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 […]
Portrait Artist Yorkshire, a much needed up-date by Hannah Ostapjuk Artist and Portrait Painter. Life and work has been busy and I guess updating my news articles was the last thing on my mind. However in the current Covid-19 lockdown, I found the time to have a nice Yorkshire Tea and write this. On my […]
I had the pleasure of painting a wonderful portrait of North Yorkshire’s previous Vice Lord Lieutenant, Colonel Edward Christopher York. Colonel Edward York held the appointment of Vice Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire from January 2000 to February 2014. In 2015 Edward was honoured with an OBE for services to charity. Edward and his wife, Sarah, play a huge […]
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 […]
A Yorkshire Artist Blog: If you can’t be cheeky while you are young then when can you be… As an Artist I spend my spare time building the confidence of young artists who have been knocked down by: teachers, parents, “friends”, bullies, etc. I do this because I know how it feels. I have spent my entire […]
Back in August 2015. My work with Spartans Academy of Krav Maga. Official Photographer at a very special event with the one and only Itay Gil. Since 2015 I have worked with the Academy at two more Itay Gil events: April 10th 2016, I photographed a first, the first ‘Active Shooter’ Krav Maga Self Defence […]
Traditional Oil Portrait Painting Techniques Art Workshops for pupils of St Aidans Church of England High School – this was fun! So here’s the thing, in this country we no longer teach: drawing, life drawing, portrait or painting techniques in mainstream education, not at GCSE, A-Level or even University. I think it is very sad because […]
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 […]
YES! I met Steven Bartlett… So here’s a little story for you, roughly six years ago I had this fantastic idea to create a huge portrait project, a project to get my work out there and to get my artistic skills and paintings noticed but I didn’t have a clear idea – I needed a theme. […]