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Portfolio for Andrew Tift - Commissionaportrait
Andrew Tift works in a highly detailed, intensely realistic manner and aims for an absolutely pure and objective likeness. Specific environments and narrative objects are often extremely important ingredients to his portraits as they can help to reflect and reinforce the sitters identity. Andrew Tift seeks to convey people in the most understanding, intimate and sympathetic way that he can and strives for perfection with every commission that he takes on .
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| Education |
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1987- Stafford College of Art - Foundation course
1988- University of Central England - BA Hons Illustration (First class)
1991- University of Central England - Master of Arts Illustration (Distinction)
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| Awards |
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Louise Anne Ryland Award - University of Central England
Emerson Group Award - Manchester Academy of Fine Art
(Commended) BP Portrait Award 1994 - National Portrait Gallery
BP Travel Award 1994 (4 weeks painting study in Japan) - National Portrait Gallery
South Staffordshire Arts Sponsorship - South Staffordshire County Council
(First Prize )BP Portrait Award 2006 - National Portrait Gallery
The Japan Festival Awards 1997 (Visual Arts) - The Japan Festival Awards
BP Portrait Awards 1999 (3rd Prize) - National Portrait Gallery
BP Portrait Awards 2000 (Commended) - National Portrait Gallery
The European Painting Award(3rd Prize), Frissiris Museum, Athens
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| Selected Commissions |
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Rt Hon Tony Benn MP - House of Commons
Neil and Glenys Kinnock - National Portrait Gallery
Sir Patrick Cormack FSA MP - House of Commons
Sir Clifford Boulton - House of Commons
Sir Colin Imray -Royal Over-Seas League
Professor Carlos Brebbia - Wessex Institute of Technology
Murray Gellman (Nobel Prize winning Scientist) - Santa Fe Institute USA
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| Group Exhibitions |
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Selected exhibitions from a long list;
1995 - Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery (6 month touring exhibition of Japan)
1996 - 137th Manchester Academy Open - Manchester City Art Gallery/ BP Portrait Awards/20 British Artists - The Cork Street Gallery,London/Group Show - Philips Contemporary Art, Manchester
1997- Royal Birmingham Society of Artists-RBSA Gallery, Birmingham/Royal Over-Seas League 14th Annual Open Competition 1997, Over-Seas House, London/ Group Show - La Defenise Gallery, Paris/ Paris
1998 - Start 2 - Me and You, Walsall Museum and Art Gallery
1999 - BP Portrait Awards - National Portrait Gallery, London
2000 - BP Portrait Awards - National Portrait Gallery, London/ Group Show - The Air Gallery, London/ Labour Intensive - The City Gallery, Leicester/ Face to Face - The Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford/ In Memoriam - The New Art Gallery, Walsall/
2001 - Group Show - Philips Contemporary Art, Manchester
2002 - Art 2002 - Business Design Centre, London / Eidetic (Photorealism) - Brit Art Gallery, London / New Acquisitions - National Portrait Gallery, London / BP Portrait Awards, London
2005 - Frankfurt Art Fair, Philips Contemporary Art/ BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery.
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| Solo Exhibitions |
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1995 - Sayonara Pet :From Sunderland to Tokyo at the Nissan Car Factories - National Portrait Gallery, London
1995 - Syonara Pet - Aberdeen Art Gallery
1996 - Syonara Pet - Walsall Museum and Art Gallery
2004 - Faces of New Mexico, Andreeva Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA
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The initial meeting will take around half a day and will be conversation based. The specific ingredients of the portrait will be discussed such as; clothes, background, environment, narrative props, compositions, lighting, feel, mood etc. The artist will then take some initial photographs.
He will then return to the studio and develop an initial compositional rough based around the discussion which will be sent to the sitter prior to the next sitting.
There will then be a further 1,2 or 3 sittings of aproximately 5 hours each sitting, depending on the complexity of the composition. During the sitting Andrew may well make some sketches and colour notes but will predominantly be taking photographs.
The artist will then return to the studio to paint the portrait which will be delivered upon completion. So the actual amount of time he would require from the sitter would only be around 8-15 hours.
Due to the intense detail involved in his work the actual painting process can be quite time consuming (depending on the scale and complexity of the composition)
Andrew Tift is happy to offer advice on framing.
Travelling expenses will be met by the commissioner and will be added to
the listed price when the destination is known. |
| Travel nationally |
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Yes |
| Travel internationally |
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Yes |
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The
Prices quoted are for the standard mediums of oil on canvas and bronze
(in
the case of sculpture).
For other media, prices may vary, please enquire
directly with us for more specific quotes.
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| Press Quotes |
Brian Sewell,art critic for the Evening Standard -
"Third prize was given to Andrew Tift for a far better picture and a true portrait to boot - a charming, old fashioned, famous man among his possessions portrayal of Tony Benn. It is to grace the walls of the House of Commons and is intensely likeable"
Laura Gascoigne,Editor of Artists and Illustrators Magazine -
" The resulting body of work is very impressive, not just for its skill, but for its humanity. What comes across very strongly from this painter is his enormous sypathy with his subjects"
Andy Willman of the Daily Telegraph -
"His work is a lot more startling than a 50,000 word thesis"
Simon Edge, art critic at the Daily Express -
"My favourite overall is an entry by Andrew Tift made up of two halves. One half shows an old man with owlish glasses and a chicken neck, glaring out at the viewer. On the other side, what looks like an old sepia photograph (it is actually painted) shows the same man as a dashing young officer in the First World War. We are being reminded that we have several faces in the course of our lives not just one and each tells a different story."
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