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Highlights of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhbition (Winsor & Newton Young Artists/Under 35yrs)

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This is another review of the ROI Annual Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, which is a bit late this year as the exhibition closes today! But for for those of you who couldn't make it and for those of you far far away...this is post highlights few of the paintings in the Under 35 category that got my attention.

They are young painters with so much potential and I know when I say young, some people...

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Highlights of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters (Under 35 Category) 2012

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Alex Cree, THERMOS STILL LIFE, 53 x 53cm- one of my best pieces in the show! It's really full of colour! Rich applications, solid draughtsmanship and a solid composition. This painting won the Phyllis Roberts' Award of £2,000 in memory of Phyllis Roberts ROI, to encourage and support a young painter. I think it's worthy of the award and how nice to have such a support to an artist out there. Much...

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Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition (Under 35 Category) 2011

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Once again I am thrilled to highlight this category which is known as the Winsor & Newton Young Artists Award, It's a major part of the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, which opened yesterday to the public at the Mall Galleries and continues till Sunday the 18th of December. It was opened by the President, Peter Wileman and The Rt. Hon, Michael Portillo. This years crowd...

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Highlights of Royal Institute Of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition (Under 35 Category)-2010

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This year the Royal Institute of Oil Painters had it's 123rd Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries. The exhibition was opened by the President, Peter Wileman PROI and Comm. Antonio Carluccio OBE. The gallery was packed and the works on display were fantastic!

In this post I just want to highlight a few of the painters from the Under 35 category that got my eye and I must say, ALL the works in...

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study for urban life I

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This is a study for a bigger painting I will be doing on a series of urban life paintings. I started this one off with watercolour but ended up with wax crayons to suggest movement and mood. You can see how I completed this on my blog with winsor and newton.

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