1 Here's A Kiss Guitar –, * Performer [Samples From 'Strawberry Letter 23'] – Producer [Additional Rhythm Production] – 4:39 2 I Can Call You 4:38 3 All That Matters 5:47 4 All Natural Girl 4:17 5 Friday Night 4:08 6 Interlude: Michael's Mood Guitar – 0:59 7 Hold Me Close 5:25 8 Lovin' U Is Ah-ight Performer [Samples From 'Paradise'] – 4:33 9 Much Too Much Bass – 6:16 10 Heartstrings Horns – *, * Performer [Samples From 'My Flame'] – 4:27 11 Lay You Down 6:35 12 Me Oh My 3:57 13 How Deep Is Your Love Guitar – Songwriter [Song Written By] – * 4:03. • Phonographic Copyright (p) – • Copyright (c) – • Marketed By – • Distributed By – • Pressed By – • Published By – • Published By – • Published By – • Recorded At – • Recorded At – • Recorded At – • Mixed At – • Published By – • Published By – • Published By – • Published By – • Recorded At – • Mixed At – • Published By – • Published By – • Published By – • Recorded At – • Mixed At – • Published By – • Published By – • Recorded At – • Recorded At – • Published By – • Published By – • Published By – • Published By – • Published By – • Produced For –.

Track 1 Contains samples from 'Strawberry Letter 23' by Shuggie Otis, published by Kidada Music, Inc. & Off The Wall Music, administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.

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Music Corp.) (ASCAP) Track 4 Contains elements from 'Summer Breeze' (J. Crofts) published by Sutjujo Music, Faizilu Publishing and Duchess Music Corporation (BMI). Recorded at: Studio Ultimo, L.A., Ca.

Mixed at: Enterprise Studios, Burbank, Ca. Copyright © 1995 by Hee Bee Dooinit Music & Unit 4 Music (administered by W.B. Music Corp.) (ASCAP) Track 5 Recorded at: Aire L.A., Glendale, Ca. Mixed at: Sound Castle, L.A., Ca.

Copyright © 1995 by Hee Bee Dooinit Music & Unit 4 Music (administered by W.B. Music Corp.) (ASCAP) Track 6 Recorded at: Studio Ultimo, L.A., Ca. Mixed at: Enterprise Studio's, Burbank, Ca. Copyright © 1995 by Hee Bee Dooinit Music & Unit 4 Music (administered by W.B. Music Corp.) (ASCAP) Track 8 Contains samples from 'Paradise' by John E. Blake Jr., published by G.W.

Hyde Park Group: Food Innovation“As a senior executive with accountabilities for new brand innovation, they made significant contributions to the development of an. It's been a long break away from blogging again. Try as I might but it's just tough cooking/baking, taking pictures, writing up posts and working at the same time. I'm re-thinking my priorities this year. I had to take more responsibilities at work and back home, demanding as usual. Despite of all the madness,.

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& Track Records, North Hollywood, Ca. Mixed at: Enterprise Studios, Burbank, Ca.

Copyright © 1995 by Hee Bee Dooinit Music, Unit 4 Music (administered by W.B. Music Corp.)/Maurice Thompson Music, G.W. Jr Music, Inc. & Locksmith Music (ASCAP) Track 10 Contains samples from 'My Flame' (B. Caldwell), published by Longitude Music Co., Inc., Lindseyanne Music & Full Force Music (BMI), performed by Bobby Caldwell, courtesy of Sin-Drome Records.

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This year 2,580 artists entered portraits for the BP Portrait Award - but only 53 from 87 countries were selected for the 2017 Exhibition of the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery this summer. This blog post is about those artists who have been selected to exhibit in the at the National Portrait Gallery this summer. The BP Portrait Award 2017 represents the very best in contemporary portrait painting Here are some numbers: • In terms of entries, out of the 2,580 entries from all over the world • 1,214 Entries came from the UK - England, Scotland and Wales (47%) • 1,366 Entries came from 84 other countries (53%) • 218 paintings (8.4%) of the original entries made it through to at Trinity Buoy Wharf. • The judges then reduced this number to their selection of the final 53 for the exhibition ( representing 2% of the total number of entries). Alan Coulson with his portrait painting selected for the BP Portrait Award 2017 See the names of the selected artists - organised by the country where they live at present - BELOW - plus: • links to their websites and • a short summary of their CV • some photos of the artists and/or their portraits Allocation to country takes detective work! Where I couldn't work out a country I created a category at the end called 'unknown'. If anybody spots a mistake with a website please let me know via comment or contact me.

SELECTED ARTISTS ARE INVITED to send me a copy of the image of their portrait - to feature in this blog post - along with a copy of their confirmation email. See the side column for. The Best of the Rest My commiserations to all those reading this who entered but were not selected for the exhibition • My BP 'Best of the Rest' will be published on Sunday (subject to receiving enough images of portraits) • See my blog post for my invite to those who failed to get selected for the exhibition • At the end of the post, you can find links to my posts about selected artists in previous years. Taken together these are an excellent method for studying the type of portraiture which gets selected for this award. BP Portrait Award 2017 - Exhibiting Artists Yesterday I posted about the artists shortlisted for the prizes - see Today I must congratulate all those artists who have been selected for the exhibition. • LINKS TO THEIR WEBSITES are embedded in their names in the list below (where available). • Previous prizewinners are highlighted in red • Those previously selected for the BP have a link to previous portraits ( unless they were in those years of the very irritating exhibitor listings where you have to go through all portraits one by one from the beginning and/or there were a lot!) • For those without a website see my blog post listed on my page - Get your website sorted BEFORE you enter a juried art competition or miss out on the traffic when the names of selected artists are announced!

The photos below are a mix of • portraits sent to me of work selected for this year's exhibition and • images of artists with their portraits due to being selected for previous exhibits. AUSTRALIA (2) • (nee Siggins) - born in Ireland; studied at the Byam Shaw School in London from 1976-80; moved to Australia in 1983. Now lives and works in Sydney and is an Australian Citizen. Worked as a Fine Artist, a Creative Director and a part-time Lecturer in Design at UNSW FBE 1995-2010. She has been in the ( Australia's most prestigious art prize for portraiture by female artists) six times, with two portraits exhibited in 2014, and a three-time finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. She was and her portrait of Ken Rosewall hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.

• - will be attending the official opening with her family. Longlisted but not hung in 2015. Since 2008 she has been a finalist in over 60 national and international Art Prizes and has shown her work in 23 exhibitions across Australia and in Italy. 86 (rhyming slang for worth nix) by Janne Kearney oil on linen, 100cm x 100cm CHINA (1) • Bao Han - no website ENGLAND (25), • - Professional portrait painter. Lives in London and classically trained in Chelsea and Florence. Free Download Movie Maker For Pc Windows 7. Has already been commissioned to do a portrait for the National Portrait Gallery - see • - graduated from Brunel University in 2004 and lives and works in Bedford in the UK.

Selected for the BP Portrait exhibition on three occasions. • John Burke - exhibiting at the Annual Exhibition of the RP in 2017 (I think!) • - born in Georgia and based in London. Studied art at Tbilisi Nikoladze Art College (1988-92 ) and did her Master's degree at the Tbilisi State Academy of Art (1992-97).. • - () a contemporary artist working predominantly in portraiture.

More importantly, his drawings are in my book! Foundation studies in art and design at Harrogate College of Art and Design and self-taught after that. Used to live in London and now back living in Yorkshire with his family. Previously exhibited in the BP Portrait Award 2010, 2011 and 2012 - when he won third prize in 2012. His portrait of Ritchie Culver was seen absolutely everywhere in London! (see throwback pic below) At the top of this post is a pic of Alan earlier this year with his framed painting which has been selected for the BP Alan Coulson with Ritchie Culver in the 2012 BP Portrait Exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery Robert by Estelle Day • - member of Kingston Open Studios.

She did her Foundation Year in painting and sculpture at Chelsea College of Art then graduates from Oxford Brookes University with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art & French. She works from her home studio in South West London where the main focus is portrait painting. • - born in Nottinghamshire. Spent childhood in rural Shropshire.

Studied art foundation at Shrewsbury College and a BA in Fine Art at Birmingham School of Art. Has worked as a commission artist for over 10 years. Commissioned by the Kennel Club in 2013 to paint their patron, Her Majesty The Queen. Shortlisted for the biennial Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize in 2015. Carol Ann Duffy (Poet Laureate) and Gillian Clarke (National Poet of Wales) by Claire Eastgate oil & mixed media on canvas, 48' x 48' • - No bio. Paints small and has exhibited in Cambridge and London.

Selected for Ruth Borchard self-portrait exhibition in 2013. • - no bio on her own website.

Works and exhibits regularly in the UK. Studied illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. Selected for BP Portrait Award in,,,, 2010 • - her website declares that she is a painter much in demand and that she has travelled thousands of miles in the last five years fulfilling commissions. Fiona Graham-Mackay with her portrait of Sir Andrew Motion in the BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2016 • - He was the London Heat Winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in 2014 and the overall winner of Artist & Artists And Illustrators Magazine Artist of the Year in 2011 and has previously been shown in BP Portrait Award in 2011 and.

This is Raoof Haghighi with his self-portrait oil on canvas board 500x700mm (pictured at BP Portrait Award Exhibition 2015) • - Studied Scientific & Natural History Illustration at Blackpool & the Fylde School of Art and Design. Specialises in portraits of wildlife, people and pets. In 2014, reached the grand final of. Commissioned by the Royal College of Music to paint Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Her portrait has also been selected for this year's exhibition website. Jessica by Laura QuinnHarris Oil on board, 515 x 625 mm 'Ania' by Ania Hobson Oil, beeswax impasto on canvas, 1370mm Sq • - Comes from rural Suffolk. No bio summary on her website.

Studied at the Prince's Drawing School and Portraiture at the Florence Academy of Art, Italy. She made the long list for the BP Portrait in 2016 but wasn't hung. • - A London based artist, originally from Cornwall. Winner of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Changing Faces Commission Prize 2015. Awarded the New English Art Club Drawing Scholarship 2016-17. She will also be showing drawings and paintings at upcoming exhibitions by the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the New English Art Club. 'Tabitha Moses with Gilda.

Liverpool' by Hero Johnson oil on canvas, 160cm x 100cm. • Gary Lawrence - no website. I'm wondering if this is the Gary Lawrence who won The Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2011 with an enormous drawing done with a biro (well quite a lot of biros!) • - trained at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Florence Academy of Art. Elected as a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2006. Won The Ondaatje Prize for Portraiture plus the gold medal awarded for the most distinguished painting in the Royal Society of Portraiture’s annual exhibition in 2011.

Teaches at LARA in London. • Brian Sayers - No CV or portraits online / gallery websites only. Studied at the Slade School of Art.

Selected BP Portrait Award in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2014 and • - Lived and worked in East Anglia all his life. Has painted in oils for over thirty years and paints detailed and landscapes.. His painting was featured on the exhibition website. • - Graduated with BA in fine art from Leeds University (1993). Attended courses at the Slade School of Fine Art and at the Florence Academy of Art. She is a portrait painter and sculptor working from life in oils and clay. Also secretary of The Oxford Art Society and is a co-ordinator of the Oxford Artweeks open studio initiative • - Born in Lancashire.

BFA Fine Art (2016), Oxford University. Some impressive paintings but clearly starting out as an artist. Oddly, she's only listed by her first name in the NPG list. However, all artists need surnames and an excellent reputation before they become reduced to one name ( like Picasso)!:) I also note she uses her full name on her website and elsewhere. However, congratulations are due to Khushna for the choice of her image for the • - nominated for shortlist - see.

Won 3rd Prize in 2016. The whole Sullivan family is participating in the shortlist for the prizes again this year!

You can view my video interview with him on YouTube - see. Ben and Ginnie Sullivan at the 2016 VP Portrait Awards Ceremony with baby Edith Ginnie and Edith are the subjects of the portrait shortlisted for a prize in 2017. • Richard Twose - Won 2nd Prize in 2014 the first time he entered the BP. See for my video interview Richard Twose Interview - BP Portrait Award 2014 (2nd prize) on YouTube. He used to teach art in Bristol - until he won Second Prize in this competition. He's now a full-time artist. Recent achievements include: Cultural Visions Lecture at University of Hull for Hull: UK City of Culture; 2016 Winner: RWA Open Prize; Shortlisted: Black Swan Gallery Open Award; 2015 Shortlisted: Beep International Painting Prize.

Ken Loach by Richard Twose • Antony Williams - nominated for shortlist - see FRANCE (2) • - nominated for shortlist - see • - Born in UK, lives in Provence in France. Previous BP Portrait exhibitor in 1999. Has also exhibited portraits with the RP. Better known for his still lives and landscapes and a which started in 2004 and changed his life in 2006 after being featured in the New York Times and selling out his studio in 2 hours. He's been so busy with PfP that this is the first BP Portrait entry since. Self-portrait by Julian Merrow Smith ISRAEL(1) • - a Belgian-Israeli painter, specialising in figurative painting from observation.

She's exhibited widely and has had a number of solo exhibitions. ITALY (2) • - born in Moscow. Studied in Moscow and in Rome. Currently, lives and works in Rome • - born and lives in Milan in Italy. Studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Brera in Milan and later at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

Works as a freelance illustrator for many advertising companies and international publishers and magazines. Won a number of awards. His are worth a look.

At End of Summer by Marco Ventura oil on panel cm 30 x 40. NEW ZEALAND (1) • - Lives/works in Auckland, New Zealand. Graduated from the AUT Bachelor of Design, in 2011 Majoring in Illustration. Various courses since that date. He also works as.

In 2014, he was the youngest artist to win the premier portrait award in New Zealand -. SCOTLAND (2) • Self-Portrait with Pear by Ross McCauley. WALES (1) • - Graduated 2003 with a BA (Hons) Fine Art, The Cardiff School of Art & Design, Wales. Initially, I was confused about this name as the only websites I can find for a person of this name are either about wall hangings or ice sculptures. However, it now seems the hangings are associated with portraits. This portrait is of his nephew Jack.

Jack by Casper White oil on zinc, 400mm x 300mm USA (6) Nikki by John Borowicz Oil on panel, 16' x 12' • - Lives and Works in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Studied painting at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Dartmouth respectively.

Previously selected for BP Portrait in 2016. I remember his portrait of very well! It's the feature image for. His son also got his very own poster! You can see the portrait selected for this year's exhibition above.

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