Line drawing portrait commission by Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 winner , Curtis Holder
This is your own opportunity to be drawn by Curtis Holder. His line portraits are unique and spontaneous drawings created from life during a four-hour sitting. The session can take place in your home (if London-based) or online. You will select your three favourite drawings at the end of the portrait session.
Curtis Holder is a London-based artist who works primarily in graphite and coloured pencil to create large-scale portraits and figurative works. In 2020, Holder achieved widespread recognition by winning the prestigious Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year competition. His winning commission of world renowned ballet dancer Carlos Acosta is now part of the permanent collection at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
In 2023, the National Portrait Gallery announced its commission of a posthumous portrait of Terry Higgins, our namesake and one of the first people in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness. Terry Higgins – Three Ages of Terry (2023) is a multi-layered drawing and shows Terry Higgins as a teenager in the navy, a young man and a middle-aged man in the weeks just before his death. It is a moving reminder of the man we lost and why we are here today.
Donated by Curtis Holder
Website: curtisholder.co.uk
Instagram: curtisartist
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This is your own opportunity to be drawn by Curtis Holder. His line portraits are unique and spontaneous drawings created from life during a four-hour sitting. The session can take place in your home (if London-based) or online. You will select your three favourite drawings at the end of the portrait session.
Curtis Holder is a London-based artist who works primarily in graphite and coloured pencil to create large-scale portraits and figurative works. In 2020, Holder achieved widespread recognition by winning the prestigious Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year competition. His winning commission of world renowned ballet dancer Carlos Acosta is now part of the permanent collection at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
In 2023, the National Portrait Gallery announced its commission of a posthumous portrait of Terry Higgins, our namesake and one of the first people in the UK to die of an AIDS-related illness. Terry Higgins – Three Ages of Terry (2023) is a multi-layered drawing and shows Terry Higgins as a teenager in the navy, a young man and a middle-aged man in the weeks just before his death. It is a moving reminder of the man we lost and why we are here today.
Donated by Curtis Holder
Website: curtisholder.co.uk
Instagram: curtisartist
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