For the duration of the Young Artists of the Year 2011 exhibition at The Biscuit Factory visitors to this site can vote for their favourite piece. Concurrently, exhibition visitors will be given the same opportunity. At the conclusion of the exhibition on December 4th both sets of votes will be counted and combined and the artist with the most will be awarded a Peoples Choice prize package kindly provided by our sponsors Winsor and Newton and Blackwell’s Newcastle:
£100 worth of Winsor and Newton art materials
£50 to spend at Blackwell’s Newcastle store.
Click the pictures to make the image bigger. The artists’ work is displayed in random order and there is a voting form at the foot of the list of images. Please vote for one piece only. Thank you.
Philippa Whiteside – You Can Be My Alphabet
Georgina Vinsun – Jemima
James Sutton – Toy IV Giraffe
James Sutton – Toy I Elephant
Stevie Ronnie – Binding
Stevie Ronnie – Instrumental
Stevie Ronnie – Solar
Robyn Townsend – Ear Fragment
Georgia Rodger – Turning Figure
Peter Tinkler – The Bee Keeper
Venetia Norris – Ink Drawing Stock 1
Venetia Norris – Ink Drawing of Sunflower 1
Rachel Milne – Self Portrait 6
Rachel Milne – Wheely Bins
Mark McQueen – Mum, I Don’t Want To Wear This
Allison Lynn – Biota
Tim Jago – For the Love of Drawing: Deep Blue
Tim Jago – For the Love of Drawing: Grey Silver
Kate Haywood – Blue Conical Convolutions
Kate Haywood – Black Green Byform
Kate Haywood – Red Striated Byform
Andrew Gibson – Peter’s Ice Cream
Andrew Gibson – Rocks
Hester Berry – Shine on Silver Sun
Jack Banister – Detachment
Stuart Simpson – Diclofenac Vulture
Amy Logan – Pink Ring
Amy Logan – Stain Necklace
Amy Logan – Silver Plated Box
Amy Logan – Paper Ring
Jonathan Ashworth – Fireworks
Jonathan Ashworth – House at Night
Jonathan Ashworth – Striped Curtains
Phil Vickery – Green Helix
Ben Holland – Drink Beer, Be Sincere
Ben Holland – Cinemas Past and Present
Ben Holland – Jazz Parable
Rhea Sherriff-Hammond – Captive
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Great painting Hester
I think this piece by Jonathan Ashworth conveys a complexity and depth of emotion by way of an uncluttered and simple image. It is a moving and thought provoking piece.
Amazing and very topical work from a very talented artist.
Interesting picture
It’s difficult to visualise these works of art from the aspect of size and proportion.
The black and white simplicity of Jonathan Ashworths picture appeals to my untrained eye because it creates emotion and atmosphere.
“Striped Curtains”, by Jonathan Ashworth, presents a deceptively simple image that presents the viewer with a mini-drama. Are the curtains being opened, or closed? Is the figure fearful of what’s behind them, or merely curious? Is the fabric sheer, exposing the white horizontal lines behind the curtains? And where are we positioned, to be looking down from such a great height? The more you look, the more you see…
Wow!
An incredible piece from this talented young Artist!
Awesome
I think that this work completed by rug manufacturing is exceptional.;
I hope it gains its true value
I had no idea that we could obtain prints of Jonathan’s work – Bravo
I Really love Mark McQueen’s piece, very interesting work 🙂
@ Mark McQueen…………..WONDERFUL WORK MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gives a real feeling of isolation and loneliness, something we can all relate to 🙂
I especially love this evocative print design by Jonathan Ashworth
Stunning artwork, as usual, from Hester Berry
Very simple but thought-provoking.
Beautiful work Hester Berry.
Beautiful!
Another fantastic Hester Berry. Incredible.
This is my kind of picture ,you can find something new in it every day yet never be sure you have ever got it all.
Jonathan Ashworth’s curtains for me.
I was really drawn to Mark McQueens “Mum, I dont want to wear this”. captured a reaction of a child perfectly
Beautiful imagery and skill shown in your painting Hester!!!
House at Night by Jonathan Ashworth is my favorite work!
Deep and great emotional impact. BRAVO!
Great work Hester Berry!
Ah, books. They get my vote every time.
Congrats on making the shortlist Stevie. Best of luck!
Mark McQueen’s “Mum, I don’t want to wear this” is fantastic work. I just imagined myself doing the exact same thing as a child. Brilliant work, maybe and artist to look out for in the future.
The use of light in Jonathan Ashworth’s ‘House at Night’ is very effective – beautiful no fuss print!
Jonathan Ashworth’s “Striped Curtains” makes one stop, stare, and draws one in. It seems simple yet is full of intrigue and wonderment.
Shine on Silver Sun has great depth, stirring the visual senses and the tired old brain.
Brilliant !
Interesting work Hester, very original and intricate. Very different from other work I have seen from you.Good luck!
A very engaging piece
I think Hester Berrys work is Fantastic!!
I greatly admire Hester’s use of and ideas about the environment and the need for recycling. Well done!
I think Hester Berry`s work is extremely professional and accomplished, also really interesting: really well done and I think you deserve to win!
Hester, this is a brilliant piece of work – it should really make us all think what we are doing to our beautiful world – good luck!
Jonathan and Fiona Waterer
I love art that makes you really see it, look at it for ages and prompts loads of different thoughts and ideas about what the artist was concerned by. On top of that it’s aesthetically amazing and has so much skill. Love it.
I think there’s some brilliant stuff here but Hester gets my vote
Jonathan Ashworth’s ‘Striped Curtains’: the everyday revisited,and become mysterious. I like it! Joyce Simpson
Brilliant Hester
amazing work Hester
I think Shine on Silver Sun by Hester Berry really puts the accent on the struggle for ecology against the mass and indifference of a largely careless world.
Love Mark McQuuen’s – Mum i don’t want to wear this. How many kids have look just like that when having to wear something horrid.
Why doesn’t a kindle look like this? This is the first gratifying mixture of modern technology coupled with the classic building blocks of civilisation.
Fitting interpretation of northern working class traditions
iThe one that appeals to me most is mark mcqueen,it reminds me of my childhood telling my mum those exact words.
Jonathan Ashworth’s Fireworks – it’s such a cuddly, blissfully happy image. I think it’s his gentle hand and the tango knot of legs that get me…
wonderful work
Hester Berry’s work is amazing and ever-developing in new areas.
Love Steve Ronnie’s stuff – hard to choose which. Went for the book one!
Great work, Stevie!