bp portratis

Portrait of Chantal Menard by Sean Cheetham

INCREDIBLE portrait by London-based artist Alan Coulson of his friend 'Richie' for the BP Portrait Award 2012. He is largely self-taught. This came 3rd. http://www.alancoulson.com/richie_culver_by_alan_coulson.html

Francoise Nielly - Explosive Colorful Portraits Paintings

Rebecca K. by Richard Twose

A finalist in the National Gallery’s BP Portrait Award on multiple occasions (2004, 2009, 2010, 2012), Mary Jane Ansell works in a photorealist style that references the past using a modern viewpoint. Hugely crisp and realistic, Ansell is able to capture both a hugely exact physical likeness of the sitter as well as convey the emotive essence of the sitter.