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Nick Lord is Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the

Year 201310th December 2013 in Events, Interviewsand Partnershipsby Cass Art

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The news is in and were all bsy celebratin! the sccess "# $ic% &"rd, hasbeen ann"nced as the winner "# t"ni!hts '%y Arts P"rtrait Artist "# the(ear) *ased in Cardi##, $ic% stdied +ine Art at the niversity "# -in!st"nspecialisin! in paintin!, c"lla!e and "# c"rse, p"rtraitre. $ic%s pri/es #r"mthe art televisi"n sh"w "# the year inclde a 10,000 c"mmissi"n t" paint

ath"r ilary antel and a years spply "# art materials #r"m Cass Art.

T" celebrate, we ca!ht p with $ic% in "r Islin!t"n +la!ship st"ret" hearab"t it all, the eperience, his w"r% and what the #tre h"lds4

First and foremost, a huge congratulations !o" does it feel to #ethe "inner$

I !ess its n"t really sn% in) At #irst it #elt li%e it hadnt really happened.Its really ecitin!5 Im intri!ed t" see what will happen in 2016. Alth"!h I!ess when I nveil my p"rtrait "# ilary antel it will #eel li%e an end t" the

eperience. '"me"ne rec"!nised me "n the tbe the "ther day, I th"!htthey were appr"achin! t" as% #"r directi"ns bt they %new me #r"m thesh"w which was weird)

Looking #ack, "hat "ould you say "as your fa%ourite &art of thesho"$

(Nick takes some time thinking about the answer) Its s" hard t" say, btmeetin! 7"hns"n was sch a privile!e Ive always admired him and whathes d"ne, s" bein! able t" ma%e a paintin! with that relati"nship already inplace was incredible. 8# c"rse, Paris was ama/in! t"", spea%in! t" the

eperts. They s!!ested I l""%ed at Ce/anne and Id never really been int"his st##, bt when y" spea% with s"me"ne wh" %n"ws s" mch ab"t it,its really #ascinatin! t" learn. avin! the rec"!niti"n #r"m eperts withre!ards t" my "wn w"r% was #antastic t"". Im %een t" learn and impr"ve,s" will readily ta%e "n b"ard the criticism.

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For a #udding artist, "hat "ould your ad%ice #e in the &ractice of&ortraiture and &ainting in general$

y r"tine has chan!ed in the past year, as it was "ri!inally scribblin! awayat ideas and eventally destr"yin! them. I painted the $i%e sl"!an 97st D"It: in massive letterin! "n my stdi" wall ; n"w whenever Im deliberatin!"ver an idea, I hen I was y"n!er, I went t" an ehibiti"n by anartist called 'een, he sed t" paint "n the sbway trains in $(C. At an earlya!e, the main artist wh" in#lenced me t" m"ve "n #r"m !ra##iti is an artist

called C"n"r arrin!t"n. es a prime eample "# a !ra##iti artist trned #ineartist. I l"ve Peter D"i!spaintin!s Adrian ?henie, and when I was 1@ I wasl""%in! at the paintin!s "#7enny 'aville, she inspired every painter "# that!enerati"n. 8ne "# my #av"rite artists ever is E!"n 'chiele, his drawin!sare ama/in!.

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'hat has #een the #est ad%ice you(%e #een gi%en, and "hat(sresonated "ith you from all the )udges( feed#ack$

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tend t" w"r% at a lar!er scale which all"ws me t" physically m"ve the paintar"nd "n the canvas #"r m"re !estral brsh mar%s and als" addsm"vement t" the w"r%. I havent !"t the patience t" d" really #ine w"r%.Alth"!h I d" w"r% #r"m ph"t"s and ma%e drawin!s as well, I se Derwent'%etchin! Pencilsand 'eawhite s%etchb""%s. I thin% its imp"rtant t" have

the s%ill "# bein! able t" draw, bt at the end "# the day Im a painter, s"the drawin! and the ph"t"!raphy are really