Susan Brown, a previous exhibitor at DE exhibitions in 2001 and 2002, won the Penrose Purchase Prize. Based in Yorkshire, Susan graduated from Leeds with a BA Hons, in Three-Dimensional Design and then became an elected member of The Chartered Society of Designers in 1988 and The Society of Architectural Illustrators in 1992.

Her figurative work often centres on what she has described as 'architectural studies of existing surroundings, often exploring the mathematics, rhythm and movement within structures and the relationship between man and his built environment'. Her winning painting is a lovely example of this.

Discerning Eye's Chief Executive Tony Humphreys gave his purchase prize to William Feaver, the renowned art critic who also paints beautiful landscapes in his own right. One of selector Catherine Goodman's invited artists, the work chosen is of Swinhope in Northumberland. Tony was particularly taken with the use of light in the painting.

Felicity House, a former primary school teacher who now works as an illustrator and teaches life drawing at the Art Institute at Bournemouth was awarded the Meynell Fenton Prize, worth £1,000. Felicity regularly exhibits in Bristol and in London with the Pastel Society, the New English Art Club and the Royal Institute of Watercolour painters.

 

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