Katella, I also enjoyed the easiness between artist and sitter. You could see that quality in particular, with the painting she did of her betrothed. Wishing them both a blissful union.
I really enjoyed the interplay between their personalities. He, outgoing and jocular, and she shy and demure…an introvert. I smiled so much just with their sweet interactions. I do love her style too. It is very unique and fresh. I do think she got his overall presence captured. I feel there could have been a bit more likeness in the face. She has a very bright future in art, I feel. Enjoy the journey, Morag❤
I am a retired illustrator, mainly fsshion. In art school i saw countless life drawings that were approached without anchoring the figure via a chair, box etc. The judges spoke as if this was some mind blowing technique. They were all fine drawings with the exception of all of the likenesses. But that all they were in my opinion. The artist couldn't be any lovlier but i think she may have been a victim of hype.
Need a change in judges. The caliber of artists they turned down in order to get an unfinished painting is mind blowing. Yes she has talent to paint caricature etc. This is unfinished and doesn’t look like him. Not surprised with these upity judges that would rather talk word salad than to find the best artist. This guy should be mad at this painting but he will continue to be nice.
Was disappointed in the portrait, didn't do him justice in ANY WAY, he was a perfect gentleman about it but I think he must have been disappointed. I don't know what it is that the judges saw in her work, I thought there were several more deserving artists that would have done a much better portrait. Is it that the judges are part of the production so can't be replaced ? I LIKE the judges but am generally not happy with their choices, different judges would be appreciated.
I was so exited about Morag, but this portrait doesn't convince me at all. I don't see the person in it. All I thought was: That's not him. She didn't capture the warmth of his personality.
I don't think she captured ANYTHING about him, his warmth, his character his likeness , his generosity in not showing that he was in anyway disappointed, as I would think he must have been.
This person is selfless. He is like a mirror, he reflects the other person and gives this person what he is of himself . Or gives what the other person aspires for, without any additional action, it comes from a platform of comfort
Morag seems like a nice person and pleasant to interact with, but inevitably unable to create a portrait with any likeness. Ok for gallery shows, but not to document and portray someone to share with future generations who visit the museum.
Morag said she's "been taking it easy" because she obviously doesn't seem to be concerned with perfecting any technique to give a little more recognizability to her portrait of him. She should have been sketching and photographing as much as possible
I came here to see comments thinking, is it just me? I couldn't believe the superb artists who were passed over for this one...her portraits all look out of context to me - human forms floating in air; they say nothing at all about the subject. Seems she's avoiding faces & backgrounds. They look like the quick drawings we did in high school commercial art class. That's her style, fine, but I don't think it's of the caliber for a prestigious gallery.
She was not ready yet. Sorry bur this was not a good decision by the judges. They hyped her but she could not deliver a portrait with enough likeness. And that's on the judges!
What an amazing portrait. Lenny looks like he’s deep in thought, thinking about his next project. Next time I’m in London I will definitely be going to the Portrait Gallery to see it for myself.
It has been interesting to follow Morags works over this and the previous series. She is obviously a very talented and sensitive artist who has a unique way of working. She was mainly picked as the winner because of the portrait of her boyfriend, which was lovely. However I think this might not have been the best outcome for her, winning the competetion and being commissioned to. do such a major portrait. She is a very shy and sensitive woman and I think she can thrive best when she feels comfortable in the surroundings and with the people she works with. This is visible in her best works. But winning the competetion put so much spotlight of her that it must have been very uncomfortable for her (and for the viewer I would say). Her unease with the sitter was clear, as well as the pressure of having to perform under these circumstances. It just did not suit her, even if I think some comments here are very harsh and unfair. She did produce the work in her style, but it is rather weak compared to other pieces she has done. As she works with so much with space and bare lines, the composition and every color has to be spot on, but this work seems to lack in these areas. The placements of the figure on the canvas felt arbitrary, as well as some choices she made regarding details. It is a real shame as I think she has much potential.
Seems like the only artist who bothered to pull something profound and arousing out of their subject was Christian Hook in his portrait of Scottish actor, Alan Cumming. Now there’s a brilliant portrait artist.
As I saw Morag's first portrait some time ago. I thought she is something wonderful. All her portraits are magnificent. Wow ! Congratutations Morag. Such a sensitive, a bit timid artist of them all. ❤❤❤
The poor girl. Everyone is politely congratulatory but I think she’s well aware that she wasn’t equal to the task! The three stooges have egg on their faces and spout even more word salad than usual 🤢
My grandma always said, " if you don't have anything good to say...", something good, hum... anything good . Well, she painted him sitting on a .... stick? At least he's not floating in the air.
It's strange how the judges sort of pushed Morag through. She's become like Shanjela on drag race...bringing her back as if they had something to gain in her winning. Did they buy some of her paintings and want them to increase in value? Are they friends outside of the show?
Wonderful capture of the " feel" of him. That's what I want when I look at a portrait, not just the technique or composition. Not easy to do. Great work.
I don't want to sound mean, but I would classify this as an intermediate student painting. It's flat, lifeless, and the likeness isn't there. I could excuse it, had she painted it in the four hour competition, but she had weeks to create this. It's so disappointing. I'd love to be a fly on the wall to hear other people's opinion at the unveiling.
Every study portrait she did didn’t have a face. And the actual portrait doesn’t look like him at all. Just like her other portraits. She might as well of left the face off again.
To paint a portrait isn’t always about capturing likeness. Sometimes it’s about the essence of a person. It’s hard for me to understand why others can’t understand that concept. Art is not constrained that way.
@@8nin827 I saw NOTHING of that interesting man in that portrait. It could have been. ANYONE, it certainly bore no likeness to the vibrant man she was painting.
@@8nin827 this isn’t her local community college or library exhibit. I think when you win a national portrait contest, and have plenty of time to accurately portray the sitter, it should look like them.
The painting is good, but while I see Lenny’s posture, I don’t see his likeness in the portrait at all. I wouldn’t have recognized him. I think that a portrait has to look like the person to some degree, or it really isn’t a portrait.
Thank You very mutch for this session. It was so nice to se the meetings of this two beautiful people and how well they where working together. The result was so different from ordinary portraits, but so great. Looking forward to following her and to see more of her work.❤
Morag perfectly captured exactly the kind of person Lenny showed himself to be in her presence. As someone who didn't know Mr. Henry beforehand, I have great appreciation for what she captured about him, exactly what I saw too while watching those conversations. He loved it too, because it isn't super bright and funny, but real!
This confirms my opinion that the winner is chosen with the final commission in mind. As Sir Lenny says he likes her style particularly and they seem to get on, it would seem that the judges are actually looking for an appropriate artist.
Morag comes across as such a gentle soul and her paintings reflect that. I just wish that she’d have had a more interesting and dynamic sitter than Lenny Henry as I have to admit that he doesn’t excite me. I love the way that there’s an enigmatic, almost sketchy quality about Morag’s work because of what she chooses to exclude rather than filling the whole of the canvas- she avoids overuse of technology and thus,her results are very pure leaving plenty of room for the imagination. I really loved her final piece and I hope she goes far in her chosen art.
@@janespond922 Maybe because many artists prefer to be free to choose their own subjects to paint and being expected to form an immediate bond and a chemistry with their sitter is not always going to happen and can be pretty overwhelming. Morag is quite obviously a shy, introverted character but that doesn’t get in the way of her sensitivity or ability to produce what are, in my opinion,beautiful portraits.
Definitely need new judges..! 🤔 I'm sure that I am not the only one that feels that way..? Nothing against her talent But I thought there were other artists that were a little bit more on the upscale. And this is my opinion Just like you have yours. 🤗
Congrats to you, Morag Kester! I disagree with those that don't think you captured Lenny Henry's likeness. He so wanted you to capture the person he is when relaxed and at ease, not dominated by being entertaining and you did. As his sister Sharon relayed her thoughts that, you perfectly captured her brother Len, at home and relaxed, not Lenny the entertainer, ready to put on a show. I love the painting because you, Morag saw deeper than the surface person that the general public observes. You captured more than a likeness, you captured Len's essence, which is far harder.
It is absolutely him. But it is not only about likeness. It is capturing the person on so many levels. The Lenny Henry now. It is extraordinary. She is an extraordinary artist. The emphasis on artist, she is not just a painter.
What exactly did she capture on so many levels? This portrait tells us zero about the subject. It could be a guy sitting on a subway train or in the dentist's waiting room.
Sad that there are so many comments who totaly dislike her work... l think she did quite good eve if she might not manage to get is absolute likness... Her style might not be to everyones taste and the jures might have been wrong in picking her, but this was their choice... We do not know if her sitter is really pleased or being polite BUT l think he was pleased and they had a kind of relationship... My thought was that she had done better paintings before, BUT she is young and that was her biggest challenge yet... l wish them all well and hope they all have a great future ahead of them. .. There are so many great artists in Britan l would find it hard to exclude so many in all these challenges, because so many of all the artists either selfttaught or professional are so good and talented in their own way... So to me there is anyway not the only one the winner... All the partisipants in these shows are winners to me... and many more yet unknown talents are out there...
@@almutstarke1344 she was commissioned to paint a PORTRAIT. PORTRAITS are supposed to be LIKENESSES of the subject. That's why they're called PORTRAIT PAINTINGS. Geez.
Truly beautiful and well done but I’m sorry to say it doesn’t look like him. He’s not wide in the bottom with his face nor does he have a squat neck but the rendering is incredible.
Sir Lenny wore the same shirt every time they met, which I think he did as a running joke, and she never said a word. He spoke, so warmly about his mom, even hinting to her Jamaican roots, and she didn't even care. this is hands down, without a shadow of a doubt the worst portrait I've ever seen.
The judges caused this mess. They use skilled artists as foils to lesser ones, which they invariably put through to the finals. The judges should be replaced.
I'm a professional designer, interdisciplinary artist (39 years), an artist director amd independent curator - I don't get it! 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ Yes, it's a nice illustration- not a painting. Why did that take all those setting, meetings and time? That was an eady $10,000 for her. Just saying... So many other artists in the that season of the show should have been selected. As a curator and artistic director, I wouldn't have selected her as the winner nor her painting to go in the UK NPG.
I got a title for this piece: "This wallet is killing my ass".... That line by Lenny Henry was hilarious, much better than Morag's jaggedy outline, which she focused too much on, failing to see the humanity of person sitting in front of her.... I just feel bad for Lenny Henry because this portrait was a real disappointment, he could have been Truly Honored by any of the other highly talented artists who competed for this privilege....
@@CromeLF2 She is a fine artist and her pieces are intriguing. BUT She never gets the face right, not even in the piece about her boyfriend which indeed was her best piece in the show. Her pictures are studies in pose and clothes but for a piece for the National Portrait Gallery I'd want more. Every piece I saw from her looked unfinished regardless how much time she had for them. That's her style, and nothing wrong with that, I just don't think she was the best painter of the season. Her work reminds me of Egon Schiele a lot and I am not a fan of his work either so I might be biased of course. But we don't have to agree!
I feel transported to my fellow countryman Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale " The emperor's new clothes", when the judges talks about this painting. That portrait could be of any black person - it looks more like Idris Elba than Lenny Henry. Its a great painting but not a great portrait 🥺
I don't understand this choice. I cannot say her paintings are groundbreaking I have seen hundreds in similar style particularly painters in the '80; and clearly Toulouse Lautrec inspired. They are not bad either if just find the choice not really justified by out of ordinary talent, work, technique, color choice, composition/style. The paintings are a bit generic, a bit 'meh'. And the painting from final was 'who is that guy?' A bit too late for her to do this type of commission. A lot of stress and pressure, not good for the creative process and the end result is very amateurish, approximative and kind of sloppy. I like her but this just didn't work for me.
I don’t think Morag is all that skilled. Watching her scrub lines of oil with thin bent bristles without any apparent painting ability made me cringe. The unfinished blank canvas canvas style is one I have seen too often. It’s a shame that in the end she could not even get a close likeness. This is not her fault, but the fault of the judges who sent the uninitiated to create a piece of high level art all the while knowing she was lacking. She seems like a pleasant lady though.
Very disappointing. When chosen , given her style , what did the judges expect. Don’t misunderstand, her artistic is admirable but not museum quality .
I enjoyed watching the two of them interact. Both natural and gentle with each other.
Katella, I also enjoyed the easiness between artist and sitter. You could see that quality in particular, with the painting she did of her betrothed. Wishing them both a blissful union.
I really enjoyed the interplay between their personalities. He, outgoing and jocular, and she shy and demure…an introvert. I smiled so much just with their sweet interactions. I do love her style too. It is very unique and fresh. I do think she got his overall presence captured. I feel there could have been a bit more likeness in the face. She has a very bright future in art, I feel. Enjoy the journey, Morag❤
I am a retired illustrator, mainly fsshion. In art school i saw countless life drawings that were approached without anchoring the figure via a chair, box etc. The judges spoke as if this was some mind blowing technique. They were all fine drawings with the exception of all of the likenesses. But that all they were in my opinion. The artist couldn't be any lovlier but i think she may have been a victim of hype.
fashion* that's*
If I viewed this in a gallery I would not know who it was.
Need a change in judges. The caliber of artists they turned down in order to get an unfinished painting is mind blowing. Yes she has talent to paint caricature etc. This is unfinished and doesn’t look like him. Not surprised with these upity judges that would rather talk word salad than to find the best artist. This guy should be mad at this painting but he will continue to be nice.
Was disappointed in the portrait, didn't do him justice in ANY WAY, he was a perfect gentleman about it but I think he must have been disappointed. I don't know what it is that the judges saw in her work, I thought there were several more deserving artists that would have done a much better portrait.
Is it that the judges are part of the production so can't be replaced ? I LIKE the judges but am generally not happy with their choices, different judges would be appreciated.
@@jillp3761 It must have had Something to do with her crotch in the self portrait but there were stronger self portraits....
I agree 100%..! 👍
I respected her view at 36:00
Thanks so much for uploading this program❗️ I would LOVE to see 2023 also❣️ 🙏🏽💯
I was so exited about Morag, but this portrait doesn't convince me at all. I don't see the person in it. All I thought was: That's not him. She didn't capture the warmth of his personality.
I don't think she captured ANYTHING about him, his warmth, his character his likeness , his generosity in not showing that he was in anyway disappointed, as I would think he must have been.
It captured what he hoped it would. Very much enjoyed this! Thank-you...
She seems like a nice person but she was in over her head with this commission!
I agree 100%
I would say she has a unique style almost like a modern Toulouse Lautrec!
For sure, she did not rise to the occasion, how did she win, he needs a better portrait
Such an absorbing show. Thank you SO much for posting them!!!
This person is selfless. He is like a mirror, he reflects the other person and gives this person what he is of himself . Or gives what the other person aspires for, without any additional action, it comes from a platform of comfort
Half the artists in this season could've done a better portrait.Way to go judges🙄
Morag seems like a nice person and pleasant to interact with, but inevitably unable to create a portrait with any likeness. Ok for gallery shows, but not to document and portray someone to share with future generations who visit the museum.
Morag said she's "been taking it easy" because she obviously doesn't seem to be concerned with perfecting any technique to give a little more recognizability to her portrait of him. She should have been sketching and photographing as much as possible
I came here to see comments thinking, is it just me? I couldn't believe the superb artists who were passed over for this one...her portraits all look out of context to me - human forms floating in air; they say nothing at all about the subject. Seems she's avoiding faces & backgrounds. They look like the quick drawings we did in high school commercial art class. That's her style, fine, but I don't think it's of the caliber for a prestigious gallery.
I wonder if it will hang for long. It is an embarrassment
Plus there is no likeness
What a kind face this is - she has caught him beautifully. Well done young lady.
She was not ready yet. Sorry bur this was not a good decision by the judges. They hyped her but she could not deliver a portrait with enough likeness. And that's on the judges!
100% agree
"There's no room for this at the National Gallery."
Pa-leeze...
What an amazing portrait. Lenny looks like he’s deep in thought, thinking about his next project. Next time I’m in London I will definitely be going to the Portrait Gallery to see it for myself.
My first thought? Who’s that suppose to be?
What a fiasco, it's really bad. There is zero likeness, nothing from his personality and looks 20 years older than Lenny.
It has been interesting to follow Morags works over this and the previous series. She is obviously a very talented and sensitive artist who has a unique way of working. She was mainly picked as the winner because of the portrait of her boyfriend, which was lovely. However I think this might not have been the best outcome for her, winning the competetion and being commissioned to. do such a major portrait. She is a very shy and sensitive woman and I think she can thrive best when she feels comfortable in the surroundings and with the people she works with. This is visible in her best works. But winning the competetion put so much spotlight of her that it must have been very uncomfortable for her (and for the viewer I would say).
Her unease with the sitter was clear, as well as the pressure of having to perform under these circumstances. It just did not suit her, even if I think some comments here are very harsh and unfair. She did produce the work in her style, but it is rather weak compared to other pieces she has done. As she works with so much with space and bare lines, the composition and every color has to be spot on, but this work seems to lack in these areas. The placements of the figure on the canvas felt arbitrary, as well as some choices she made regarding details. It is a real shame as I think she has much potential.
Seems like the only artist who bothered to pull something profound and arousing out of their subject was Christian Hook in his portrait of Scottish actor, Alan Cumming. Now there’s a brilliant portrait artist.
As I saw Morag's first portrait some time ago. I thought she is something wonderful. All her portraits are magnificent. Wow ! Congratutations Morag. Such a sensitive, a bit timid artist of them all. ❤❤❤
Les pasa a los jueces por no saber escoger a los mejores artistas 🎨
Beautiful portrait. Fabulous relationship and respect of painter and sitter. A mature man, happy and purposeful in his skin. Just a great portrait.
Ty😊
The poor girl.
Everyone is politely congratulatory but I think she’s well aware that she wasn’t equal to the task!
The three stooges have egg on their faces and spout even more word salad than usual 🤢
Morag is so comforting.
I think she missed the likeness... Her style is not a style I'm drawn to. I do blame what final portraits we end up with on the judges...
My grandma always said, " if you don't have anything good to say...", something good, hum... anything good . Well, she painted him sitting on a .... stick? At least he's not floating in the air.
I love this piece and the artist. For me, it was just right.
The first itme in all these seasons where the artist just doesn't seem able to deliver any likeness.
It's strange how the judges sort of pushed Morag through. She's become like Shanjela on drag race...bringing her back as if they had something to gain in her winning. Did they buy some of her paintings and want them to increase in value? Are they friends outside of the show?
Very well done, love it
It looks nothing like him
That's what I have to said..! HELLO..! 😁
Wonderful capture of the " feel" of him. That's what I want when I look at a portrait, not just the technique or composition. Not easy to do. Great work.
Gentlemen, when do they broadcast season 10, 2023.
I don't want to sound mean, but I would classify this as an intermediate student painting.
It's flat, lifeless, and the likeness isn't there.
I could excuse it, had she painted it in the four hour competition, but she had weeks to create this. It's so disappointing. I'd love to be a fly on the wall to hear other people's opinion at the unveiling.
Every study portrait she did didn’t have a face. And the actual portrait doesn’t look like him at all. Just like her other portraits. She might as well of left the face off again.
Ouch! The truth hurts. But that is the truth. It's a painting, not a portrait painting.
@@AFAskygoddess well put
To paint a portrait isn’t always about capturing likeness. Sometimes it’s about the essence of a person. It’s hard for me to understand why others can’t understand that concept. Art is not constrained that way.
@@8nin827
I saw NOTHING of that interesting man in that portrait. It could have been. ANYONE, it certainly bore no likeness to the vibrant man she was painting.
@@8nin827 this isn’t her local community college or library exhibit. I think when you win a national portrait contest, and have plenty of time to accurately portray the sitter, it should look like them.
The painting is good, but while I see Lenny’s posture, I don’t see his likeness in the portrait at all. I wouldn’t have recognized him. I think that a portrait has to look like the person to some degree, or it really isn’t a portrait.
Her work looks like amateur life drawing classes
Showing the winning portrait on the opening graphic? So much for suspense.
Thats Len being Len
I even did not recognised Lenny Henry!
Thank You very mutch for this session. It was so nice to se the meetings of this two beautiful people and how well they where working together. The result was so different from ordinary portraits, but so great. Looking forward to following her and to see more of her work.❤
Morag perfectly captured exactly the kind of person Lenny showed himself to be in her presence. As someone who didn't know Mr. Henry beforehand, I have great appreciation for what she captured about him, exactly what I saw too while watching those conversations. He loved it too, because it isn't super bright and funny, but real!
This confirms my opinion that the winner is chosen with the final commission in mind. As Sir Lenny says he likes her style particularly and they seem to get on, it would seem that the judges are actually looking for an appropriate artist.
Morag comes across as such a gentle soul and her paintings reflect that. I just wish that she’d have had a more interesting and dynamic sitter than Lenny Henry as I have to admit that he doesn’t excite me. I love the way that there’s an enigmatic, almost sketchy quality about Morag’s work because of what she chooses to exclude rather than filling the whole of the canvas- she avoids overuse of technology and thus,her results are very pure leaving plenty of room for the imagination. I really loved her final piece and I hope she goes far in her chosen art.
What? Morag was so unsure of herself, and Lenny responded with gentle humour and encouragement.
Anything else would have overwhelmed her completely.
@@janespond922 Maybe because many artists prefer to be free to choose their own subjects to paint and being expected to form an immediate bond and a chemistry with their sitter is not always going to happen and can be pretty overwhelming. Morag is quite obviously a shy, introverted character but that doesn’t get in the way of her sensitivity or ability to produce what are, in my opinion,beautiful portraits.
Morag is a Contemporary artist❤🎉
Definitely need new judges..! 🤔 I'm sure that I am not the only one that feels that way..? Nothing against her talent But I thought there were other artists that were a little bit more on the upscale. And this is my opinion Just like you have yours. 🤗
I love that old, tatty, ratty brush she uses for drawing. 😅
I like the artist and and her exceptional portrait❤🎉
So much tenderness and soul and beauty in her portrait ! Moved emotionally looking at this !
the likeness not there ,isn't that job # one
Congrats to you, Morag Kester! I disagree with those that don't think you captured Lenny Henry's likeness. He so wanted you to capture the person he is when relaxed and at ease, not dominated by being entertaining and you did. As his sister Sharon relayed her thoughts that, you perfectly captured her brother Len, at home and relaxed, not Lenny the entertainer, ready to put on a show. I love the painting because you, Morag saw deeper than the surface person that the general public observes. You captured more than a likeness, you captured Len's essence, which is far harder.
art is subjective in my opinion she did a good job
Its actually beautiful in the end!
It is absolutely him. But it is not only about likeness. It is capturing the person on so many levels. The Lenny Henry now. It is extraordinary. She is an extraordinary artist. The emphasis on artist, she is not just a painter.
What exactly did she capture on so many levels? This portrait tells us zero about the subject. It could be a guy sitting on a subway train or in the dentist's waiting room.
She gives no background setting or context....lazy and unremarkable
I think she captured the real person inside that needs the humor.
Sad that there are so many comments who totaly dislike her work... l think she did quite good eve if she might not manage to get is absolute likness... Her style might not be to everyones taste and the jures might have been wrong in picking her, but this was their choice... We do not know if her sitter is really pleased or being polite BUT l think he was pleased and they had a kind of relationship... My thought was that she had done better paintings before, BUT she is young and that was her biggest challenge yet... l wish them all well and hope they all have a great future ahead of them. ..
There are so many great artists in Britan l would find it hard to exclude so many in all these challenges, because so many of all the artists either selfttaught or professional are so good and talented in their own way... So to me there is anyway not the only one the winner... All the partisipants in these shows are winners to me... and many more yet unknown talents are out there...
@@almutstarke1344 she was commissioned to paint a PORTRAIT.
PORTRAITS are supposed to be LIKENESSES of the subject.
That's why they're called PORTRAIT PAINTINGS. Geez.
@@AFAskygoddess Take it easy ...
@@almutstarke1344 , take an art class...
Truly beautiful and well done but I’m sorry to say it doesn’t look like him. He’s not wide in the bottom with his face nor does he have a squat neck but the rendering is incredible.
Sir Lenny wore the same shirt every time they met, which I think he did as a running joke, and she never said a word. He spoke, so warmly about his mom, even hinting to her Jamaican roots, and she didn't even care. this is hands down, without a shadow of a doubt the worst portrait I've ever seen.
Totally not like him, there were much better artists in the semi final. Judges misjudged.
The judges caused this mess. They use skilled artists as foils to lesser ones, which they invariably put through to the finals. The judges should be replaced.
I'm a professional designer, interdisciplinary artist (39 years), an artist director amd independent curator - I don't get it! 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
Yes, it's a nice illustration- not a painting. Why did that take all those setting, meetings and time?
That was an eady $10,000 for her. Just saying...
So many other artists in the that season of the show should have been selected.
As a curator and artistic director, I wouldn't have selected her as the winner nor her painting to go in the UK NPG.
Embarrassingly bad result
How unfortunate a portrait. Absolutely terrible. No likeness at all, very sloppy. The sitter was so lovely a man and she completely disrespected him.
I got a title for this piece: "This wallet is killing my ass".... That line by Lenny Henry was hilarious, much better than Morag's jaggedy outline, which she focused too much on, failing to see the humanity of person sitting in front of her.... I just feel bad for Lenny Henry because this portrait was a real disappointment, he could have been Truly Honored by any of the other highly talented artists who competed for this privilege....
Possible the worst portret ever, since the program started. Thats how I see it.
you are clueless...but her best work in the competition was the portrait of her boyfriend
@@CromeLF2 might be clueless, but unlike you I am not visually impaired.
@@CromeLF2 She is a fine artist and her pieces are intriguing. BUT She never gets the face right, not even in the piece about her boyfriend which indeed was her best piece in the show. Her pictures are studies in pose and clothes but for a piece for the National Portrait Gallery I'd want more. Every piece I saw from her looked unfinished regardless how much time she had for them. That's her style, and nothing wrong with that, I just don't think she was the best painter of the season. Her work reminds me of Egon Schiele a lot and I am not a fan of his work either so I might be biased of course. But we don't have to agree!
I had the same thought.
There’s been a couple of others ,but yes agree it’s bad
Superb 👍👍
I feel transported to my fellow countryman Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale " The emperor's new clothes", when the judges talks about this painting. That portrait could be of any black person - it looks more like Idris Elba than Lenny Henry. Its a great painting but not a great portrait 🥺
Am speechless, so soulful. Great
Sir Lenny Henry deserved better than this. IT'S DULL and boring. I'm not buying the "deep, shy serious thinker side reveal" here.
Utter nonsense.
I don't understand this choice. I cannot say her paintings are groundbreaking I have seen hundreds in similar style particularly painters in the '80; and clearly Toulouse Lautrec inspired. They are not bad either if just find the choice not really justified by out of ordinary talent, work, technique, color choice, composition/style. The paintings are a bit generic, a bit 'meh'. And the painting from final was 'who is that guy?' A bit too late for her to do this type of commission. A lot of stress and pressure, not good for the creative process and the end result is very amateurish, approximative and kind of sloppy. I like her but this just didn't work for me.
It's like an illustration hardly fine art. Nit picking I wouldn't have recognised it as Sir Lenny Henry
I think she was the perfect pick to do the portrait. Lots of haters and I don't get it.
I don’t think Morag is all that skilled. Watching her scrub lines of oil with thin bent bristles without any apparent painting ability made me cringe. The unfinished blank canvas canvas style is one I have seen too often. It’s a shame that in the end she could not even get a close likeness. This is not her fault, but the fault of the judges who sent the uninitiated to create a piece of high level art all the while knowing she was lacking. She seems like a pleasant lady though.
Very disappointing. When chosen , given her style , what did the judges expect. Don’t misunderstand, her artistic is admirable but not museum quality .
TERRIBLE! Beyond AWFUL!
It is gorgeous
… but does it look anything like him? No.
No likeness, change the judges!
Really?? Ish...
This was a different wrinkle and much needed to sell the artist.
This comment section is filled with jealous artists/people.
I hate that shirt.
And then she have the audacity to put someone black the nerve of these people
I THINK SHE'S A REALLY "GOOD"ARTIST!!!
You are a thief