National Portrait Gallery.....

Trying to get my moneys worth from my art fund I went along to the Michael Jackson exhibition "On the wall" with my friend. After a long summer doing kids things it was great to get out and feed the soul on art and great company. It was an emotional exhibition that leads you on a rollercoaster of feelings from sadness, heartache, curiousity to sheer joy with laugh out loud exhibits. 
Here were my highlights...

As we were at The National Portrait Gallery we popped in to see this years BP Portrait Award which never disappoints. The paintings were beautiful. The first one that greets you was amazing and looked so photographic you can't even see any brush strokes! 
Here were some of my favourites....

Dazed and Refused Private View.....

I thought this was a great idea....

Dazed and Refused

PRIVATE VIEW
Thursday 16th June, time 7 –11

Hurwendeki

299 Railway Arches Cambridge Heath Road London E2 9HA

Exhibiton runs until Sunday 10^th July

(exhibition open 7am-7pm Monday to Friday, 9am-7pm Saturday to Sunday, during Café hours)

It’s tough when your work is unloved but the artists rejected from this year’s BP Portrait Award show that even though they may be down, they’re not out, by staging their own Salon Des Refusés exhibition. Paintings will for sale on opening night from the exhibition of a total of 55 refused artists.– the same number as can be found in the BP exhibition.Entries have been sent from Chelmsford, Cambridge, Birmingam, Margate and Mexico...

www.dazedandrefused.com

Some of the rejected artists with their work......