I am overcome with emotion when I see the artist Morag Caister as the winner, as well as the recognition of her new, fresh and original way of creating art. With all my heart, congratulations!!
I don't think Morag's painting of the doctor was particularly good, but she knocked it out of the park with the painting of her boyfriend. I think she achieved a new and masterful level of creativity. The other two played it too safe. The judges are looking for new, innovative, modern styles. She was smart to paint what the judges wanted, regardless of how we feel. That's how you win a competition.
I was so delighted that Morag won - her paintings are so unique and the results of her almost minimalist approach are so wonderful with the spaces and positioning of the figures creating as much intrigue and beauty as the sitters themselves. Perhaps it’s the ‘less is more’ idea that drew me in from the word go.Very well done.
Three interesting painters and a great program. I kept thinking about how differently the sitter has been treated by the countrymen he has served than his equivalent in the United States. 😢
i was actually reading up about him ( the sitter), and was reading that his life , and family's' lives were threatened .. The authorities wanted him and his family to move , in order to be safe , but they didn't move.. they had to have close protection :-(
The words most associated with the craft of winner Maurak are: Unfinished Undone Undone-Ness Which are all true. Her rendering of the famous medical guru, the knighted Jonathan Van Tam, was a solid disappointment, awful. The true winner 🏆 portrait exhibited here is the enhanced movie star sculpted stud version of her boyfriend. Reminiscent in style of the famous laying down looking uphill ANDREW WYETH woman on landscape, without the grass, of course. That James Bond 007 boyfriend entry is what got her the win. It's a sensational 👏 👌 🙌 absolute winner. BRAVO 👏. Guaranteed her coming portrait will be full and DONE.
Hateful malicious comments as usual. I wish you all would keep it to yourselves. Well done judges for picking an exciting fresh style! So excited for Morag! The top3 were all superb. The commissions were sublime. But Morag’s compositions are so unique and cool!
From the 1st time Morag won her heat, I already knew she was gonna be the ultimate winner. Not because I thought she was the best, but because the judges, for the most part, tend to pick the "less than the best" artist for one reason or another. The landscape series is a prime example of this.
I am wondering if the judges ask the person who is commissioned which artist style they like the most of the 3 artist before the finale. I like her style! Thanks again for uploading! So kind ❣️👌🏾❤️🔥💯👊🏽👏👍
Sorry, but I don't agree at all. I cannot understand the commission's decision. The winner is very good, but far too experimental for the shown and presentation of the obviously seriousness of the famous painted person.. In my opinion the absolutely best catched face expression of all three participants was the painting of the elderly female painter, my favorite winner..
Awful winner takes her 4 hours to do stick figures ,Judges are looking for the unusual not the best artist imo .I notice most of the figures looked like they had uneven shoulders or short stubby arms not life like shapes.
I felt the winner was a one trick pony I was getting weary of her uncooked chicken soup style. I hope she will come up with something more substantial for her portrait faces even though I liked her pinstripes.
Oh, please. Neither she can believe it. She painted almost nothing. Leave the canvas with a lot of white spots. That really was a child's beginning painting and she won. Sorry for the other two contestants, but the judges are really confused. if that is art then we are losing the master pieces of the past. When the more knowledge the human gets, the more stupid it becomes.
I knew they'd go with the doodler. Crap is the latest thing. Makes judges feel superior to go against public sentiment. I hate Simon Cowell, but he raised the art of singing by picking the best singers and sending tone-deaf ones home. Judges like these aren't helping make art better, just crap art standard.
