15 RDS Artists in Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize 2016

15 artists are representing the Royal Drawing School in this year’s edition of the  Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize.  

RDS Faculty Julie Held, Susan Wilson, Cherry Pickles and Melissa Scott-Miller and RDS Alumni Benjamin Andreas, Timothy Betjeman, Nicholas Bush, David Caldwell, Daniel MacCarthy, George Colley, Phoebe Cope, Tyga Helme, Francis Martin, Daniel Shadbolt and Jennifer Smith have work in the exhibition which opens to the public on 7^th March and continues until 13 March 2016. See images of the artwork here  

Address: The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5BD

Image: Susan Wilson’s painting ‘Anita in Albanian dress’. The model for the painting is RDS Alumna Anita Kavaya (Drawing Year 2012).  

The Columbia Threadneedle Prize

Congratulations to our Alumni who are included in this year's Columbia Threadneedle Prize for figurative art, currently on show at The Mall Galleries, London (3 - 20 February 2016). Four RDS Alumni have work in the exhibition: Oliver Bedeman (Drawing Year 2008), Alison Boult (Drawing Year 2013), Rebecca Harper (Drawing Year 2013), Coll McDonnell (Drawing Year 2008). Laura Smith (Drawing Year 2004) is among the 6 artists shortlisted for the prize. 

If you visit the exhibition, look out for three small paintings by RDS life model  Thomas Doran, who many of you will know well from Susan Wilson's class 'Drawing the Body Clothed'. The exhibition is open 10 – 5 pm. Address: The Mall Galleries. The Mall, SW1, London

  

You can view images of all the work in the exhibition here:

 http://www.threadneedleprize.com/page/3262/The+Exhibition

The Royal Drawing School's inaugural U.S. exhibition

'Love is in the Air' by Paul Gopal-Chowdhury

Jan. 23, 2016 – Feb. 7, 2016

Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, USA

Following on from the recent exhibition at Christie's London, the Royal Drawing School was invited to curate a large exhibition of drawings at Christie’s New York, to run alongside Master Drawings Week 2016 and the Christie's Old Master and British Drawings sale. The exhibition spans three rooms and includes over 70 drawings from alumni, faculty and artists closely associated with the Royal Drawing School.

List of Exhibiting Artists:

Sarah Armstrong-Jones, Jeanette Barnes, Alison Boult , Kirsty Buchanan, Lilias Buchanan, Meg Buick , Richard Burton, Claudia Carr , Sophie Charalambous, Daniel Chatto, Perienne Christian, Michelle Cioccoloni, David Dawson , Constanza Dessain, Ann Dowker, Clara Drummond, Jonathan Farr, Kristian Fletcher, Laura Footes, Jake Garfield, Catherine Goodman, Paul Gopal-Chowdhury, Florian Graf, Christopher Green, Rebecca Harper, Linda Heathcoat-Amory, Tyga Helme, Timothy Hyman RA, Claerwen James, Olivia Kemp, Melissa Kime, Justine King, Tarka Kings, Christopher Le Brun PRA, John Lessore, Jessie Makinson, Charlotte Mann, Kathryn Maple, Ishbel Myerscough, Thomas Newbolt, Humphrey Ocean RA, Stuart Pearson Wright, Sarah Pickstone, Claire Price, Carl Randall, Pippa Ridley, Fraser Scarfe, Alice Shirley, Phoebe Stannard, Charlotte Verity, Rosie Vohra

Fred Clark Open Studio

Fred Clark is having an open studio this weekend. Starting tonight. He will be exhibiting a selection of drawings from Burma. There's a winter market and lots of other artists opening their doors including Frank Bowling RA. It's a great place to see a whole host of different crafts and arts in London. 

Address: 10 Peacock Yard, Iliffe street, SE17 3LH 

Friday 6-11, Saturday 11-6, Sunday 11-6 

Drawing in the Prado

Olivia Kemp and Clementine Moyes, recipients of the 2015 Richard Ford Travel Scholarship, have just returned from Spain where they spent two months making studies of the works in the Prado museum. Still full of excitement from her recent trip Olivia says that 'working in The Prado has been an amazing experience.' 

'I have discovered the work of artists I had never heard of such as Melendez, Murillo and Zurbaran. Mostly it has forced me to analyze why I love certain paintings but would probably never draw them and why others are instantly appealing. This in turn has taught me a lot about my own work and what I’m looking for going forward.'

 

(above) Olivia Kemp, drawing after Jacopo Bassano's "The Animals entering the Ark" 

 

(above) Olivia Kemp, drawing after Rubens' "The Adoration of the Magi"

Thomas Robinson solo exhibition

Saxthorpe, Bright Morning I, 2015 Oil on board 84x117cm

Thomas Robinson has a solo exhibition at North House Gallery in Essex. 

3 October - 31 October 2015. Open on Saturdays, 10 am - 5 pm or by appointment.

Click here for more info.

New paintings by Michael Chance

Michael Chance is exhibiting a selection or new paintings at his gallery space Mercer Chance (253 Hoxton St, London). ‘Living Space’ features interior spaces and figures drawn from observation, memory and imagination. The exhibition is open on Saturday, Sunday and Monday and continues until Monday 2nd November. For more info click here. 

Carol Peace Open Studio

Carol Peace is hosting an Open Studio in Bristol, from 23^rd October to 1^st November 2015.

Address: Unit 5.3 Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol, BS4 3EH

The Private View is tonight, 6 - 9pm

Open Days:  Monday to Saturday 9.30am – 5.30pm Sunday 11am – 5pm

Read a recent interview with Carol here.

Fred Clark Solo Exhibition

Fred Clark has a current exhibition of new work made in Andalucia at Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street, London SE1 1RU. The gallery is situated within the historic Menier Chocolate Factory, minutes from London Bridge, Borough Market and Tate Modern and open between 11am and 6pm daily except on Sundays. The exhibition continues until 24th October. You can find out more about the spanish series here.

Reflections on the Masters - New paintings by Alex Cree

Alex Cree has a current exhibition "Reflections on the Masters" at Trinity House Paintings, 50 Maddox St. W1S 1AY.  The show continues until 14th Nov 10am-6pm Mon-Fri and also this Saturday (17th) 10.30am-5pm.