Threadneedle Prize

The Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture is an annual award. Visitors to the exhibition before 14 Sept( at the Mall Galleries) vote on their favourite from the shortlist.

A painting by Lucy Jones was on the shortlist - that's another of hers in the background - wonderful strong colours -Last year's winner, with this painting, was Nina Murdoch - egg tempera on gesso - after checking out her website, I'm bowled over by her work; these are paintings-that-are-paintings -
My own list of artists to look out for consists of Faye Anderson, Nicholas Archer, Paul Benney, Jennifer Godlieb, Beatrice Haines (20 small, detailed drawings of customers on the shop's paper bags!), Lucy Jones, James Judge, Kate Montgomery, Zachary Peirce, and Helen Wilson.