Innehållsförteckning för August 2023 från Artists & Illustrators

… that I can announce the return of The British Art Prize. For artists of all abilities, the esteemed competition welcomes every medium, style and subject for the judges’ careful consideration. This year, I’m also thrilled to announce we have some stellar sponsors, not least from creative digital giants Adobe and art luminaires including Derwent, Royal Talens, Atlantic and Pegasus Art. Don’t delay and enter today for the chance to win amazing prizes, have you and your work featured amongst the pages of. Artists & Illustrators as well as your winning painting to be hung in the prestigious Gallery OXO on London’s Southbank. If last year’s competition and exhibition were anything to go by, this is sure to be an artistic highlight in 2023’s calendar. If you’ve already been on…

28 JULY The Royal Society of Marine Artists is seeking submissions of art inspired by the sea and marine environment. Prizes are worth £10,000 and it’s £20 per work. mallgalleries.org.uk 30 JULY Applications are welcome from UK artists working in the visual arts for the Dover Prize 2023. A £10,000 Bursary will be paid to an indivdual or collective. Free to enter. cdcf.org.uk 6 AUGUST The Beyond Future Art Prize is open for artists around the world with a focus on sustainable living and climate change in their work. Free to enter. beyondfuture.art 14 AUGUST The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust is looking for talented and aspiring craftspeople. Funding of up to £18,000 is available to support professionals. qest.org.uk…

FORMERLY KNOWN AS PORTFOLIO Bid farewell to Portfolio – and a big hello to The British Art Club! THE BRILLIANT NEW WEBSITE FOR SHOWCASING AND SELLING YOUR ART You asked – we listened and delivered! We are delighted to announce that Portfolio has been upgraded to The British Art Club on a brand-new, brilliant platform and now working better than ever. Your Portfolio membership will continue as before, including the artworks currently listed on your profile. Don’t worry: you won’t need to pay a penny more than you currently do. Simply log in to your Portfolio account and you will be prompted to reset your password the first time you sign in. Then, all that’s left for you to do is enjoy everything the new club has to offer! Once…

EVEN THOUGH BROOKS KIM was born in Seoul, South Korea (and has lived there ever since) it’s only in recent years that the art scene has really exploded in the capital and become a creative magnet for global galleries and art fairs. Even so, art wasn’t big a part of Brooks’ life until he was older. He used to draw as a child but claims his creative talent was lacking – but we suspect he’s either being humble or hard on himself. He would graffiti as a teenager, draw portraits in pen and taught himself digital art by studying books and tutorials on the internet. Still, a career in art wasn’t an option. “My parents had expectations and wishes for me,” he explains. “A future related to art was not…

MEMORY IS CENTRAL to my paintings. The painting process itself is strongly tied to memory, as each mark is the record – memory – of a gesture. Each gesture, then, is made in response to a thought or impulse that lies within the painter. Whether that thought or impulse evolves fully within the painter’s own mind or is a reaction to something seen (a chair, a person, a photograph), the process of translating a concept into paint requires memory. Even the fraction of a second it takes to look between that which is seen and that which will become (i.e., the blank canvas) requires that the painter retain the memory of that object, and at times, its minutiae: an exact curve, a precise glint of light, the deepening colour of…

Drawing the Natural World by Tim Pond, GMC Publications, £14.99, available online and from all good bookshops A&I ENJOY THIS FEATURE? For more how-tos go to artistsandillustrators.co.uk…

MESSAGE OF THE MONTH Chitra Ramanathan An emigrant from India, I am an established contemporary visual artist and art educator in the US since 1993 following, a bachelor’s degree in Painting. I first encountered Artists & Illustrators in 2005, while in London on a Visitor Artist invitee by the Head of the Royal Academy of Arts. As an abstract painter who uses cheerful colours and intricately interwoven textural materials inspired by the effects of fantasy, music, and evolving seasons, Artists & Illustrators has inspired my professional journey: especially the Editor’s Letter and the works of studio artists; particularly abstract painters and their working processes. I next look forward to an article as a featured artist to offer valuable insights into my techniques, gained through my academic training and professional practices.…

This illustration mirrors my principles and aesthetic values. Despite being a simple piece, it includes elements that represent the aesthetics that have captivated me since I was a kid: palm trees, the American dream and the seduction of capitalism. I’ve always been fascinated by TV and magazines from the late 80s to early 90s and the pop culture of my childhood period – it’s what I am made of. My art is made to grab the viewer’s attention so sometimes, it doesn’t have a deeper meaning; it’s made solely for the purpose of attracting the viewer within the first few seconds. I used Liquitex soft body acrylic paint on a hot press illustration board. I usually work with an airbrush and a fine brush for details. Soft acrylics are good…

BERN FOSTER Cover star Bernardo Bejerano Narváez, known artistically as Bern Foster, is a Spanish artist. Starting as an engineer, he funded his retro aesthetic illustrations with his salary. Now a full-time illustrator, Bern’s art captures nostalgia, influenced by his 80s-90s childhood. LAURA NITSCHE Austrian artist Laura studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. With experience as an art guide and teaching since 2000, she has studios in Lower Austria and Vienna. Laura collaborates with a Salzberg art gallery, sharing her artistic talent with diverse audiences in Austria and Greece. NOAH SATERSTROM Noah’s art is influenced by his fascination with the unreliability of memory and the passage of time. Growing up in Mississippi, he explores his history by blending ancestral narratives with his role as a husband and…

WE’RE EXCITED TO HOST the annual British Art Prize once again this year, sponsored by digital giant Adobe. A significant national art competition, The British Art Prize will provide winning artists of all levels with a broad platform for achieving beneficial exposure and recognition for their artwork. Open to everyone, whether you’re a novice, an up-and-coming artist, or a seasoned painter, all genres, media and methods will be taken into consideration. The British Art Prize provides artists with the possibility to sell their creations to a combined audience of around one million art enthusiasts and collectors, as well as a first-of-its-kind amount of national exposure across four major magazine brands. Additionally, there is an enormous prize fund including cash awards, art gift cards and the opportunity to be featured in…

Things we love… British artist Aaron Kasmin’s biggest show to date, Strike A Light, will mark the artist’s fifth solo exhibition with over 30 new large-scale works. Inspired by American feature matchbooks, Strike a Light will showcase Kasmin’s signature style of fusing together vibrant colours with striking imagery to shed a new light on American culture. While the matchbooks are small, ephemeral and almost forgotten, this exhibition will bring to life themes from food and travel to fashion and sports as it aims to inject a bit of much-needed fun into our everyday lives. On until 20 July 2023 at Sims Reed Gallery, London SW1Y 6DD. gallery.simsreed.com Don’t miss… a chance to see what the Reading Guild of Artists members’ creative juices have produced over this last year and see…

A WORLD OF PRIVATE MYSTERY: BRITISH NEO-ROMANTICS 8 July to 29 October 2023 Nocturnal landscapes and cityscapes illuminated by crescent moons, ruined cottages covered in tangles of undergrowth and anxious figures sheltering in shadowy woodlands – all hallmarks of British neo-romanticism. A spotlight is being shone on this movement that produced some of the most innovative and captivating works of art in the mid-20th century in a free exhibition at the Fry Art Gallery. The Fry holds a collection of works by neo-romantic artists who lived and worked in northwest Essex, and is joining forces with The Ingram Collection of Modern British Art to explore this movement through an exhibition of 30 works by various artists. 19a Castle St, Saffron Walden CB10 1BD. fryartgallery.org MARY BEALE: EXPERIMENTAL SECRETS Until 3…

1 Stay independent Don’t bend your artistic practice for trends, galleries or commissions. Follow your own ideas and interests. Only that can guarantee an authentic approach. 2 Remind yourself that you and your art are unique Art is one of the few areas where originality and personality play a major role. Respect yourself for that and make sure others do too. 3 Be aware Read contracts, exchange experiences with colleagues and, if in doubt, ask for legal advice.…

When a lucky break after college leads to an internship with the illustrator Milton Glaser – best known for his now iconic I ♥️ NY logo – then you know you’re off to a good start. It was an opportunity that opened doors Carrie Megan didn’t even know existed. It meant she was able to land her first job as an Art Director for a private label paper goods company, where she learned how to design packaging, work with illustrators and photographers and supervise print runs. Over the years, she worked for several branding and packaging design firms, working on a diverse range of consumer products from Bacardi to Proctor & Gamble, Lever Bros and Nestles, to name just a few. No two projects were the same and in the…

SOMETIMES, TO FIND the inspiration for a painting, you have to look inside yourself and reflect on an important moment or object that can bring happiness or fill a void. When my twin brother and I were children in the sixties, my mother owned a geisha doll. This figure took pride of place on her dressing table. We were never allowed to touch her, and I was always fascinated by her beauty. As the years passed, my brother and I grew up and moved out, our mum moved house and the Geisha silently vanished from sight. Years later, after she’d died, we cleared through Mum’s belongings. Hidden at the back of a wardrobe and carefully wrapped in a blanket, there she was: the geisha. A little worse for wear but…

I’M QUITE INTERESTED in the daily routine and the things we do which surround us but that we no longer ‘see.’ Therefore, I’ve recently started doing still life monoprint collages of the classical objects we have around the house, such as washing up liquid, the mugs in our cupboard and baked beans. My kids have lately discovered HP Sauce; something we have always had on our shelf but never really used, so it has had a kind of rebirth in our household. I love it too – and I wanted to depict it. This past year, I’ve also been looking for a way to use my daily sketches (which I do all the time of my kids, around the house, on the train, in cafes, in the mirror etc.) but…

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