Winner of the Art on Paper Award Announced

For the Art on Paper Award, an eminent selection panel, composed of pop artist Sir Peter Blake, artist Danny Rolph, art critic and curator Sacha Craddock and Diana Eccles, Collections Manager for the British Council, unanimously agreed that David Lock, from FRED London, should be the recipient of the second annual Art on Paper Award.

David Lock will receive an attractive package of monetary and in-kind support, with four works purchased for the John Jones Collection and a sum of £1,000 awarded, as well as mounting a solo exhibition of his work at the John Jones gallery space during next year’s Zoo Art Fair. The purchased works will be framed by John Jones and on display with the rest of the collection in the showrooms from November.

Sacha Craddock commented: ‘‘David’s work is a highly accomplished watercolour on paper. It uses the grain of the paper and the build up of paint to create a heightened sense of familiarity within a portrait. The portraits are painted from collaged elements which, collectively handled in such a way, create a convincing sense of the particular. The use of collage to begin with, the painting of the broken, bringing it together to make it whole within the same surface gives a recognition in art that also carries a sweet but sad touch.”

Kate Jones at John Jones said: “The artists exhibited at Zoo Art Fair this year were of an outstanding quality and we were delighted to select David Lock’s watercolour portraits. A young artist, who has only just signed up with a gallery, David’s work demonstrates immense sensitivity and emotion.”