Paint Out Norfolk 2020 saw some 50 artists take part in a Covid-distancing coast and countryside plein air art event. Well over 400 paintings were created and the three judges: Sarah Flynn (Sworders), Amanda Geitner (EAAF) and artist Bruer Tidman, had a tough choice to narrow them down to 3 main prizes and a personal commendation each. James and Katy also awarded two artists with the Paint Out Spirit of Plein Air prizes for their body of work produced during the event, consistency and quality. The prizes, as in 2019, went to a trio of female artists: First Prize – Susan Isaac, Second Prize – Mary Blue Brady, Third Prize – Amanda Barrett, and commendations to Alfie Carpenter, Jack Godfrey, Naomi Clements-Wright, Spirit of Plein Air awards to Paul Alcock, Sam Robbins.
First Prize
Artist Susan Isaac, Against the Waves, Winterton-on-Sea, Oil, 50x65cm, FOR SALE
The well-deserved first prize was awarded to artist Susan Isaac for her ‘Against the Waves’ painted at Winterton-on-Sea on day two of the art competition. It’s a large 50x65cm oil painting juxtaposing and leading the eye between two big concrete blocks and the dunes, sea and sky at the east Norfolk beach.
“I struggled for most of the day with the various elements to the composition, trying to balance scale and contrast with colours and tones, in order to give some sense of the intense blues and mauves of the hot summers day without being too literal. I eventually felt that I had done all I could to explain what lay in front of me and what I wanted to extrapolate from it.”
Second Prize
Artist Mary Blue Brady, Cultivating the Edge, Wiveton Down, Acrylic, 8x32in
American artist, currently living on and loving the North Norfolk Coast, Mary Blue Brady, for her “Cultivating the Edge”, Wiveton Down, Acrylic, 8x32in. Mary weaves wet paint and words together in poetic landscapes.
Third Prize
Artist Amanda Barrett, Berney Arms Windmill and Breydon Water, Burgh Castle, Oil
Newmarket-based artist Amanda Barrett, studied at the British Institute, Florence (Renaissance Art), Brighton Art College (Fine Art Painting) and Chelsea School of Art (Graphic Design)Â and her “Berney Arms Windmill and Breydon Water”, Burgh Castle, Oil, 23x45cm is full of fluid strokes and layers.
Paint Out 2017 saw an en plein air invitational event at the Royal Norfolk Show. Fifteen hardy artists painted all the colour and character of the UK’s largest two-day agricultural event amidst torrential downpours and mud to rival Glastonbury! From fairground to farriers, and pigs to poultry, there was plenty to paint. Our artists were positioned around the Norfolk Showground site, returning their wet artworks every few hours to our tent for a live art auction on the first day, and continually refreshed rolling exhibition over both days.
Haidee-Jo Summers, 'Cow Tent', Norfolk Showground, Oil, 11x14in, FOR SALE
Paul Alcock trained at Southend College of Art and Camberwell School of Art, and for the last 15 years has worked as an artist and adult teacher. He has painted live with the BBC during their coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee River Pageant and also twice participated as a “Wild Card” in the Sky Arts Landscape Competition.
Based in Southend on Sea, Essex, it is the local environment plus a few trips further afield that have provided the main inspiration for his impressionistic paintings. He enjoys “creating works which celebrate life and beauty in the world around him” and exhibits his work through local galleries and the Leigh Art Trail.
He loves the atmosphere of painting competitions and the chance to meet and work amongst other artists. He took part in Paint Out Norwich 2016-17, Royal Norfolk Show 2017, Paint Out Wells 2018 and the first Paint Out Great Yarmouth in 2018, as well as others including Pintar Rapido, The Bath Prize and Sky Arts Landscape Competition (2015 and 2016).
Paint Out History
Paint Out Norfolk – Spirit of Plein Air Award (2020)
Paint Out Norwich – Judge’s commendation (2017), Nocturne Second Prize (2018)
Paint Out Great Yarmouth – Second Prize (2018)
Paint Out Wells – selected and participated (2018)
Paint Out Royal Norfolk Show – selected and participated (2017)
Paint Out Norwich – selected and participated (2016)
Other Awards
Artists & Illustrators magazine‘s Artist of the Year competition, shortlisted (2012)
Essex Open Exhibition – Best work in Exhibition (2011)
Sample Gallery & Works for Sale
Artist Paul Alcock, Sunset over Norwich, Mousehold, Oil, 10x14in, FOR SALE, £350
Artist Paul Alcock, Sunset over Norwich, Mousehold, Oil, 10x14in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, Cromer Beach, Cromer, Oil, 12x14in, FOR SALE, £400
Artist Paul Alcock, Cromer Beach, Cromer, Oil, 12x14in, £400. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, Windmill at Thurne, Thurne, Oil, 12x10in, FOR SALE, £350
Artist Paul Alcock, Windmill at Thurne, Thurne, Oil, 12x10in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, Crashing Waves, Cromer, Oil, 8x10in, FOR SALE, £200
Artist Paul Alcock, Crashing Waves, Cromer, Oil, 8x10in, £200. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, Sunset over the Helter Skelter, Cromer, Oil, 12x12in, FOR SALE, £300
Artist Paul Alcock, Sunset over the Helter Skelter, Cromer, Oil, 12x12in, £300. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, Cliff Tops at Happisburgh, Happisburgh, Oil, 12x12in, FOR SALE, £375
Artist Paul Alcock, Cliff Tops at Happisburgh, Happisburgh, Oil, 12x12in, £375. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, A Grey Day on Happisburgh Beach, Happisburgh, Oil, 10x14in, FOR SALE, £375
Artist Paul Alcock, A Grey Day on Happisburgh Beach, Happisburgh, Oil, 10x14in, £375. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, Trowse Village, Trowse, Oil, 12x14in, FOR SALE, £400
Artist Paul Alcock, Trowse Village, Trowse, Oil, 12x14in, £400. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, Huts at Winterton, Winterton-on-Sea, Oil, 10x14in, FOR SALE, £375
Artist Paul Alcock, Huts at Winterton, Winterton-on-Sea, Oil, 10x14in, £375. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, The river at Surlingham, Surlingham, Oil, 12x12in, FOR SALE, £350
Artist Paul Alcock, The river at Surlingham, Surlingham, Oil, 12x12in, £350. Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Artist Paul Alcock, 'Fishing Boats, Wells Harbour', Wells-next-the-Sea, Oil, 16x12in, FOR SALE, £275. Paint Out Wells 2018
Artist Paul Alcock, 'Fishing Boats, Wells Harbour', Wells-next-the-Sea, Oil, 16x12in, £275. Paint Out Wells 2018
Paul Alcock, 'Chicks', Norfolk Showground, Oil on board, 10x12in, SOLD
Artist: Paul Alcock, Title: Chicks, Location: Norfolk Showground, Media: Oil on board, Size: 10x12in, £195
Paul Alcock, 'The Ring', Norfolk Showground, Oil on board, 10x12in, FOR SALE
Artist: Paul Alcock, Title: The Ring, Location: Norfolk Showground, Media: Oil on board, Size: 10x12in, £195
Paul Alcock, 'Charollais Sheep', Norfolk Showground, Oil on board, 12x16in, FOR SALE
Artist: Paul Alcock, Title: Charollais Sheep, Location: Norfolk Showground, Media: Oil on board, Size: 12x16in, £250
Paul Alcock, "The Cloisters, Norwich", Oil on board, 10x12in, <a href="http://www.paintout.org/Artists/Paul-Alcock/#buy"
Artist: Paul Alcock, Title: The Cloisters, Norwich, Media: Oil on board, Size: 10x12in, £225
Artist Paul Alcock, "Bishops Bridge, Norwich", Oil on board, 30x40cm, <a href="http://www.paintout.org/Artists/Paul-Alcock/#buy"
Artist: Paul Alcock, Title: Bishops Bridge, Norwich, Media: Oil on board, Size: 30x40cm, £275
Paint Out Norfolk 13-22 July 2023 expects 900+ paintings to be created by 100+ plein air artists at a dozen Norwich and Norfolk locations around coast and countryside with a week-long rolling exhibition at Whitlingham Country Park, Thursday Awards and Private View with prestigious judges, and Weekend Final View
Paint Out Norfolk 2022
Paint Out Norfolk 15-24 July 2022 saw 700+ paintings created by 75+ plein air artists at a dozen Norwich and Norfolk locations around coast and countryside with a week-long rolling exhibition at Whitlingham Country Park, Friday Awards and Private View with prestigious judges, and Weekend Final View. See the winners and other selected paintings gallery.
Paint Out Norfolk 2021
Paint Out Norfolk 16-24 July 2021 saw 600+ paintings created by 70+ plein air artists at a dozen Norwich and Norfolk locations around coast and countryside with a week-long rolling exhibition at Whitlingham Country Park, Friday Awards and Private View with prestigious judges, and Saturday all-day Final View. See the winners and other selected paintings gallery.
Paint Out Norfolk 2020
Paint Out Norfolk 16-23 July 2020 saw 400+ paintings created by 50+ plein air artists at a dozen Norwich and Norfolk locations around coast and countryside with a week long rolling exhibition at Whitlingham Country Park and last day Final View. View the winners and other selected paintings gallery.
Paint Out Gardens Series 2019
Paint Out Gardens in Norfolk ran May-October 2019 and saw 130 paintings created by 36 plein air artists across the seasons and 6 hidden or historic gardens. Prizes were awarded by Norfolk-based Art Historian, Charlotte Crawley – a former curator and past Director of the East Anglia Art Fund, as well as Tom Humphrey and Sophie Barratt of the Fairhurst Gallery, Norwich. View the winners and other selected paintings gallery.
Paint Out Holt 2019
Paint Out Holt 19-20 July 2019 saw 55 paintings created by 22 plein air artists across 3 sessions from Friday to Saturday morning ahead of opening the Holt Festival at Picturecraft Gallery in Holt. Prizes were awarded by Robert Upstone, former Senior Curator of 20th Century Art at Tate and Norfolk-based Art Historian, Charlotte Crawley – a former curator and past Director of the East Anglia Art Fund. View the winners and other selected paintings gallery.
Paint Out Norfolk 2019
Paint Out Norfolk 1-5 July 2019 saw 100 paintings created by 27 plein air artists at 5 Norwich and Norfolk locations from coast to county ending at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art for a last day paint out and Private View. View the winners and other selected paintings gallery.
Paint Out Cambridge 2019
Paint Out Cambridge 13-15 May 2019 saw 135 artworks made by 28 plein air artists at this inaugural Cambridgeshire event with Cheffins Fine Art. View the winners and other selected paintings gallery.
Karen Adams, Paul Alcock, John Behm, Mary Blue Brady, Shaun Carey, James Colman (guest artist), Tom Cringle, Sheila Cunningham, Jan Dingle, Jan Gaska, Jack Godfrey, Audrey Hay, Julie Hodgson, Mary Kallagher, Susanna MacInnes, Aggie Matyjaszek, Eloise O’Hare, Georgina Potter, Sam Robbins, Lesley Williams
Paint Out Great Yarmouth 2018
Paint Out Great Yarmouth took place in the historic Norfolk coastal town on 1 September 2018. Yarmouth has featured in historic paintings and its history in art was portrayed during ‘Drawn to the Coast: Turner, Constable, Cotman‘ which explored the identity of Great Yarmouth and its surrounding landscape through the artwork it has inspired. J.M.W Turner and John Constable, Norwich School of painters such as Joseph Stannard, John Sell Cotman and John Crome were all drawn to paint here.
Paint Out Sudbury took place in the historic wool and silk town on 30 June 2018, on the Essex/Suffolk border, home to Thomas Gainsborough who inspired John Constable, with picturesque scenery including the Water Meadows, Valley Trail and River Stour, the old railway line, market town itself, St Peter’s Church, and Gainsborough’s house and garden, among the 247 Heritage Listed buildings. One day, two sessions, en plein air! View the gallery of artworks online.
Paint Out 2017 saw an en plein air invitational event at the Royal Norfolk Show. Fifteen hardy artists painted all the colour and character of the UK’s largest two-day agricultural event amidst torrential downpours and mud to rival Glastonbury! From fairground to farriers, and pigs to poultry, there was plenty to paint. Our artists were positioned around the Norfolk Showground site, returning their wet artworks every few hours to our tent for a live art auction on the first day, and continually refreshed rolling exhibition over both days. View the gallery of artworks online.
Paul Alcock trained at Southend College of Art and Camberwell School of Art, and for the last 15 years has worked as an artist and adult teacher. He has painted live with the BBC during their coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee River Pageant and also twice participated as a “Wild Card” in the Sky Arts Landscape Competition.
