RWS NEWS JULY 2010

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James Rushton RWS - Winner of the Turner Watercolour Award 2010

The RWS would like to congratulate James Rushton for winning the 2010 Turner Watercolour Award. The judges were impressed by James' two paintings in watercolour and pastel - Erraig and The Walks, which were exhibited at the RWS Spring Show. The Turner Watercolour Award honours the most distinguished work in watercolour, which can include pen and ink, or gouache, on paper. Previously awarded at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, it is now divided between the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. James Rushton will be awarded the Turner Medal and a prize of £2,500. 

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RWS DVD - Into the Light

Richard Pikesley RWS	David Paskett PRWS	Janet Treloar VPRWS

Three Members of the Royal Watercolour Society took part in a film project in St Ives. The resulting DVD documents their different approaches to the enormous challenge of St Ives, not only with its history and cultural heritage, but also with its famous light and the astonishing scenery of the surrounding bays and cliffs.

The three artists all have a different agenda and approach.

Richard Pikesley is best known for his work with landscape, in both oil and watercolour. Following on from watercolourists since Turner, Richard is concerned with capturing the fleeting essence of light and mood. He literally chases the weather. In the course of our film we follow Richard as he wrestles not only with the extraordinary light of St Ives but also with the challenge of the Botallack Tin Mines which inspired both Ben Nicholson and Peter Lanyon.

David Paskett is best known for his studies of pattern, shape and shadows, particularly in the Far East. To take David out of the studio and throw him into the vigour and rigour of the Cornish weather was an immense challenge. He found that undertaking both inspirational and exhausting. His honest and heartfelt recording of the struggle of the creative process provides a unique insight into the life and thoughts of a professional artist.

Janet Treloar is a native Cornish artist. Her work relies far more on spontaneity and an instant response to her environment than that of the other two artists. More than both David and Richard, Jan is steeped in the history of St Ives and her work bears the weight of the artists who have gone before her, from Sandra Blow to Peter Lanyon.

To order Into the Light (£14.95 + £1.50 p&p) please contact Bankside Gallery on 020 7928 7521 / info@banksidegallery.

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The Big Draw - From Tower to Tate October 2009

The Royal Watercolour Society's Big Draw event - From Tower to Tate, took place on the first Saturday of this year's Autumn Exhibition. RWS Members Paul Newland, Wendy Jacob, Geoffrey Pimlott, Fay Ballard, Jill Leman, Simon Pierse, Liz Butler and Alison Musker led informal sketching groups along the South Bank of the River Thames. Returning to Bankside Gallery in the afternoon, they worked alongside members of the public to create a large panorama of the local area.

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Annie Williams RWS RE - Winner of the Turner Watercolour Award 2009

Congratulations to Annie Williams for winning the Turner Watercolour Award 2009. Annie was given the award for her set of four paintings in the RWS Spring exhibition, Nothing's Like it Ought to Be (1), Pieces from a Studio Jigsaw (2), Lines Spaces Colours (3) and Dark forms (4). The Turner Watercolour Award honours the most distinguished work in watercolour, which can include pen and ink, or gouache, on paper. Previously awarded at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, this year the prize has been divided between the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. This year the judges were Rosalind Turner and Ronald Maddox PRI.

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Last Year's Winner - Paul Newland RWS

Paul Newland RWS was the winner of the 2008 Turner Watercolour Award for his painting Battersea Allotment. Judges Rosalind Turner and Ronald Maddox PRI selected the winning painting from the works on display at the RWS Spring Exhibition, and presented the award of £2500 and a Turner medal at the private view.

Paul Newland RWS at the private view of the RWS Spring Exhibition 2008, in front of his painting Battersea Allotment.