Artist: Rachel Coad
Subject: Waldemar Kolbusz
Title: Indian Summer

Judges’ Comments:

Angus Trumble, Alan Dodge, Thea Costantino
“The winning artwork has a scale and presence and the subject’s personality has been captured superbly. The artist has moved beyond the photo realism and creates a sense of nostalgia through the use of sepia tones, cutting the subject out through a white background creates tension between something that is nostalgic, big scale and popping. It’s beautifully painted, very subtle belying the precision that it gives a few paces back. The limited information given by the artist provides a real sense of atmosphere. The soft technique is confident, consistent and feels effortless. It is a painter’s painting of a painter.”