Staff & Student Highlight: Heatherleys at the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2023 exhibition

Staff & Student Highlight: Heatherleys at the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize 2023 exhibition.

We’re proud to see an increasing number of our staff and students taking part in major prizes and exhibitions each year, including the Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize and exhibition.

Alongside this year’s winning artwork by Colin Davidson, a curated selection of self-portraits go on public display at The Atkinson, Southport. The display highlights the diversity of styles and media entered into the prize including painting, sculpture and photography.

Dates

23 September – December 2023
Monday – Saturday
10am – 4pm

Location
The Atkinson Museum,
Lord Street,
Southport
PR8 1DB

Exhibitors from Heatherleys, in the 2023 Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Prize exhibition.

David Weekes Self Portrait In A Pink Shirt, Oil On Canvas By David Weekes, 2023

Whiplash, Oil On Linen by Michael Ajerman, 2021-22

Double Crossing - Self Portrait As Hemingway, As His 'twin' Sister, Antigua, Oil On Canvas By Cherry Pickles, 2023 — Double Crossing – Self Portrait As Hemingway, As His ‘twin’ Sister, Antigua, Oil On Canvas By Cherry Pickles, 2023

Self Portrait, Oil On Board By David Caldwell 2023

Now You Are Dead, Oil On Hessian By Eugenie Vronskaya, 2023

Within The Walls Of My Mind, Oil On Canvas By Eve Pettitt, 2023

Magic Brush, Oil On Canvas By James Lloyd, 2023

Double Self Portrait, Oil On Linen By Laura Smith, 2023

Self Portrait With Growing Family, Oil On Canvas By Melissa Scott-miller, 2021

Self Portrait, Charcoal And Pastel On Paper By Stephen Colover, 2023

Self Portrait, Oil On Board By Tim Benson, 2023

Squint - A Self Portrait, Oil On Linen By Martin Burrough, 2023 — Squint – A Self Portrait, Oil On Linen By Martin Burrough, 2023

See more on the online exhibition page.

Heatherleys Exhibitors

Staff and Tutors
Michael Ajerman (guest lecturer)
Tim Benson (former Portrait Diploma Course Director, Open Studio tutor)
David Caldwell (Open Studio tutor)
James Lloyd (Open Studio and Portrait Diploma tutor)
Melissa Scott Miller (Open Studio and Portrait Diploma tutor)
Laura Smith (Open Studio and Portrait Diploma tutor)
Eugenia Vronskaya (Abstract Painting tutor)
Cherry Pickles (guest lecturer)

Graduates and Alumni
Martin Burroughs (Portrait Diploma alumnus)
David Weeks (Portrait Diploma alumnus)
Eve Pettit (Portrait Diploma alumna)
Steven Colover (Portrait Diploma alumnus)

Find them at Heatherleys

Guest lecturer Michael Ajerman lead talks at Heatherleys on the life and work of artists Paula Modersohn-Becker and Heatherleys alumnus Walter Sickert.

Tim Benson, former Portrait Diploma Course Director, teach in Heatherleys’ Open Studio/Drop in Sessions.

David Caldwell teaches Open Studio drop In Sessions.

James Lloyd teaches on the Portrait Diploma and Open Studio drop In Sessions.

Melissa Scott Miller teaches on the Portrait Diploma, in Open Studio/Drop in Sessions and, in the summer term, The Urban Landscape: Painting and Drawing London.

Laura Smith teaches on the Portrait Diploma and Open Studio drop In Sessions. She also teaches painting and drawing courses for Heatherleys online, at the National Gallery and in our purpose built building on Lots Road. View her courses here.

Eugenia Vronskaya teaches daytime and evening Abstract Painting courses on Tuesdays.