Yorkshire Portrait Painter, Hannah Ostapjuk, received her first commission aged just 17 years old. This was a portrait of the honourable and much loved Dr Hudson, previous head teacher of King James School, Knaresborough. After being told, something to the effect of, ” first one back will be in with the chance of painting another three previous […]
2014 has got off to a flying start for New Lights and myself, as the exhibition of short-listed artists moves to Newcastle and The Biscuit Factory. The show opened on the 22nd January and runs through until the 4th April 2014. It has work by all the short-listed artists, including my Girl in the Flowered Dress self […]
The New Lights Shortlisted Artists Exhibition will open in it’s second location, The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle, on the 22nd January and will run until the 4th April 2014. I am extremely excited about seeing ‘Girl in the Flowered Dress’ on the walls of The Biscuit Factory as it is the largest commercial gallery in […]
Interview with The York Flyer Portraiture, a recognised art form in its own right, so much so that the genre has whole galleries devoted to it, not least the National Portrait Gallery in London, where our artist of the month has set her sights. I came across the work of Hannah Ostapjuk very recently when […]
As an artist I welcome other artists, art students, or teachers, to contact me for help or advice regarding painting and the general practice of an artist. Having gone through school and university myself and finding few willing to offer guidance; I decided to make it my duty to help others wherever possible. This past year in particular I […]
Friday, November 15, 2013 The ‘My North Yorkshire’ interview with Hannah Ostapjuk There’s something in the air in North Yorkshire. One breath is all that is needed to feel at ease, according to Hannah Ostapjuk, a North Yorkshire based autobiographical figurative oil painter. Hannah focuses on colour and chiaroscuro lighting effects combined with techniques employed […]
I have reached the next stage of the SAATCHI GALLERY’s Saatchi Online Showdown Competition ‘Painted Faces’. The online competition, portrait based this year, where artists from all over the world can showcase their work and be given the chance for it to be judged by internationally acclaimed artists and curators. Judges for the competition so far […]
I received another fantastic opportunity through being shortlisted for the New Lights Art Prize 2013 – to be interviewed by Crispin Rolfe for BBC Look North (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire). The interview focuses on the importance of art prizes like New Lights and the difficulty faced by artists living in the North of England as opposed to those living and working […]
My work has been chosen by THE INDEPENDENT to feature in their online arts article about the New Lights Art Prize 2013. View my chosen portrait in the Gallery. The New Lights prize, first awarded in 2011, attracted entries from across the North and is designed to draw attention to artists working outside the London arts scene. […]