Monthly Archives: April 2012

Heatherley’s students in the RP annual show 2012

Several Heatherley Portrait Diploma students have successfully submitted work for this year’s Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition. Ali Boggis-Rolfe’s self portrait was selected by the society’s President, Alastair Adams, as was Graeme Messer’s charcoal drawing. Flora Watson’s painting of … Continue reading

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Allan Ramsay, Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2012

Allan Ramsay will be exhibiting a painting at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition next month, on invitation by Melissa Scott-Miller RP. The portrait is a study of Pauline, a part-time student at Heatherleys. She has modelled for Allan … Continue reading

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Miriam Escofet in the BP Portrait Award 2012

Miriam Escofet has yet again had a work accepted for the BP Portrait Award! This is her fourth success in the exhibition in almost as many years. She says of this year’s piece – ‘This portrait was a commissioned work. … Continue reading

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Melissa Scott-Miller, prize-winner at the Painter Stainers 2012

Heatherleys tutor Melissa Scott-Miller was awarded a runner-up prize at the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize exhibition last month. She says of the work “I painted this view of back-gardens last autumn. I had just moved after living twenty years in … Continue reading

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Tim Benson in the BP Portrait Award 2012

Heatherley’s tutor Tim Benson has had a painting accepted for this year’s BP Portrait Award. He says of his work “I strive to make an image that offers more than simple representation, rather something with an emotive quality that captures … Continue reading

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