Yorkshire Artist and British Portrait Painter unveils A Portrait of Elizabeth One of the most difficult, yet rewarding, parts of being a portrait artist is painting a loved one as their loved ones see them. I not only need to capture a likeness and their character as I see them but their very being as […]

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Yorkshire Artist: An Update from British Portrait Painter Hannah Ostapjuk Recent Small Studies I love quick sketching in pencil or charcoal… Painting Process Exploring the English countryside, progress. Currently working on this figure oil painting. These young ladies by the river. I am really enjoying painting this piece, it’s a much smaller scale and there’s […]

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A great pleasure and in celebration – portrait commission unveiling. It was wonderful to attend the unveiling of Candace’s Portrait Commission… Gifted an oil sketch to be painted from life as a present for her birthday. The whole process has been an absolutely joy! Genuine and interesting.  Candace was a star sitter.  Intelligent, giving and […]

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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Ecstatic to be able to share the news of the Portraits for NHS Heroes book! My portrait of Bluebell will feature in the Bloomsbury publication, it’s out on 12th November but you can pre-order copies at your local book shop, on: Bloomsbury’s website, Amazon, Waterstones or WHSmith. The best bit, ALL ROYALTIES GO […]

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Google Arts and Culture, in collaboration with Paintings in Hospitals, chooses to exhibit Portrait Painter Hannah Ostapjuk’s portrait of Bluebell. Tom Croft Artist’s Portrait for NHS Heroes, Healthcare Heroes, Project. Amazing! My oil painting of NHS Hero, Bluebell, selected to feature in Portraits of healthcare heroes.  An art exhibition including work by emerging, professional and well-known portrait […]

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Firstly, I cannot believe I haven’t written a post since September 2017! Secondly, I did indeed study at The Florence Academy of Art in Florence for a whole wonderful week. Firenze is stunning, the centre of Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries. A place I had to visit and a place I feel so lucky to […]

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Today (31/07/17), I received the fantastic news that Professor Susan Price has now seen the portrait I painted of her. It is exactly 11 months, since I delivered the Portrait of Professor Susan Price to Leeds Beckett University. There will not be a formal unveiling. The portrait will be hung in the Boardroom at the […]

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Yorkshire Artist and Portrait Painter, Hannah Ostapjuk’s first Solo Exhibition ‘Hannah Ostapjuk: PORTRAITS’ is now OPEN! If you would like to see paintings such as: An Evening Online, Girl with Plaited Hair, and Portrait of Professor Michael Arthur, then pop these dates (below) in your diary as those paintings will only on view to the public during this […]

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Although still in the process of planning, I cannot hold in my excitement any longer!!! I am to hold my first Solo Exhibition, Hannah Ostapjuk PORTRAITS,  at the University of Leeds in the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall Foyer from 22nd October* – 12th December 2014. This fantastic opportunity was presented to me by Jillian Johnson MBE; at the […]

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