The Threadneedle Prize for Painting & Sculpture

Championing contemporary figurative art by living artists

At £30,000 The Threadneedle Prize for Painting & Sculpture is one of the largest art prizes in the UK.

Visitors to the exhibition may cast their vote for the winner of the £10,000 Visitors' Choice Award (voting closes 5pm on 9th October).

Exhibition open:
25 September to 12 October, 10am to 5pm
Admission free

The Threadneedle Prize is the leading competition for figurative and representational painting and sculpture. At £30,000, it is one of the most valuable art prizes in the United Kingdom.

With many of the most high profile art prizes tending towards conceptual and abstract works, The Threadneedle Prize deliberately sets out to raise the profile of contemporary representational art.

The Prize provides experienced and emerging artists with the opportunity to showcase their work at a leading venue in Central London.

111 works by 95 artists will be on display.

All works for sale and available to Browse & Buy online

Find out more at: www.threadneedleprize.com

Lancaster Bomber flies over studio...

Due to having no connection over the last few days, this post is a day late but yesterdays work was interrupted for a short while as a Lancaster Bomber passed directly over the studio. I've been lucky to have seen this aircraft a number of times but that's been elsewhere in the country while on my travels.

A great sight and sound but all to short.

The Lancaster Bomber was on route to the Derwent reservoir in Derbyshire for a flypast to mark the 70th anniversary of the World War II raid.

More details can be seen on this BBC news page which also has a short video of the aircraft flying over the dam plus a Spitfire and aircraft from 617 Squadron.