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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Thought is was about time I gave you all an update on what this artist and portrait painter is up to! On my Easel… Right now I have a commission for a gentleman who lives in Rotherham. The portrait painting is of his late wife whom I was lucky enough to have met a couple of […]
I love it when this happens… when an art student is studying my work it gives me such a buzz, it makes me feel like a real artist, brings “the dream” alive – brings me a little closer to where I would like to be. It is a special moment for sure – thank you […]
Yes, you can now view the painting process of the oil sketch I completed of the Clothworkers Concert Hall (School of Music) for the University of Leeds. I would like to thank the University for commissioning me, again, Richard Ashby for making the video, and Richard Cruise for taking such an interest in the painting […]
Yorkshire Artist Makes History – A big title – I know, so I guess you are wondering what I have done. Well, you will remember I completed a portrait of the previous Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds, Professor Michael Arthur, back in 2014. On Friday (26/02/16) I went to see the portrait which […]