Applications call for Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021. Jackson’s Painting Prize aims to champion exceptional artworks made by international creators at all points in their careers, with tailored prizes aimed to give successful applicants the exposure and resources that are most relevant to them. It also recognizes and appreciates original, 2-dimensional fine artworks in any painting or drawing media.

Categories

Jackson’s Painting Prize has the following

• Animal
• Portrait/Figure
• Landscape/Cityscape/Seascape
• Still Life/Botanical
• Abstract/Non-representational
• Scenes of Everyday Life

Prizes 

• Jackson’s Painting Prize: £6000
• Emerging Artist Award: £1000
• Outstanding Watercolour Award: £500 JACKSON’S VOUCHER
• People’s Choice Award: £500 JACKSON’S VOUCHER
• Six Category Awards: £500 EACH

Eligibility 

• It is open to all artists of all abilities and at all ages.
• It costs £5 per artwork to enter and you may submit up to 5 artworks per entrant.
• Printmaking, pure photography, computer-generated or manipulated artwork and 3D sculptural works are not eligible for selection.
• Artworks for the competition must be submitted by the artist who created it. Drawings or paintings of an inappropriate or offensive subject matter will be removed from the competition.
• All work must be your own intellectual property. This means we will not accept artworks that directly copy other people’s work (this does not include artistic interpretations) or works that are made from a tutorial.

Submission Materials

The maximum jpeg file size is 3MB. Images of the artwork must be at least 1000px wide (with a resolution of at least 72px per inch). The entry form will also ask for the following information for each artwork:

• A category for your artwork to be entered into.
• Title of the artwork.
• An image of your artwork. (max 3MB – jpg, jpeg, tif, png).
• Mediums used to make the artwork.
• Dimensions of the artwork.
• Year artwork was made.
• Artist Statement (max 200 words)
• Artist Biography (max 180 words)
• Your website (optional)

Candidates can register to enter Jackson’s Painting Prize by clicking here.

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