A visit to the BP Portrait Awards in the beautiful National Portrait Gallery.
“The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world and represents the very best in contemporary portrait painting.”
These are my favourites…
An Angel At My Table by Miriam Escofet – 1st prize
Time Traveller, Matthew Napping by Felicia Forte – 2nd Prize Winer
Simone by Tongyao Zhu – 3rd
Sister by Zachary Zdrale
Charlie Masson by Alvin Ong
Tim and the dog by Jack Freeman
Ako by Nikita Sacha
Mr & Mrs Cooper, separated. by Mark Lawrence
My absolute favourite was ‘Tim and the dog’ by Jack Freeman, but all were fantastic to see and wonder at. Almost all were realistic, and some hyper. You can see all the exhibitors here.
A cup of beautiful Golden Assam tea and back in again and ready for another look at the 20th Century portraits floor – oh so good. Will have to go back again, and also try the tea at Notes nearby again. So much to see.
Art and art doings from Jo Dalgety 
This is wonderful! I hope to be able to see this gallery in person one day!