British portrait artist Phoebe Dickinson has been accepted into the prestigious BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery with her painting of the Cholmondeley children at Houghton Hall.
This year, 2,667 artists submitted a portrait for the BP Portrait Award, a prestigious annual award celebrating the best contemporary portrait painters in the world. Chelsea-based painter Phoebe Dickinson, who trained at London Fine Art Studios, was among the 48 selected to exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery from 14 June.
Phoebe's painting of the Cholmondeley children, Alexander, Oliver and Iris Cholmondeley, at Houghton Hall was commissioned by their mother, Rose, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Phoebe told us 'The commission at Houghton was particularly exciting for me because I was given no brief... once I had spent some time with the boys it became obvious that the house should become a part of the painting because not only is Houghton so beautiful, but it also plays a part in who the boys are and the way they live their lives'.