The National Portrait Gallery has announced the winner of the BP Portrait Award 2013.
The prestigious first prize was won by 57-year-old artist Susanne du Toit, for Pieter, a powerful painting of her eldest son. Educated at the University of Pretoria and the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, du Toit is an artist now based in Crowthorne, Berkshire.
The sitting took place in the artist’s studio, as part of a series of portraits of her family. Susanne du Toit says she allowed Pieter to find his own pose, with the condition that his hands would appear prominently in the composition – she says she has always found hands essential to communicating personality.
I look to the body to provide as much expression as the face.… [continue reading]
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