VIDEO: Carl Randall paints Waterloo Bridge, London and 57 people from life
Carl Randall has produced another stunning large painting of an iconic place with lots of people in London. His painting of Waterloo Bridge, London
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Anybody who knows London during peak commuter times will be familiar with the absolute HORDES of people who stream at a very fast pace across the bridges over the River Thames. The stations at Waterloo and London Bridge are on the South bank - and the City of London and many tube lines are on the North Bank - hence the rapid transit on foot!
I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if this painting ended up in major office building in the City!
It's worth going to the website to see a much bigger version and to see if you can spot the portraits of some of the artists who are included in the painting. They are:
I have been pleading for more artists to create more large scale paintings of people in context for YEARS!
Carl was one of the artists who stimulated this request. His paintings of groups of people in Japan in his BP Travel Award exhibition in 2013 were very impressive - and made me realise what we're missing.
The thing about "places" is they are both structures / scapes AND people. You have to go to some very remote areas to find landscapes without people and cityscapes with no signs of human life!
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- measures 6.5 feet wide (200cm)
- includes 57 people who each sat for their portraits to be painted from life
- took 5 months to complete
This blog post is about
- the creation of the painting,
- the artists included in it (see if you can spot them
- portraits of places and why we need more painters who paint both people and 'scapes - people in context and context with people
- how Carl creates his paintings
- what I like about his work and his website
- his impressive profile/biography - and where you can find him on line
About Waterloo Bridge, London and London Portraits
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| Waterloo Bridge, London (2018) by Carl Randall Oil on canvas, 200 x 93cm |
Anybody who knows London during peak commuter times will be familiar with the absolute HORDES of people who stream at a very fast pace across the bridges over the River Thames. The stations at Waterloo and London Bridge are on the South bank - and the City of London and many tube lines are on the North Bank - hence the rapid transit on foot!
I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if this painting ended up in major office building in the City!
The Artists in the Painting
It's worth going to the website to see a much bigger version and to see if you can spot the portraits of some of the artists who are included in the painting. They are:
- Jock McFadyen RA - Lead Curator of the RA Summer Exhibition 2019
- Ishbel Myserscough - won the BP Portrait First Prize 1995
- Antony Williams RP PS NEAC - very easy to spot! Won the Ondaatje Prize in 1995 and 2012
- Benjamin Sullivan RP NEAC - won BP Portrait First Prize in 2017 and was the youngest person ever elected to the RP and NEAC.
- Susanne du Toit - won BP Portrait First Prize 2013
- Simon Davis VPRP - elected Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2014
- Sadie Lee - won the BP Travel Award in 1996
About portraits of places
I have been pleading for more artists to create more large scale paintings of people in context for YEARS!
Carl was one of the artists who stimulated this request. His paintings of groups of people in Japan in his BP Travel Award exhibition in 2013 were very impressive - and made me realise what we're missing.
The thing about "places" is they are both structures / scapes AND people. You have to go to some very remote areas to find landscapes without people and cityscapes with no signs of human life!
READ MORE......>>
