Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 214th Exhibition | Award Winners
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On behalf of the President and Council of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, congratulations to the award winning artists at the RI 214th Exhibition:
The Winsor & Newton Award
£3,000 for an outstanding work.
Winner: Maciej Urbanek, Silver Tide
The Winsor & Newton Product Prize
£1,000 worth of Winsor & Newton art materials for an outstanding work.
Winner: Nick May, Luca
The David Barker Award
Two prizes of £1,000 each - one for an RI member and one for a non-member. The prizes will be awarded to works created from observed experience, with the condition that recipients commit to using the award to further their artistic development and education by undertaking residencies or courses of their choice.
Winner (member): Mari French RI, Meditations on a Place
Winner (non-member): Morven Stewart, Storm Floris IV, Isle of Harris
The Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle Prize
Two financial prizes of £250 each - one for a member and one for a non-member - for works created wholly or partially using watercolour pencil. Each winner will also receive a set of Caran d'Ache watercolour pencils.
Winner (member): Delia Cardnell RI, Oliena
Winner (non-member): Thomas Mairs, The Dove
The West Dean Prize
A residential course delivered by an RI member at West Dean College, West Sussex, including food and accommodation.
Winner: Louise Adams, The Glowing Beech
The West Dean Bloomsbury Prize
A two day course delivered by an RI member at West Dean Bloomsbury, London.
Winner: Nina Tans, Lunga Bladderwrack
The Baohong Artists' Watercolour Paper Prizes
Two prizes of £250 worth of watercolour paper, awarded to a member and a non-member for excellence.
Winner (member): Hannah Woodman RI, Canal at Night, East London
Winner (non-member): Madeleine De Angelis, Standing Tall
The Cass Art Colour Award
£200 of art supplies from Cass Art, awarded to a work demonstrating innovative use of colour.
Winner: Ann Blockley RI, Shining Sea and Tangled Hawthorn
The Chaoshan Watercolour Award
£250 for the best classically inspired watercolour.
Winner: Mary Anne Aytoun Ellis, February, Ancient Limes
The Debra Manifold RI Memorial Award
Presented by the Linda Blackstone Gallery, an award for the most innovative work in the exhibition.
Winner: Tracy Love, Sunshine in a Vase
The Dry Press Award
The winning work will be published as a greeting card in the Dry Red Press 'Prize Winners' range, with royalties from the sale of the cards going to the artist.
Winner: Tracy Love, Sunshine in a Vase
The Escoda Barcelona Award
A set of Escoda's finest brushes for an outstanding landscape painting.
Winner: Fujiko Rose, Flowers from the Grave
The Frank Herring Easel Award
An easel presented by Frank Herring & Sons for an outstanding work.
Winner: Mike Salt, The Roaches
The James Fletcher-Watson RI Award
£500 for the best use of watercolour in the exhibition.
Winner: Srirangam Mohankumar RSMA, Sailing Into the Light
The John Purcell Paper Prize
Paper to the value of £100, awarded by John Purcell Paper.
Winner: Alice Zakharenko, Down the Rabbit Hole We Go
The Megan Fitzoliver Brush Award
A trophy, named The Pipe Fish, and bespoke brush awarded for a work that inspires a connection with the natural world.
Winner: Chris Myers RBA PPRI, Flight of the Bumble Bee. Damblainville
The Michael Harding Award
A varied selection of Michael Harding watercolour sets.
Winner: Vicente Garcia Fuentes RI, Akureyri L
The President's Choice Award
An award of £750.
Winner: Jack Candy-Kemp, I'm Still in Love with Phoebe Cates
The RI Young Artist Award sponsored by Daler-Rowney
£1,000 and materials to the value of £1,000 RRP to be awarded to an artist aged between 18 and 25.
Winner: Zifan Sun, White Tree
The Richard Plincke RI Prize for Colour
An award of £250 for creative use of colour.
Winner: Stephen Redpath, Cacophony
The Schmincke Prize
A Horadam Aquarell Artists' Watercolours set to an outstanding exhibitor.
Winner: Jack Haslam, Sing Your Song
The Trevor C Hart Memorial Award
A 3-5 night artist’s retreat near Sandyhills Bay, on the beautiful South West Coast of Scotland, for a member of the RI.
Winner: Deborah Walker RI RSMA, Wavering Imitation
Browse and Buy
All of the award winning works featured in this news item are available to browse and buy online, alongside the rest of the works presented at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 214th Exhibition.
