Those of you who have been following me a while will know that I’ve endeavoured to develop both my landscape and portrait paintings. So it is particularly pleasing to have two plein-air landscapes and two studio portraits included in the Almenara Art Prize this year.
The Almenara Art Prize is an international online painting competition that offers more than 27000€ in cash awards and other prizes. The Almenara Art Prize encourages international participation in diverse genres, styles, mediums, and substrates, including hyperrealism, photorealism, contemporary realism, surrealism, imaginative realism, impressionism, and plein-air painting. Categories include Figurative, Portrait, Drawing, Landscape and Plein Air Painting, Still Life, Wildlife and Animal, Fantastic Realism and Young category.
Almenara is an non-profit initiative to promote artists and an online and social media platform to connect artists, art lovers, collectors, galleries and other prominent people around art world. We organize events and art contests and collaborate with art schools, art organizations and clubs.We also promote artists, their works and exhibitions.We help and collaborate with “living artists”.The Almenara collection also organizes workshops and painting demonstrations. Our “Artists Residencies” are a project has been created as a complement to our philosophy of supporting young and emerging artists. They are open to all artists. Both recognized artists and young people who need to be promoted.
The Almenara Art Prize offers economical support to artists and a great opportunity to promote their work.It stands out for its categories and prizes. Accepted works,finalists and winners remain displayed in our webpage and social media. The exhibition of selected works in Córdoba, Spain, and the awards gala are a “must” that you can´t miss.
The two plein air landscapes on display are both from London and depict Trafalgar Square in autumn last year and Piccadilly form earlier in the summer.
Autumn in Trafalgar Square. Impressionist paintings by Nick Grove
Crisp morning, Piccadilly painting by Nick Grove RSMA
The two portraits I have on display are of Carly and Lily, and were both painted from life, initially, and completed using photo references, in the studio.
Carly in the studio. Portrait painting in oils by Nick Grove
Lily in the studio by Nick Grove
You can view the full Almenara Collection here.
Both plein air landscape paintings are available to purchase from The Almenara Art Prize here. You can view all my landscape paintings here.
Both portrait paintings are available to purchase from The Almenara Art Prize here.
You can view all my portrait paintings here.
