Leisure Painter Open Competition 2021
The Leisure Painter Open competition and exhibition has been a highlight of our editorial year for over two decades. Every exhibition showcases tremendous, original artwork and highlights the exceptional skills and talents of amateur artists everywhere. There are standout drawings and paintings on show every year, but as you will see in the following pages, the standard of work leapt in 2021.
Although we had to take a break from exhibiting the work live last year, due to Covid-19 restrictions, the 2021 exhibition came back with a splash, as it settled into its new home in Patchings’ Crew Gallery. We were also delighted to welcome a new member to our judging panel, Adebanji Alade VPROI, whose thoughts on this year’s LP Open competition can be seen above right.
Thank you to everyone who entered and took part, congratulations to the winners and many thanks to all our sponsors (page 71), who make this competition such an exciting one. The winner of this year’s public vote, the Leisure Painter People’s Choice Award, will be featured in a future issue. Enjoy the show!
LEISURE PAINTER OPEN 2021
Adebanji Alade, vice president of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, judged our awards for the first time this year. Here are his thoughts after our initial judging day…
‘The entries this year were really stunning! As I had never joined the selection team in the past, I didn’t know what to expect, but as we paced through the works as the day went by, it was so encouraging to see the standard, which ranged from portraits, figures, landscapes, seascapes, still life
