting. I
recommend this bursary to every artist who
is serious about painting portraits.
I decided not to rent a studio space but to
continue working in the studio space where
I live. I did make a visit to Antony Williams’
studio and his dedication and humility was
an inspiration.
Daniel Shadbolt
‘Self-portrait’ by Daniel Shadbolt
At the beginning of the year, I bought
(alongside painting materials) tools, a mitre
cutter, workbench, saw and timber. This
stretcher building facility led me to be more
experimental and responsible in terms of
composition. I began to extend paintings,
and the process gave me an increased sense
of pictorial freedom. Compositions could
now develop and grow. I made some
stretchers as large as would fit out the door
and down the stairs.
I questioned myself: what did I want to
paint and how could I make it? I began to
spend longer looking at the paintings in the
evenings and this gave me ideas. Drawing
became essential at this point for trying out
these ideas and for testing the possibilities.
I had worked occasionally from
photographs but recently discovered that
drawings I had made from the subject were
far more decisive and informative to work
from. This I felt to be a real development to
the individual character of my paintings.
I remember thinking that the engagement
with the sitter was the most important thing
to convey in a portrait. How successfully a
picture achieved this was tied up with how
well something was actually seen. I wanted
to capture this in the essential relationships
of colour and form, but also in the
connectedness of the painted mark to the
observation. I think I had to lose this
engagement in the painting in order to
realise its importance.
The most ambitious portrait I have
attempted is nearing completion. It is a
family portrait of a sitter I had worked with
regularly for more than a year. How was
I to go about painting a multi-figure
composition when previously I had only
‘Claire’ by Daniel Shadbolt
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Trevor Stubley (1932-2010)
A great big barrel of a Yorkshire
man, Trevor, made an Honorary
Member in 2003, served the
Society well as it’s Vice President
from 1994 to 1999.
Impressed by his great common sense, very
forthrightly expressed at our AGMs, I
diffidently asked him to stand for election
alongside me, only too aware that the time
and distance involved may in fact have
continued to keep our hierarchy London-
centric. “But I ‘ate Southerners!” he said.
Never have I been so glad that my parents
were in York for my birth. In the event,
Trevor gained more votes for his position
than I did for mine (for which he was
touchingly and modestly surprised and
grateful), and proved a staunch support. He
would often drive down the A1 for the
frequent meetings in his trusty transit van,
in which he would spend the night, parked
in some back street. For many years that
same van provided a mobile studio for
Trevor and his wife Valerie during their
annual month abroad. Within weeks of their
return, the rich harvest of his sunny
watercolours, efficiently framed and
photographed for the invitation cards,
would fill the walls of his eponymous
gallery in Holmfirth.
Trevor was a prodigious producer of work.
Besides 500 commissioned portraits, which
included H.M. The Queen, he illustrated
some 400 children’s books. That expertise
he put to generous use in the improvement
of our catalogue, bringing it into full colour
for the first time and helping to make very
substantial savings on its cost.
‘Nigel Hinchliffe in Chinatown, Manchester’ (detail)
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Sometimes the conflicting attractions of his
beloved Yorkshire and the RP proved
problematic. Determined to support the
annual dinner he once dutifully turned up in
full fig, with Valerie at his side resplendent
in gold lamé. Hardly were they seated at the
top table than they rose to catch the last
train to Huddersfield in order to honour a
teaching commitment of Valerie’s the
following morning, leaving some of our
honoured guests…including Max Hastings,
I think, dumbfounded.
‘Self-portrait’ by Trevor Stubley RP, RBA, RSW, RWS
Sadly, this hectic pace of life took its toll and
Trevor suffered a stroke shortly before
completing his six year term of office. He
reduced his portrait work but continued to
exhibit frequently in the North. I attended a
delightful retrospective of his at Upper Mill.
Having lost my way in the dark and the rain
round Manchester, I missed the private
view and was given a typically generous
welcome the following day with the added
advantage of also visiting his Holmfirth
gallery, which was featuring the lyrical
works from imagination, freed from
commission constraints, upon which he
began to concentrate. When Valerie died
last year, the light went out.
We shared the same birthday, so never
forgot. Now, no new colourful Stubley card
will arrive. We will all miss him.
Daphne Todd
Selection Day
This year, the eight members on the
selection panel took about eight
and a half hours to look at 822
submissions.
All eight of us paint in very different ways
and quite a few excited discussions went on
throughout the day.
We normally view in two rounds, where we
initially have a lot more ‘D’s (doubtfuls) than
‘A’s (acceptances) because it’s good to have
another look in the context of having seen
the whole 822. It is also important to keep
an overview, whilst selecting, of what the
resulting show might look like so that the
selection is an eclectic mix.
It’s quite an intense business as we try to be
as fair as possible, not looking at names, but
making our judgements purely from the
images put before us. We are looking for
paintings that catch the eye with a
combination of skill, composition, good and
intelligent use of colour, humour, expression
and energy, as well as offering insight into
the subject. We want to see that pure
passion for painting and drawing that we
feel ourselves as artists.
We hope you enjoy our selection.
Robin-Lee Hall
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Annual Open Award Winners 2009
From top left to right:
‘Valentina’ by Anastasia Pollard,
Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture;
‘Thelma’ by Neil B. Helyard,
The Prince of Wales’s Award
for Portrait Drawing ‘Mrs
Edmondson’ by Anthony
Connolly, The Changing Faces
Prize; ‘Portrait of Adam’ by
Amin Milani, The Arts Club
Award; ‘Margaret Bent CBE FBA’
by Emma Wesley, de Laszlo
Prize for Best Portrait by an
under 35 year old.
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The Ondaatje Prize
for Portraiture
in association with
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters
The President, Council and Members are enormously grateful to
Sir Christopher Ondaatje CBE, OC, and the Ondaatje Foundation for their
generous sponsorship of this major annual award to the painter
of the most distinguished portrait of the year.
The prize was launched in 1995 and took the form of a commission to
paint our Patron H.M. The Queen, for the Society. From 1996, the Prize has
taken the form of a cheque in addition to the Society’s Gold Medal.
The year, 2010, sees the prize money at £10,000.
Previous Prize Winners
1995 Antony Williams 1996 Desmond Healy
1997 Thom Winterburn 1998 Paul Brason 1999 John Ward CBE
2000 Leonard Rosoman OBE, RA 2001 Daphne Todd OBE
2002 Martin Yeoman 2003 Michael Reynolds 2004 Howard J. Morgan
2005 John H. Wonnacott 2006 Saied Dai 2007 Tom Coates
2008 James Lloyd 2009 Anastasia Pollard
The de Laszlo
Foundation Award
The Society wishes to acknowledge the considerable
interest shown by The de Laszlo Foundation in encouraging young artists
and furthering the aims of The Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
We are pleased to announce that the Silver Medal together with
a cheque for £3,000 will be awarded to the artist, aged thirty five or under,
judged to have submitted the best portrait.
The President, Council and Members wish to express their gratitude
to The de Laszlo Foundation for instigating this award.
Previous Prize Winners
(Awarded by The Carroll Foundation until 2003)
1990 David Quirke 1992 Nahem Shoa 1993 Richard Smith
1994 Haydn Cottam 1995 Antony Williams 1996 Frances Turner 1997 Francis Terry
1998 Andrew James 1999 James Lloyd 2000 T. M. J. Leveritt 2001 James Schneider
2002 Benjamin Sullivan 2003 Francisco Centofanti 2004 Brendan Kelly
2005 Emma Wesley 2006 Frances Bell 2007 Patrick Bremer
2008 Ruth Murray 2009 Emma Wesley
CLARENCE HOUSE
The Prince of Wales’s Award
for Portrait Drawing
The President, Council and Members are deeply grateful to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales
for The Prince of Wales’s Award for Portrait Drawing, a framed certificate and
a cheque for £2,000, which is made annually.
Previous Prize Winners
1999 Nicholas Cochrane 2000 Tom Coates 2001 Sheldon Hutchinson
2002 Peter Kuhfeld 2003 Warren Baldwin 2004 Anthony Connolly 2005 Toby Wiggins
2006 Thomas Lumley 2007 Saied Dai 2008 Peter Brown 2009 Neil B. Helyard
The Changing Faces Prize
When you look at someone with a disfigurement, do you see the scars, facial markings or unusual
features and think it must be the worst thing that could have happened to them? Or do you see a
confident communicator, an attractive person with skills, talents and personality capable of leading
a successful life?
The new Changing Faces Prize is awarded to the artist whose portrait best conveys the ener gy of
their subject, the directness of their gaze and an attitude that exudes openness and confidence.
The Prize is a £2,000 commission to produce a portrait of a person with a disfigurement for the new
Changing Faces Collection.
This year’s Prize will be the first commission for the collection which aims to show the public that
a person’s distinctive scar, colourful mark or unusual feature is just one part of their overall picture.
We look forward to congratulating the prize winner.
JW James Partridge OBE, DSc (Hon), FRCSEd (Hon)
Founder and Chief Executive, Changing Faces
Previous Changing Faces Prize Winners
2002 Michael Taylor 2003 Jason Bowyer NEAC 2004 Alastair C. Adams 2005 Jean-Paul Tibbles
2006 Toby Wiggins 2007 Brendan Kelly 2008 Hynek Martinec 2009 Anthony Connolly
The Arts Club Award
The President, Council and Members would like to express their thanks to
The Arts Club for The Arts Club Award, as judged by The Arts Club Committee.
The Award comprises one year’s complimentary membership to The Arts Club,
eligible to an artist showing work at the 2010 exhibition.
Previous Prize Winners
2004 Antony Williams 2005 Jennifer Anderson
2006 Valeriy Gridnev 2007 Robbie Wraith and Linda Atherton
2008 Keith Breeden and Richard Brazier 2009 Amin Milani
Artists General Benevolent Institution
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Patron: H.R.H the Prince of Wales
You may consider making a bequest to the Royal Society of
Portrait Painters, which specifically promotes traditional values in
figurative painting and receives no public funding.
Founded in 1814 by JMW Turner, the Artists General Benevolent
Institution provides help to professional artists and their
dependents in times of difficulty.
Funds are always needed and donations of any amounts are
gratefully received and acknowledged.
Please send your donation to:
The Secretary
Artists General Benevolent Institution
Burlington House, Piccadilly
London W1J 0BB
Registered Charity No. 212667
If you would like further information, please write to:
Melissa Scott-Miller
Hon. Secretary
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
17 Carlton House Terrace
London SW1Y 5BD
Telephone 020 7930 6844
Registered Charity No. 327460
The Bulldog Trust
2, Temple Place, London WC2R 3BD
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is extremely grateful for the generosity of the Bulldog Trust in
setting-up the Bulldog Bursary for Excellence. This is a bursary of £5,000 given annually to an
up-and-coming portrait painter. The winner is chosen by the President and Council of the RP after a
national call for entries. As well as receiving the Bursary, during the year the recipient is mentored
by members of their choice from the Society.
The winner for 2009-2010 is David Caldwell, whose ‘Portrait of Justin Currie’ and ‘Self-portrait’ are
both shown in the exhibition.
The Bulldog Trust support the development of talent across the arts, they set up the Bulldog Bursary
with the RP to encourage the perpetuation of the skills and excellence involved in professional
portraiture. We are delighted to be able to offer the winner the truly unique opportunity of learning
this art from the UK’s master portrait painters themselves.
The de Laszlo Foundation
The de Laszlo Foundation has very kindly offered the de Laszlo Scholarship of £2,500 to be given to
the winner of the Bulldog Bursary to enable him/her to pursue their studies in greater depth during
the year. The RP would also like to thank them for their wonderful support.
The bursary is selected in May each year, and anyone interested in entering should call the
Federation of British Artists on 020 7930 6844, follow the link at www.therp.co.uk or email:
[email protected].
Previous Prize Winners
2007 Joseph Galvin 2008 Daniel Shadbolt 2009 David Caldwell
Annual Exhibition 2010
Alastair Adams PRP
Mr and Mrs Gapper
100 x 130 cms (39 x 51 ins)
Oil
22
Paul Brason PPRP
Patrick Cescau,
Group Chief
Executive, Unilever
76 x 102 cms
(30 x 40 ins)
Oil
23
Jason Bowyer RP, PNEAC, PS
Shelley Thomas,
Blacksmith
152 x 152 cms
(60 x 60 ins)
Oil
24
Dicky
30 x 28 cms
(12 x 11 ins)
Charcoal
25
Keith Breeden RP
The Rt. Hon. Lord Morris
of Aberavon KG QC,
Chancellor of The
University of Glamorgan
2002 –.
97 x 86 cms (38 x 34 ins)
Oil
Courtesy of The University
of Glamorgan
26
Dr. Judith Hulf CBE FRCP FRCA
President of The Royal College
of Anaesthetists 2006 – 2009
76 x 71 cms (30 x 28 ins)
Oil
Courtesy of The Royal College
of Anaesthetists
27
Tom Coates RP, PPNEAC, Hon. RBA, PPPS, RWA, RWS
Ilisabeta Soqo
51 x 41 cms (20 x 16 ins)
Oil
28
Pat Doyle
61 x 51 cms (24 x 20 ins)
Oil
29
David Cobley RP, NEAC, RWA
Girl with wet hair
30 x 29 cms (12 x 11 ins)
Pastel
30
Nigel
92 x 117 cms (36 x 46 ins)
Oil
31
Saied Dai RP, NEAC
Young woman
Actor
38 x 25 cms (15 x 10 ins)
26 x 19 cms (10 x 8 ins)
Conté & charcoal
Pencil
32
Lotty
56 x 43 cms (22 x 17 ins)
Oil
Collection Richard Hall
33
Anthony Connolly RP
Inigo
40 x 33 cms (16 x 13 ins)
Pencil
34
Simon Davis RP, RBSA
Tom, Ben and Joe
(Triptych)
61 x 35 cms (24 x 14 ins)
Oil
I was commissioned by the subjects’ parents, Kate and Roger, to paint a portrait that captured
their sons’ love of sports and the outdoors, while also illustrating their individuality. We settled on
a triptych as a solution for this, with perhaps a tree to unite all three pieces with it’s implications
of family and stability.
When I visited them in June, it was a gloriously sunny day, so we all went to Chiswick Park to
take the photographs from which I’d later work. We threw a rugby ball around a bit so we were
all nicely relaxed, and then looked around for a suitable tree for our background.
I wanted the paintings to reflect the boys’ youth and energy, and as it was to be a triptych,
I was free to settle on a taller format and use a palette and light sources that could slightly change
between each portrait.
35
John Edwards RP
Jocasta
51 x 41 cms (20 x 16 ins)
Pencil
36
Valeriy Gridnev Assoc. RP, PS, ROI
Lord Clifford of Chudleigh
105 x 88 cms (42 x 35 ins)
Oil
37
Andrew Festing MBE, PPRP
Portrait of Jim Winter
183 x 102 cms (72 x 40 ins)
Oil
38
Portrait of Alice Warrender
Portrait of Camilla Moore-Gwyn
91 x 71 cms (36 x 28 ins)
81 x 61 cms (32 x 24 ins)
Oil
Oil
39
Richard Foster RP
Richard Dray Esq.
71 x 92 cms (28 x 36 ins)
Oil
Hamish Leslie-Melville Esq.
46 x 36 cms (18 x 14 ins)
Oil
40
The Carington family
71 x 92 cms (28 x 36 ins)
Oil
41
David Graham RP
Bob Remaut
90 x 81 cms (36 x 32 ins)
Oil
42
Leylah de Prada
Fatima
77 x 71 cm (30 x 28 ins)
77 x 66 cms (30 x 26 ins)
Oil
Oil
43
Robin-Lee Hall RP
Joy
71 x 61 cms (28 x 24 ins)
Egg tempera
I work in the ancient medium of egg
tempera; making up my paint from
pure powdered pigment, the yolk of
a chicken’s egg and a little distilled
water. I lay down the paint on
prepared gesso panels; the whiteness
of the plaster glinting through the
matrix of many cross-hatched
coloured layers like light through
stained glass. It is very labour
intensive but rewarding.
Joy is my best friend’s mother
and an ideal subject for the medium.
She has lived and worked for nearly
all her life in Ladywell, in a beautiful
old Victorian house.
I’m donating this portrait to
Girton College, Cambridge, for their
permanent collection of People’s
Portraits. The collection represents
ordinary people from all walks of life
in the United Kingdom today. When
asking Joy what she thought of her
finished portrait, she laughed and
replied, “It shows all me veins up!”
44
Sheldon Hutchinson RP
Magda
59 x 42 cms (23 x 17 ins)
Pencil
Magda is a delightful, utterly Anglophile,
Polish girl who speaks better English than
most of us. A generous hostess, she organises
parties where people act out obscure English
idioms.
She dances in a way I've seen no other
human being dance, with seemingly
impossible leaps and alarming gestures. In
fact, I sometimes wonder if she is actually
human and not a benign woodland elf. She
can climb trees unnaturally quickly and she
can summon cats.
The tattoo is the Chinese character for a
fish because she’s Piscean. It’s the simplified
version the communists created. The
traditional version is more florid.
This drawing took seventeen mornings.
It has front lighting (the window was behind
me), which can flatten the form but is good
for capturing the subtle detail in an elfin body
that is both smooth and vigorous.
45
Andrew James VPRP
Rosa
84 x 63 cms (33 x 25 ins)
Oil
46
Brendan Kelly RP
Inzamam-ul-Haq
152 x 152 cms
(60 x 60 ins)
Oil
Courtesy of Marylebone
Cricket Club
47
Binny Matthews Assoc. RP
John Palmer
91 x 122 cms (36 x 48 ins)
Oil
48
This portrait of John Palmer marks his 40th year with Palmer’s Brewery in Dorset.
John’s life and personality is so bound up with the place that I wanted the brewery
not to be an incidental background, but integral to the painting as a whole. The
portrait was painted directly from life, in situ; the room sometimes thick with steam
and filled with the heady smell of malted barley and hops.
Sergei Pavlenko Assoc. RP
The Most Hon. The Marquess of Northampton
Pro Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of
England 2001 – 2009
218 x 142 cms (86 x 56 ins)
Oil
49
James Lloyd RP
Caroline
71 x 61 cms
(28 x 24 ins)
Oil
50
Mitch
46 x 51 cms
(18 x 20 ins)
Oil
51
June Mendoza OBE, RP, ROI, Hon. SWA
Connections.
Elliet, Ashley, Lee and Kim
162 x 140 cms (64 x 55 ins)
Oil
This one is for me. My children. Done
from memory, imagination, reference
and borrowed cellos, violins, boots,
jewellery etc. It started conventionally
with a background, which I didn’t want
or need, as I preferred the painting and
personal inter-relationship shapes of
the figures. So out it came, and in came
the nonsense doodles with all sorts of
personal references to my beloveds.
52
Sculptor Philip Jackson CVO DL
102 x 126 cms (40 x 50 ins)
Oil
On one of my tutoring stints at West Dean College there was this stunning
exhibition of Philip Jackson’s sculptures scattered superbly around the
grounds. Fate finally had us meet, and a portrait ensued. Oh the joys of
working with another artist, and in his Midhurst studio. As I was finishing
my background, Philip was working behind me, up on his scaffolding, on
one of his normal 15-20 foot sculptures. A charming man.
53
Anthony Morris RP, NEAC
Rupert Ainley
Rebecca Tkal
76 x 61 cms (30 x 24 ins)
76 x 51 cms (30 x 20 ins)
Oil
Oil
54
Sir Christian Bonington CBE
Chancellor of Lancaster University
127 x 102 cms (50 x 40 ins)
Oil
By kind permission of Lancaster University
55
Michael Noakes RP
The Rt Hon. Lord Paul of Marylebone, P.C.
Chancellor The University of Westminster, 2006 –.
Bruce Forsyth, Esq., C.B.E.
Study for portrait
102 x 76 cms (40 x 30 ins)
107 x 43 cms (42 x 17 ins)
Oil
Oil
56
Bruce Forsyth, Esq., C.B.E. at Wentworth
102 x 127 cms (40 x 50 ins)
Oil
57
Tai-Shan Schierenberg Hon. RP
After Zurbaran
30 x 25 cms (12 x 10 ins)
Oil
58
Neale Worley RP, NEAC
John
(work in progress)
112 x 86 cms (44 x 34 ins)
Oil
59
Anastasia Pollard RP
Emily
20 x 16 cms (8 x 6 ins)
Oil
60
Alyona
Sonia
30 x 23 cms (12 x 9 ins)
30 x 23 cms (12 x 9 ins)
Oil
Oil
61
Susan Ryder RP, NEAC
Alastair and Caroline Stoddart
76 x 91 cms (30 x 36 ins)
Oil
62
Miss Tania Longva
The Linnett family
81 x 66 cms (32 x 26 ins)
91 x 107 cms (36 x 42 ins)
Oil
Oil
63
Stephen Shankland RP
Me & Miyagi
760 x 60 cms (24 x 24 ins)
Oil & gold leaf
An autobiographical
self-portrait with our new
cat. It is influenced by
Japonisme that occurred
in the late 19th Century
and the oriental objects
that we've collected on
display around our house.
They say you're never
more than a few feet away
from a rat. In my house
you're never more than a
few feet away from a piece
of my son’s Lego!
64
Generations
79 x 61 cms (31 x 24 ins)
Oil & gold leaf
A portrait set in Arbroath Abbey. It was the
light filtration through the window within the
Monks’ Quarters Cellar that really captured
me. The title refers to the mother and son, and
her reflection on generations past, present and
soon to come. The Abbey had quite a
meditative quality, heightened by the glorious
sunshine outside against the cool interior.
65
Jeff Stultiens RP
Lute, flute and violin
150 x 130 cms (59 x 51 ins)
Oil
There is no logic to this particular
combination of instruments, other
than to reflect some of the musical
interests of the artist’s family. Despite
my relationship to the sitters, I am
trying to view pictorial matters with a
certain sense of detachment. This is
an assembly of figures at practice, an
attempt to show the relationship
between individuals, their variety of
size and stance and, in this case, their
absorption with the use of difficult
musical instruments.
66
Financial crisis – model reading the FT
Man with a folding chair
150 x 120 cms (59 x 47 ins)
150 x 110 cms (59 x 43 ins)
Oil
Oil
Part of a larger body of work dealing with the human figure –
the painting was developed initially during the model’s rest
periods, to a background of news about the unravelling of the
great financial bulwarks of society. Apart from the level of
humour intended, for me there is always great artistic
potential in the act of the figure reading.
This painting is one of a series in which I am observing
the interaction of figures and chairs, where both items
are considered of equal visual importance. According to
position, the varying structural and dynamic relationships
afford an endless source of material. I find great appeal
in such unnoticed everyday actions and by the somewhat
enigmatic nature of the images that can result.
67
Daphne Todd OBE, PPRP, NEAC, Hon. SWA
David and Millie
Messum at
Lord’s Wood
92 x 92 cms
(36 x 36 ins)
Oil
68
Tim Dutton Q.C.
92 x 53 cms (36 x 21 ins)
Oil
69
John Walton RP
Alice Maud Walton
Lady with dog & country seat
38 x 31 cms ( 15 x 12 ins)
41 x 38 cm (16 x 15 ins)
Oil
Mixed media
70
Karen Le Roux
87 x 66 cms (34 x 26 ins)
Oil
71
Emma Wesley RP
Jack Straw MP
89 x 56 cms (35 x 22 ins)
Oil
72
“Death thou Art a Mower Too”
Portrait of Sarah Ward, hop farmer
117 x 78 cm (46 X 31 ins)
Oil
73
Toby Wiggins RP
The Hayes family
99 x 153 cms (39 x 60 ins)
Oil
74
Esther
30 x 24 cms (12 x 10 ins)
Oil
Carlo
70 x 60 cms (28 x 24 ins)
Oil
75
John Wonnacott Hon. RP
Lord and Lady Palmer at Manderston
The silver staircase
142 x 111 cms (56 x 44 ins)
Oil
On the suggestion of producer Steven Evans,
I followed a film crew to Manderston last
summer to draw and paint as they began
shooting scenes for his latest movie, Cosi; an
enchanted romp around a country house
production of Cosi Fan Tutti to the glorious
soundtrack of Mozart’s music. The painting
opposite was intended as a half size
preparation for a ten foot epic, with Richard
E Grant (playing the owner of Maberley, with
the ambitions to sing Don Alfonso) greeting
his co-star Sarah Brightman (in the film, his
conductor and passion) across the famous
Manderston silver staircase. The roller
coaster spatial curve of the staircase would
have been enriched in the large painting,
which sadly never happened, by interaction
with all the glorious industrial chaos of grips
and cameras and cables and directors. At
least the simpler five foot study has come to
some conclusion and I must thank Lord and
Lady Palmer for giving their time so
generously to understudy the absent stars.
76
Three studies for a portrait of
Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Lewin
of Greenwich
46 x 112 cms (18 x 44 ins)
Pencil
The portrait heads in my grand conversation
piece are built with the aid of multiple sketches
like the three drawings above. These were
made for a 12 foot Painted Hall portrait of the
Fleet Lord Lewin, which can be seen in the
Queen’s House of the National Maritime
Museum.
77
Robbie Wraith RP
Tiffany Thomas
43 x 33 cms (17 x 13 ins)
Charcoal
78
Catalogue 2010
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
ALASTAIR ADAMS PRP
Alex Timpson
Oil
76 x 76 cms (30 x 30 ins)
NFS
Mr and Mrs Gapper
Oil
100 x 130 cms (39 x 51 ins)
NFS
Dr. Mark Nicholls, President and Librarian,
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Charcoal
46 x 33 cms (18 x 13 ins)
NFS
MICHAEL ALAN-KIDD
Self-portrait
Acrylic
40 x 39 cms (16 x 15 ins)
£895
JAMES ALLEN
Zoe and Samir
Oil
120 x 90 cms (47 x 35 ins)
£8,000
VICTOR AMBRUS RE, PS, ARCA
Jo
Conté
47 x 58 cms (18 x 23 ins)
£1,200
Dennis Jones
Carbon
36 x 36 (14 x 14 ins)
£950
FREDA ANDERSON
(Invited by Robin-Lee Hall RP)
John in his painting apron
Watercolour
67 x 57 cms (27 x 23 ins)
£1,300
KASIA ANDREWS
(Art Liberating Lives selection)
Foetal
Oil
29 x 46 cms (11 x 18 ins)
£900
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
ALDO BALDING
Sarah’s story
Oil
28 x 22 cms (11 x 9 ins)
£7,500
19
CAROLINE BAYS
New scarf
Oil
46 x 38 cms (18 x 15 ins)
£1,400
20
FRANCES BELL
Mauro
Oil
45 x 45 cms (18 x 18 ins)
NFS
MICHAEL DE BONO
Twilight daydream
Oil
37 x 44 cms (15 x 17 ins)
NFS
JASON BOWYER RP, PNEAC, PS
Shelley Thomas, Blacksmith
Oil
152 x 152 cms (60 x 60 ins)
£15,000
17
Dicky
Charcoal
30 x 28 cms (12 x 11 ins)
£950
18
Paul Lynch, The Mayor of Hounslow
Charcoal
64 x 56 cms (25 x 22 ins)
NFS
PAUL BRASON PPRP
Will, a bigger conversation
Oil
122 x 152 cms (48 x 60 ins)
NFS
21
Patrick Cescau,
Group Chief Executive, Unilever
Oil
76 x 102 cms (30 x 40 ins)
NFS
22
Dr John Hood, Vice Chancellor,
Oxford University
Oil
102 x 76 cms (40 x 30 ins)
NFS
PAUL S BENNEY
The three sisters
Oil
205 x 150 cms (81 x 59 ins)
NFS
GARY BLYTHE
Lin
Acrylic
545 x 430 cms (215 x 169 ins)
£3,000
Chic
Charcoal
36 x 38 cms (14 x 11 ins)
£950
23
KEITH BREEDEN RP
Dr. Judith Hulf CBE FRCP FRCA
President of The Royal College of
Anaesthetists 2006 – 2009
(Courtesy of The Royal College of
Anaesthetists)
Oil
76 x 71 cms (28 x 30 ins)
NFS
24
The Rt. Hon. Lord Morris of Aberavon KG QC,
Chancellor of The University of Glamorgan
2002 –.
(Courtesy of The University of Glamorgan)
Oil
97 x 86 cms (38 x 34 ins)
NFS
25
Professor David Halton, Vice Chancellor of
The University of Glamorgan 2005 – 2010
Oil
117 x 76 cms (46 x 30 ins)
NFS
26
Untitled
Mixed media
61 x 61 cms (24 x 24 ins)
NFS
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
RUPERT W BROOKS
Fifteen buttons
Oil
57 x 87 cms (22 x 34 ins)
£1,950
PETER BROWN NEAC, PS, ROI
Self-portrait
Oil
27 x 18 cms (11 x 7 ins)
£1,500
VINCENT BROWN
Anthony Beeson Esq. & Æthelson
Oil
124 x 108 cms (49 x 43 ins)
NFS
DAVID CALDWELL
(Bulldog Bursary recipient 2009 – 2010)
Portrait of Justin Currie
Oil
170 x 120 cms (67 x 47 ins)
£3,600
Self-portrait
Oil
20 x 20 cms (8 x 8 ins)
£1,200
Untitled
Etching A/P
Edition of 10 (10 available)
20 x 13 cms (8 x 5 ins)
NFS
Unframed £100
45
DAVID COBLEY RP, NEAC, RWA
Nigel
Oil
92 x 117 cms (36 x 46 ins)
NFS
Untitled
Oil
43 x 35 cms (17 x 14 ins)
NFS
46
D'où venons-nous? Que sommes-nous?
Où allons-nous?
Oil
92 x 92 cms (36 x 36 ins)
NFS
Untitled
Oil
20 x 15 cms (8 x 6 ins)
NFS
47
Ilisabeta Soqo
Oil
51 x 41 cms (20 x 16 ins)
£2,000
36
Girl with red headscarf
Oil
51 x 30 cms (20 x 12 ins)
£2,000
37
38
39
40
COYAN CARDENAS
Practicing being dead
Oil
75 x 70 cms (30 x 28 ins)
£1,500
41
TRISHA CLARIDGE
U. A. Fanthorpe
Oil
97 x 127 cms (38 x 50 ins)
NFS
42
TOM COATES RP, PPNEAC,
Hon.RBA, PPPS, RWA, RWS
Pat Doyle
Oil
61 x 51 cms (24 x 20 ins)
£3,000
44
35
43
Study for a portrait
Oil
46 x 46 cms (18 x 18 ins)
NFS
Girl with wet hair
Pastel
30 x 29 cms (12 x 11 ins)
NFS
48
49
BENJAMIN COHEN
Study of a head VII
Oil
110 x 75 cms (43 x 30 ins)
NFS
RICHARD COMBES ROI
Three volumes
Oil
153 x 122 cms (60 x 48 ins)
£18,000
ANTHONY CONNOLLY RP
Inigo
Pencil
40 x 33 cms (16 x 13 ins)
NFS
50
ALAN COULSON
Ciara
Pencil
50 x 40 cms (20 x 16 ins)
£1,900
NIGEL COX
Charlie Stock
Oil
48 x 42 cms (19 x 17 ins)
£3,300
SALLY CUTLER
Dulwich heads
Linocut & lead type
Edition of 40 (40 available)
52 x 52 cms (21 x 21 ins)
£450
Unframed £420
SAIED DAI RP, NEAC
Lotty
Oil
56 x 43 cms (22 x 17 ins)
NFS
51
Actor
Pencil
26 x 19 cms (10 x 8 ins)
£1,800
52
Young woman
Conté & charcoal
38 x 25 cms (15 x 10 ins)
£1,800
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
SIMON DAVIS RP, RBSA
Tom, Ben and Joe
Oil
Triptych 61 x 35 cms (24 x 14 ins)
NFS
Inns of Court
Oil
61 x 51 cms (24 x 20 ins)
NFS
Claire and Ella
Oil
92 x 71 cms (36 x 28 ins)
NFS
SAM DALBY
Sue Vickerman
Oil
64 x 54 cms (25 x 21 ins)
NFS
ROGER DELLAR ROI, RI, PS
Andy Ferrer, chef
Charcoal & conté
43 x 38 cms (17 x 15 ins)
£475
CLARA DRUMMOND
The Emperor’s stitch
Pencil
102 x 200 cms (40 x 79 ins)
NFS
JOHN EDWARDS RP
A Patrician
The artist’s wife, Pat
Oil
91 x 71 cms (36 x 28 ins)
POA
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
Salome
Charcoal
46 x 61 cms (18 x 24 ins)
£2,000
Jocasta
Pencil
51 x 41 cms (20 x 16 ins)
£1,500
70
Une savage
Family of Caractacus
Red chalk
46 x 61 cms (18 x 24 ins)
£3,000
MADELINE FENTON
Celebration
Oil
35 x 32 cms (14 x 13 ins)
£1,250
ANDREW FESTING MBE, PPRP
Portrait of Jim Winter
Oil
183 x 102 cms (72 x 40 ins)
NFS
Portrait of Camilla Moore-Gwyn
Oil
81 x 61 cms (32 x 24 ins)
NFS
71
The Carington family
Oil
71 x 92 cms (28 x 36 ins)
NFS
72
Hamish Leslie-Melville Esq.
Oil
46 x 36 cms (18 x 14 ins)
NFS
73
Katrina
Watercolour
40 x 30 cms (16 x 12 ins)
NFS
74
75
Portrait of Alice Warrender
Oil
91 x 71 cms (36 x 28 ins)
NFS
NANCY FLETCHER
Portrait of Sylvia
Oil
48 x 48 cms (19 x 19 ins)
£3,500
Portrait of Miss Young
Oil
30 x 23 cms (12 x 9 ins)
£1,500
ALEX RUSSELL FLINT
Magdalena
Oil
28 x 32 cms (11 x 13 ins)
£5,000
RICHARD FOSTER RP
Richard Dray Esq.
Oil
71 x 92 cms (28 x 36 ins)
NFS
76
RICHARD GALE
F in shadow
Charcoal
43 x 42 cms (17 x 16 ins)
NFS
JOSEPH GALVIN
Self-portrait
Oil
46 x 36 cms (18 x 14 ins)
£1,500
DAVID GRAHAM RP
Fatima
Oil
77 x 66 cms (30 x 26 ins)
NFS
77
Bob Remaut
Oil
90 x 81 cms (36 x 32 ins)
NFS
78
Leylah de Prada
Oil
77 x 71 cm (30 x 28 ins)
£7,500
79
80
LYN GRAY
Gladys in her sitting room
Oil
53 x 43 cms (21 x 17 ins)
£450
VALERIY GRIDNEV Assoc. RP, PS, ROI
Lord Clifford of Chudleigh
Oil
105 x 88 cms (42 x 35 ins)
NFS
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
ROBIN-LEE HALL RP
The Pyrford Princess
Egg tempera
20 x 15 cms (8 x 6 ins)
£2,250
Joy
Egg tempera
71 x 61 cms (28 x 24 ins)
NFS
GEOFFREY HAYZER RP
Eve
Oil
80 x 69 cms (31 x 27 ins)
NFS
90
91
92
Eve
Charcoal
60 x 51 cms (24 x 20 ins)
£1,500
A fond farewell
Charcoal
43 x 41 cms (17 x 16 ins)
NFS
Study
Charcoal
76 x 58 cms (30 x 23 ins)
£1,500
WIM HELDENS
N.Y.P.D.
Oil
132 x 81 cms (52 x 32 ins)
£20,000
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NINNI HELDT
Ramyah
Oil
42 x 36 cms (17 x 14 ins)
£3,500
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NEIL B. HELYARD
Katy
Mixed media
38 x 45 cms (15 x 17 ins)
NFS
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JONATHAN HILLS
(Invited by Tom Phillips RA, Hon. RP)
Carmen Brown
Oil
132 x 76 cms (52 x 30 ins)
NFS
KEN HOWARD RA, PPNEAC, FROI,
Hon. RBA, RWA, RWS
Self-portrait 13.02.10
Oil
61 x 30 cms (24 x 12 ins)
£5,500
SHELDON HUTCHINSON RP
Magda
Pencil
59 x 42 cms (23 x 17 ins)
NFS
LUCA INDRACCOLO
(London Atelier of Representational
Art, invited work)
Valentina
Charcoal & chalk
53 x 63 cms (21 x 25 ins)
£800
Mata
Charcoal & chalk
56 x 71 cms (22 x 28 ins)
£800
ANDREW JAMES VPRP
Rosa
Oil
84 x 63 cms (33 x 25 ins)
POA
Self-portrait
Pencil
60 x 52 cms (24 x 20 ins)
POA
LAURENCE KELL
Iona
Oil
47 x 47 cms (19 x 19 ins)
NFS
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99
BRENDAN KELLY RP
Inzamam-ul-Haq
(Courtesy of Marylebone Cricket Club)
Oil
152 x 152 cms (60 x 60 ins)
NFS
PETER KELLY NEAC, RBA
Christina
Oil
30 x 22 cms (12 x 9 ins)
£1,500
EMMA KENNAWAY
100 Ella
Oil
86 x 80 cms (34 x 32 ins)
NFS
ALAN KINGSBURY RWA
101 Self-portrait
Oil
33 x 28 cms (13 x 11 ins)
£2,750
PETER KUHFELD NEAC, RP
102 Cathryn in the red room
Oil
58 x 64 cms (23 x 25 ins)
NFS
103 Head of a girl
Oil
30 x 30 cms (12 x 12 ins)
£5,000
104 Cathryn – study
Pencil & watercolour
51 x 56 cms (20 x 22 ins)
NFS
SUSANNA LISLE
(Invited by Paul Brason PPRP)
105 Polly
Oil
120 x 90 cms (47 x 35 ins)
NFS
JAMES LLOYD RP
106 Mitch
Oil
46 x 51 cms (18 x 20 ins)
£2,000
107 Caroline
Oil
71 x 61 cms (28 x 24 ins)
£4,000
NORMAN LONG
108 Walter Samuel Long
Oil
58 x 66 cms (23 x 26 ins)
NFS
GABRIELLA MARCHINI
109 The dancer
Pencil
75 x 100 cms (30 x 39 ins)
£1,000
ROSAMUND MASON
110 Antonia
Pencil
60 x 42 cms (24 x 17 ins)
£300
BINNY MATTHEWS RP
111 John Palmer
Oil
91 x 122 cms (36 x 48 ins)
NFS
ALAN STEWART McKLUSKEY
(Invited by Stephen Shankland RP)
112 Anna & Lucy
Oil
127 x 71 cms (50 x 28 ins)
£4,000
JUNE MENDOZA OBE, RP, ROI,
Hon. SWA
113 Connections.
Elliet, Ashley, Lee and Kim
Oil
162 x 140 cms (64 x 55 ins)
NFS
114 Sculptor Philip Jackson CVO DL
Oil
102 x 126 cms (40 x 50 ins)
NFS
115 Colin and Ana Barrow
Oil
76 x 102 cms (30 x 40 ins)
NFS
NICHOLAS MERTON
116 Angela
Oil
36 x 43 cms (14 x 17 ins)
NFS
PETER MONKMAN
(Invited by Alastair Adams PRP)
117 Girl, twilight
Oil
120 x 90 cms (47 x 35 ins)
NFS
ANTHONY MORRIS RP, NEAC
118 Sir Christian Bonington CBE
Chancellor of Lancaster University
(By kind permission of Lancaster University)
Oil
127 x 102 cms (50 x 40 ins)
NFS
119 Rebecca Tkal
Oil
76 x 51 cms (30 x 20 ins)
NFS
120 Rupert Ainley
Oil
76 x 61 cms (30 x 24 ins)
NFS
121 Portrait of June
Pastel
70 x 46 cms (23 x 18 ins)
NFS
LUIS MORRIS ROI
122 Winter self-portrait
Oil
53 x 43 cms (21 x 17 ins)
NFS
KEITH MORTON
123 S.R.
Oil
68 x 73 cms (27 x 29 ins)
NFS
DAVID R NEWENS
(Invited by Melissa Scott-Miller RP)
124 Hannah
Oil
102 x 72 cms (40 x 28 ins)
NFS
125
MICHAEL NOAKES RP
The Rt Hon. Lord Paul of Marylebone, P.C.
Chancellor, The University of
Westminster, 2006 –.
Oil
102 x 76 cms (40 x 30 ins)
NFS
126 Bruce Forsyth, Esq., C.B.E.
Study for portrait
Oil
107 x 43 cms (42 x 17 ins)
NFS
127 Bruce Forsyth, Esq., C.B.E.
at Wentworth
Oil
102 x 127 cms (40 x 50 ins)
NFS
TONY NOBLE
128 Portrait of Austin Mitchell MP and his wife
Linda at home in Yorkshire
Oil
130 x 159 cms (51 x 63 ins)
NFS
LIAM O’CONNOR
129 Luke, my brother
Oil
50 x 20 cms (20 x 8 ins)
£800
PETER ORROCK
130 Chris
Acrylic
61 x 63 cms (24 x 25 ins)
£2,500
WILLIAM PACKER NEAC
(Invited by Daphne Todd OBE, PPRP,
NEAC, Hon. SWA)
131 Clare
Oil
94 x 94 cms (37 x 37 ins)
NFS
SERGEI PAVLENKO RP
132 The Most Hon. The Marquess of
Northampton Pro Grand Master,
United Grand Lodge of England
2001 – 2009
Oil
218 x 142 cms (86 x 56 ins)
NFS
133 Children
Oil
100 x 79 cms (39 x 31 ins)
NFS
TOM PHILLIPS RA, Hon. RP
134 Freeman Dyson
Pencil
43 x 37 cms (17 x 15 ins)
NFS
ANASTASIA POLLARD RP
135 Alyona
Oil
30 x 23 cms (12 x 9 ins)
NFS
136 Sonia
Oil
30 x 23 (12 x 9 ins)
£2,500
ROB RICHARDSON
141 Self-portraits
Pencil & charcoal
72 x 75 cms (28 x 30 ins)
£375
NADINE ROBBINS
142 The rolling buns
Oil
122 x 183 cms (48 x 72 ins)
£14,270
ANDERSON B ROBERTSON
143 Barbara
Oil
76 x 96 cms (30 x 38 ins)
£3,000
GILL ROBINSON
144 Winter self-portrait
Watercolour
46 x 56 cms (18 x 22 ins)
£750
KEITH ROBINSON
145 Winning through
Oil
92 x 122 cms (36 x 48 ins)
NFS
137 Emily
Oil
20 x 15 (8 x 6 ins)
NFS
SUSAN RYDER RP, NEAC
146 The Linnett family
Oil
91 x 107 cms (36 x 42 ins)
NFS
EMILY PORTER-SALMON
138 Taffy GCSE
Acrylic
50 x 100 cms (20 x 39 ins)
£3,500
147 Alastair and Caroline Stoddart
Oil
76 x 91cms (30 x 36 ins)
NFS
GEORGINA READ
139 Svet
Charcoal
60 x 87 cms (24 x 34 ins)
£800
SUSAN RELPH PS
140 Emilie, twilight study
Oil
29 x 25 cms (11 x 10 ins)
£1,500
148 Miss Tania Longva
Oil
81 x 66 cms (32 x 26 ins)
NFS
MAYUMI SAITO
149 Yasu
Pencil
25 x 20 cms (10 x 8 ins)
NFS
TAI-SHAN SCHIERENBERG Hon. RP
150 After Zurbaran
Oil
30 x 25 cms (12 x 10 ins)
NFS
151 An English artist in Rome
Oil
213 x 153 cms (84 x 60 ins)
NFS
MELISSA SCOTT-MILLER RP, NEAC
152 Aniteye
Oil
102 x 76 cms (40 x 30 ins)
NFS
153 Adam & Cordelia
Oil
102 x 122 cms (40 x 48 ins)
NFS
154 Dear Min
Oil
102 x 76 cms (40 x 30 ins)
NFS
DANIEL SHADBOLT
155 Toby
Oil
69 x 62 cms (27 x 24 ins)
NFS
STEPHEN SHANKLAND RP
156 Me & Miyagi
Oil & gold leaf
60 x 60 cms (24 x 24 ins)
£6,500
157 Generations
Oil & gold leaf
79 x 61 cms (31 x 24 ins)
£6,500
W. JOHN SHAVE
158 Carol
Oil
70 x 80 cms (28 x 31 ins)
£4,000
YASUNOBU SHIDAMI
159 Self-portrait III
Oil
120 x 120 cms (47 x 47 ins)
NFS
LOUIS SMITH
160 Margaret Davies
Oil
91 x 61 cms (36 x 24 ins)
NFS
CHARLOTTE SORAPURE NEAC
(Invited by Robbie Wraith RP)
161 Michael Rose, (Oberon)
Oil
24 x 16 cms (9 x 6 ins)
£4,250
JOHN SPRINGS
162 Norman Rockwell
Ink
37 x 40 cms (15 x 16 ins)
£2,100
JAMES STEWART
163 Rowan
Oil
60 x 90 cms (24 x 35 ins)
£5,000
The late TREVOR STUBLEY RP,
RBA, RSW, RWS (1932 – 2010)
164 Trevor Stubley, self-portrait with
red scarf
Oil
71 x 61 cms (28 x 24 ins)
NFS
JEFF STULTIENS RP
167 Lute, flute and violin
Oil
150 x 130 cms (59 x 51 ins)
NFS
168 Man with a folding chair
Oil
150 x 110 cms (59 x 43 ins)
NFS
169 Financial crisis – Model reading the FT
Oil
150 x 120 cms (59 x 47 ins)
NFS
170 Dr Chris Morley,
Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge
Pastel
68 x 48 cms (27 x 19 ins)
NFS
BENJAMIN SULLIVAN PR, NEAC
171 Norma Aubertin-Potter
Pencil
57 x 40 cms (23 x 16ins)
NFS
172 Miriam Lygo
Pencil
57 x 40 cms (23 x 16 ins)
NFS
TIMOTHY SUTTON
173 Norris, bingo player
Oil
70 x 55 cms (28 x 22 ins)
£3,000
165 Ayya Khema, in the Buddha-Haus
Oil
137 x 91 cms (54 x 36 ins)
NFS
WILL TEATHER
174 Ana Silvera at Elm Hill
Acrylic
144 x 74 cms (57 x 29 ins)
£6,950
166 Nigel Hinchliffe in Chinatown,
Manchester
Acrylic & oil
178 x 107 cms (70 x 42 ins)
NFS
STEPHEN TEEUW
175 Studio
Oil
52 x 42 cms (20 x 17 ins)
£1,250
JEAN-PAUL TIBBLES
176 Jean left
Oil
46 x 61 cms (18 x 24 ins)
NFS
YANKO TIHOV
177 Face II
Graphite
63 x 55 cms (25 x 22 ins)
£1,750
DAPHNE TODD OBE, PPRP, NEAC,
Hon. SWA
178 Johnny and Rosie Rowell
Oil
Diptych, each panel measures
122 x 61 cms (48 x 24 ins)
NFS
179 David and Millie Messum at
Lord’s Wood
Oil
92 x 92 cms (36 x 36 ins)
NFS
180 Tim Dutton Q.C.
Oil
92 x 53 cms (36 x 21 ins)
NFS
DERMOT TRIMBLE
(Invited by Andrew James VPRP)
181 Fadil
Charcoal & graphite
82 x 69 cms (32 x 27 ins)
£750
182 Jack
Oil
56 x 66 cms (22 x 26 ins)
£1,500
ALEX TZAVARAS
183 Mehmet
Charcoal
55 x 50 cms (22 x 20 ins)
£575
ROSE WAITES
184 Two men and a dog
Oil
Diptych
118 x 68 cms (47 x 29 ins)
118 x 118 cms (47 x 47 ins)
NFS
JASON WALKER Assoc. RP
185 Self Portrait, Happy Thought No. II
Oil
146 x 92 cms (58 x 36 ins)
£6,000
JOHN WALTON RP
186 Karen Le Roux
Oil
87 x 66 cms (34 x 26 ins)
NFS
187 Lady with dog & country seat
Mixed media
41 x 38 cm (16 x 15 ins)
NFS
188 Alice Maude Walton
Oil
38 x 31 cms (15 x 12 ins)
NFS
DAVID WEEKES
(Heatherley’s School of Fine Art,
invited work)
189 Self-portrait
Graphite
107 x 82 cms (42 x 32 ins)
£800
EMMA WESLEY RP
190 Jack Straw MP
Acrylic
89 x 56 cms (35 x 22 ins)
NFS
191 “Do Different” Portrait of Sir Brandon
Gough, Chancellor of The University of
East Anglia
Acrylic
108 x 79 cms (43 x 31 ins)
NFS
192 “Death thou Art a Mower Too”
Portrait of Sarah Ward, hop farmer
Acrylic
117 x 78 cm (46 X 31 ins)
NFS
TOBY WIGGINS RP
193 The Hayes family
Oil
99 x 153 cms (39 x 60 ins)
NFS
NEALE WORLEY RP
201 John (work in progress)
Oil
112 x 86 cms (44 x 34 ins)
£16,000
202 Dasha
Oil
40 x 36 (16 x 14 ins)
£3,950
194 Carlo
Oil
70 x 60 cms (28 x 24 ins)
NFS
ROBBIE WRAITH RP
203 Tiffany Thomas
Charcoal
43 x 33 cms (17 x 13 ins)
NFS
195 Esther
Oil
30 x 24 cms (12 x 10 ins)
£1,750
204 Jasper Rose
Pencil
23 x 20 cms (9 x 8 ins)
NFS
196 Dr Martin Green
Mixed media
130 x 95 cms (51 x 37 ins)
£2,500
205 Alexandra
Charcoal
86 x 66 cms (34 x 26 ins)
NFS
ANTONY WILLIAMS RP, PS, NEAC
197 Caroline V
Egg tempera
46 x 36 cms (18 x 14 ins)
NFS
TOM WINTER
198 Bernadette, winter
Oil
30 x 40 cms (12 x 16 ins)
POA
JOHN WONNACOTT RP
199 Lord and Lady Palmer at Manderston
The silver staircase
Oil
142 x 111 cms (56 x 44 ins)
NFS
200 Three studies for a portrait of Admiral
of the Fleet, Lord Lewin of Greenwich
Pencil
46 x 112 cms (18 x 44 ins)
NFS
206 Studio portrait
Oil
61 x 46 cms (24 x 18 ins)
NFS
LOUISE YATES
(The Prince’s Drawing School, invited work)
207 Alan
Charcoal
77 x 61 cms (30 x 24 ins)
£800
Works from the People’s Portraits Collection
ALASTAIR ADAMS PRP
Girish Sethna, note-taker
Oil
84 x 84 cms (33 x 33 ins)
(2008)
SHELDON HUTCHINSON RP
Dede Cossta, Brazilian dancer
Oil
61 x 46 cms (24 x 18 ins)
(2006)
Marc Crank
Oil
117 x 102 cms (46 x 40 ins)
(2010)
ANDREW JAMES VPRP
Richard Griffiths, park keeper
Oil
81 x 58 cms (32 x 23 ins )
(2004)
JASON BOWYER RP, PNEAC, PS
The Offering
Oil
122 x 91 cms (48 x 36 ins)
(2009)
SAIED DAI RP
The Hairdresser
Oil
122 x 76 cms (48 x 30 ins)
(2008)
SIMON DAVIS RP, RBSA
Fishsale: Portrait of Elaine Lorys
Oil
58 x 43 cms (23 x 17 ins)
(2010)
ROBIN-LEE HALL RP
Joy
Egg tempera
81 x 91 cms (32 x 36 ins)
(2010)
ANASTASIA POLLARD RP
Nick
Oil
20 x 18 cms (8 x 7 ins)
(2009)
MICHAEL TAYLOR RP
Sarah Muffet, Ordinand
Oil
104 x 79 cms (41 x 31 ins)
(2003)
JASON SULLIVAN RP
Michael Horatio Hobson, retired actor
Oil
104 x 79 cms ( 41 x 31 ins)
(2005)
BENJAMIN SULLIVAN RP
John McWilliam
Oil
119 x 69 cms (47 x 27 ins)
(2007)
Changing Faces thanks the Royal Society of Portrait Painters
for its continuing support of our work
Over one million people in the UK have a disfigurement to their face, hands or body either present at
birth such as a cranio-facial condition, or acquired as a result of accidents, burns, cancer, facial palsy,
and skin conditions. Medical/surgical treatments continue to improve but they can rarely remove a
disfigurement completely.
Every day children, young people and adults with disfigurements are exposed to people’s unconsciously
negative attitudes about the way they look. This is facial prejudice, which, whilst unintentional, is
nonetheless distressing, demoralising and unfair.
Part of the charity’s work involves supporting our clients to handle the emotional and social challenges
caused by these attitudes. Complementing this vital empowerment work, our Face Equality campaign
aims to bring about a fundamental shift in society’s attitudes towards disfigurement in schools,
workplaces, the NHS, the media and government. Face equality is not about getting rid of noticeable faces
but valuing and treating all of us who have them as equals.
We rely entirely on voluntary donations and grants to enable us to foster real confidence in the way that
everyone faces disfigurement.
Changing Faces
The Squire Centre, 33-37 University Street, London WC1E 6JN
Tel: 0845 4500 275 www.changingfaces.org.uk
Chief Executive and Founder: James Partridge OBE
Patrons: Sir Christopher Benson, Ms Gloria Hunniford, Mr Terry Mansfield CBE, Ms Jan Ravens, Mr William Simons,
Mrs Fiona Squire, The Duke of Westminster KG, CB, OBE, TD, CD, DL, Mr Simon Weston OBE,
Mr Benjamin Zephaniah.
Changing Faces, Registered Charity 1011222
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