16–21 September 2013

Mall Galleries The Mall London SW1

1 December– 13 January 2014

Pencil Museum Keswick Cumbria CA12 5NG

I am delighted to welcome you to the inaugural Derwent Art Prize Exhibition 2013, celebrating all that is best about pencil art.

The humble pencil was invented in Keswick around 450 years ago, following the chance discovery of a unique graphite deposit in the Borrowdale valley, just outside the town.

Borrowdale Graphite, unique in its lump form, was renowned for its purity. It was the material of choice for discerning artists for nearly 250 years, until the mine closed in 1895, following the invention of the present-day method of mixing graphite with clay to form the core of the pencil.

Our company has been producing pencils in the Lake District since 1832, and the Derwent brand is recognised around the world for quality, innovation and reliability.

However it is the passion and skill of the artist in whose hands Derwent comes to life that captures the very essence of the product we create in our factory. The Derwent Art Prize seeks to provide a global platform for these talented people who work long and hard to produce the most amazing works of art using graphite and coloured pencil, and we salute them today through this fabulous exhibition of their achievements.

Congratulations and thanks to all who took the trouble to enter, we are overwhelmed with the response, receiving almost 3600 entries!

Special Congratulations to the winners, of course. We look to you to inspire and motivate future years’ entrants to help us build on this amazing first year of the Derwent Art Prize.

With best wishes

David SharrockDirector and General Manager, The Cumberland Pencil Company

Foreword

Yvonne Crossley is Director of the The Drawing Gallery in Shropshire. The Gallery, which opened in 2004 in Central London and in 2008 relocated to the West Midlands, was the first private gallery in the UK to focus entirely upon exhibiting and selling contemporary drawing.

“The show demonstrates a flourishing interest in drawing from a wide range of starting points. I look forward to this open competition going from strength to strength in future years.”

Professor Stephen Farthing RA, is a artist and Rootstein Hopkins Research Chair of Drawing at the University of the Arts, London. He was elected an RA in 1998 and lives in New York and London.

“A celebration of simplicity, creativity, manual dexterity and the most sustainable and least expensive of all the graphic technologies.”

Fisun Güner is a journalist and freelance visual arts writer. She is the Visual Arts Editor for the arts desk and Art Reviewer for Metro, and writes for the Independent and other publications.

“For me, it was especially exciting to find artists using a traditional medium – the artist’s most basic tool – in distinctive and highly imaginative ways.”

selection panel

Gillian Adair McFarlandUnited Kingdom

Impact pressure (Pencil)Punctured paper and graphite2013

Chrys AllenUnited Kingdom

Walk in Progress: KoliGraphite2011

Life Drawing ContinuedGraphite

2013

KUL-MH004Graphite2013

Reginald S AloysiusUnited Kingdom

GemelleGraphite

2013

Sinfonia n1Graphite

2013

Patrizia BerettaItaly

Etude du portrait de FlorianeCharcoal2013

Nicolas BorderiesFrance

Blessed is the gift of laughterGraphite pencil on paper

2013

Hazel BowmanUnited Kingdom

Last 3 RemainingGraphite2011

David BrammeldUnited Kingdom

Arena DrawingGraphite

2012

Patricia CainUnited Kingdom

HoundGraphite2013

Robert ChislettUnited Kingdom

Albany Sunset OrangesPastel2013

Beverley ColecloughUnited Kingdom

Construction II (Conditional Perfect)Graphite2013

Liz ColliniUnited Kingdom

BorderlineGraphite, 3D support – clay, plaster and wax

2013

Zsolt DudasUnited Kingdom

It’s Full of Stars DrawingGraphite2013

Chris DunseathUnited Kingdom

AfterGraphite

2012

Ross FultonUnited Kingdom

Drawing Nebulae and Interstellar Matter 102Burnished graphite on gesso2012

BodyBurnished graphite on primed paper2011

Pippa GattyUnited Kingdom

JPMWatersoluble

2013

Ka GrayUnited Kingdom

Homestudy 3Graphite2013

Homestudy 5Graphite2013

Homestudy 4Graphite2013

Homestudy 6Graphite2013

Justin HarrisUnited Kingdom

Theatre 1Graphite

2011

Theatre 2Graphite

2011

Adam HarveyUnited Kingdom

EDENPastel2013

Wendy J. HelmUnited Kingdom

GripColouring

2012

Olivia HicksUnited Kingdom

London 2012Graphite2013

Paul HilesUnited Kingdom

PillarPastel2013

Charlotte HodesUnited Kingdom

In Search of Lost TimeGraphite2013

Ziga HribersekSolomon Islands

Gorget and PauldronGraphite

2012

Kieran IngramUnited Kingdom

CoastWatersoluble2013

Shaun Michael JonesUnited Kingdom

Set in StoneGraphite

2011

Stephen KavanaghUnited Kingdom

Don’t make pretext about Kampuchea Krom in order to hide your jaw of traitor

Graphite2013

You must answer my questions without

wasting time to reflectGraphite

2013

Great British Comedian – Rowan AtkinsonGraphite2013

Caroline KeatingUnited Kingdom

CelariacCharcoal

2012

Marion KuitUnited Kingdom

Division of LabourWatersoluble wax pencil2013

Sharon Leahy-ClarkUnited Kingdom

Crab clawsColouring

2013

BrillColouring

2013

Victoria LochheadUnited Kingdom

Animal Skull Life StudyCharcoal2011

Danny LyonUnited Kingdom

Ulysses (Final Page)Graphite

2013

Penny McCarthyUnited Kingdom

Visions of JoanneColouring2011

Hilary McElderryUnited Kingdom

Nab EdgeWatersoluble graphite and coloured pencil on limestone paper

2013

Tina MammoserUnited Kingdom

Men at your FeetCharcoal2012

Maria Mari MurgaUnited Kingdom

BRASSYGraphite on paper

2012

Chris MiltonUnited Kingdom

Blue Bridge Graphite2011

Gabrielle MooreUnited Kingdom

Industrial Graveyard: Arcade Machines Graphite

2012

Liana MoranUnited Kingdom

Fanfare for a common manGraphite2013

Bernard Nao KitamaUnited Kingdom

Ref 1209Colouring

2012

Lawrence Nash RWAUnited Kingdom

String Bag FoldedGraphite2011

Allison NealUnited Kingdom

Landscapes & Places Graphite

2013

Yi Lin Juliana OngUnited Kingdom

Greens and BluesColouring2013

Simon ParishUnited Kingdom

CapperGraphite

2013

Nendie Pinto-DuschinskyUnited Kingdom

The Majestic SavoyColouring2011

Janie PirieUnited Kingdom

Isolation in EdinburghGraphite

2012

Lorna PirrieUnited Kingdom

AJPastel2011

Jill PrestonUnited Kingdom

[Great Brampton House: Only Time Will Tell Series] ‘3D Printing Machine 2013’Graphite

2013

Kate PritchardUnited Kingdom

Walk London WayWatersoluble2013

Ivana ProkopovicUnited Kingdom

BambinaGraphite

2013

Marta RavasiUnited Kingdom

Procambarus clarkiiWatersoluble2011

Ana RodriguesPortugal

Carousel II Charcoal

2013

Serena RoweUnited Kingdom

The Internal Dialogue of Childhood MemoryGraphite2013

Annie SamuelUnited Kingdom

I Travel With My EyesCharcoal

2013

Letting The Dogs Out At NightCharcoal

2012

Marielle SchramUnited Kingdom

MirrorColouring2013

Suhyang SeoKorea

AlishaGraphite

2012

Wendy-Jane SheppardAustralia

”Nature Morte VII. No More Messages from the Gods, Heron”Colouring2013

John SimsUnited Kingdom

Dusk at the River Don IICharcoal

2011

Kate SteenhauerUnited Kingdom

Sunlight on WaterGraphite2013

Jon StevensUnited Kingdom

Noema 2Graphite

2012

Adam StoneUnited Kingdom

Debutants (Empty Chair series)Graphite and acrylic on paper2011

Untitled (Empty Chairs series)Graphite and acrylic on paper2011

Lexi StraussUnited Kingdom

ZiadColouring and graphite

2013

Sara SukhunLebanon

Parting Gifts (Fish)Graphite2013

Paul ThomasUnited Kingdom

MeleeGraphite

2011

Philippa TunstillUnited Kingdom

Chain of memory nestsGraphite2012

Borislav VaradinovBelgium

Jewish BuskersGraphite

2011

Nicholas VaughanUnited Kingdom

ThinkerCharcoal2012

Sheila VaughanUnited Kingdom

Doctor Dolittle 1Coloured pencil

2013

Doctor Dolittle 2Coloured pencil

2013

Lee Haya VladislavskyIsrael

Lee WagstaffUnited Kingdom

TopkapiGraphite2013

Who cares about unlucky numbers?Graphite

2011

Cerise WardUnited Kingdom

Maltkiln LaneCharcoal2013

Tony WellsUnited Kingdom

First Snow on DartmoorCharcoal

2012

Kate WestbrookUnited Kingdom

Torch ParadeCharcoal2013

Ann Marie WhaleyUnited Kingdom

Vacant ShopGraphite

2013

Christopher WitchallUnited Kingdom

Five coots Colouring2012

Alan WoollettUnited Kingdom

The TransfigurationGraphite

2012

James WrightUnited Kingdom

Regeneration 6Charcoal2013

Roy WrightUnited Kingdom

Up-Skirt Me 2Graphite

2012

Christine WuenschelUnited States

NoonCharcoal2013

Ryotaro YamanakaJapan

CrowCharcoal

2013

Valentina ZlatarovaUnited Kingdom

The Derwent Art Prize would like to thank all those involved for their contribution to making this exhibition possible, in particular:

The selectors for all their time and expertise.

All the team at Parker Harris www.parkerharris.co.uk

UK Coloured Pencil Society www.ukcps.co.uk

Badger Press www.badgerpress.co.uk

Mall Galleries www.mallgalleries.org.uk

Hydrant www.hydrant.co.uk

The Cumberland Pencil Company Derwent House Jubilee Road Lillyhall Business Park Workington Cumbria, CA14 4HS

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