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14 OCTOBER 2020 LP Open „ Batsford Awards Andrew Fullwood Noon, Downtown Manhattan Street Corner , acrylic, 8 x 11¾in. (20 x 30cm). ‘I started painting in watercolour 15 years ago after, regretfully, passing up the opportunity to pursue art in further education, in favour of something that would provide a job with a regular income and a pension! I have always been interested in drawing and decided to try painting in my scraps of free time. I try, and am still persevering, with oils, but find I complete more paintings in acrylics. I entered TALP 2019 on a whim and was amazed to have a painting accepted for exhibition, so decided to have another go in TALP 2020. I was just as thrilled to have Noon, Downtown Street Corner, Manhattan accepted for exhibition this year. The piece was worked up from a photograph I took from the open deck of a New York tour bus about 12 years ago. I took many pictures during the trip, but  Search Press Awards Jan Rossington Seaside Snooze , oil, 10 x 11¾in. (25 x 30cm). ‘I’m always striving to become looser in my style of painting so I’ve started painting with a palette knife, as this forces me to miss out details, and it helps me to have less control over the result. Seaside Snooze was painted in oils with just a palette knife, and I was pleased with the loose effect of the painting. It was inspired by three sleeping women I saw in Swanage a couple of summers ago. I took a sneaky photo of them and was very excited about painting the photo!’  Patchings Award Richard G Green Long Way Down , watercolour, 15¾ x 19¾in. (40 x 50cm) „ Daler- Rowney Sketching Materials Award Sarah Clee Awakening Colour , line & wash, 23¾ x 17in. (60 x 43cm). ‘Watercolour, pen and ink are my favourite media, as I enjoy the sharpness that can be achieved with the pen contrasting with the freedom and looseness of the watercolour. My aim was to create an unbroken image where the background and cockerel share equal power. I chose strong colours present in the cockerel and allowed the paint to run and bleed. ‘The subject has deep resonance with me. I grew up on a farm in Norfolk and every morning was woken by the sound of a cock crowing. I love vibrant colours, and the huge Norfolk skies at dawn and dusk have always been an inspiration. Here I brought these two thoughts together along with the colours of the dawn, the colours of the cockerel and the feeling of awakening to a new dawn. This painting was a joy to create and I hope it has given people pleasure to see it in the exhibition.’ it was the more everyday street scenes that appealed as compositions rather than those of the more typical scenes of famous buildings. ‘I was astonished to have been conferred one of the Batsford Books Awards and have noticed, following these two paintings being accepted for exhibition, that they are far looser and sketchier than most of my paintings. Although very different in subject, they were each completed pretty well in one session and despite being usually very eager to keep fiddling at every painting, the common feature of both accepted TALP entries was that I couldn’t work out what to do next so just left them alone. Perhaps there’s a lesson there?!’ Open LP10 12-17 TALP_f.indd 14 19/08/2020 15:17