Landscape Artist of the Year.

I dozed through the repeat , but finally managed to see the full programme .
I loved the beautiful little woodcut .
I wasn't that enchanted by the other entries .
The watercolour wasn't bad .
I felt that the artist managed to convey the mood of the scene in miniature -a very hard thing to do .

That was exactly why I did not like it; there was no sense of place or atmosphere and it could have been anywhere.

ferry23

I can always predict the probable winner, it's usually the one I like the least.

And I agree with the twaddle! Last night Tai Shan said - and I think these are his exact words -

"it's almost as if he instinctively reacted to what was in front of him"...

...well excuse my ignorance, but if you're asked to paint a landscape that is in front of you, isn't that what you're supposed to do?

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Perhaps he really did react instinctively to what was in front of him? In other words he thought OMG I can’t do that!
As ferry23 says, the winners are predictable, they will be easily the least talented.

Now the series has finished I will say how much I enjoyed the Final at Stonehenge and the film of the winner's trip to the South of France. I'd thought he had a good chance of winning when we first saw him, and he came up with a stunning painting for the Courtauld.

Yes. The commission painting was lovely, wasn’t it. My son did a painting of Stonehenge; it’s in the loft. I must dig it out.

Agree the winner produced a really lovely painting. Out of the finalists he was the only possible winner as the other paintings were dark and thickly painted. Following the trail of Monet, Ceszanne and Van Gogh in the wonderful sunlight of the South of France needed light, colour and deft brush strokes. Really enjoyed last night’s programme.

Yes I agree, I think the south of France is all about light and colour, so for me he was the only possible winner. I haven’t seen the commissioned painting yet.

It was certainly an interesting and clever pastiche of all three artists ..

I so miss the south of France it's gorgeous..

He was the only possible choice amongst the 3 finalists for the brief of France, and the piece he produced after his French trip was good - not earth-shattering - but just fine.

I think the judges look for a back story about the winner and latched onto the fact that, as with Van Gogh he suffered from depression.

I haven’t been very impressed with many of the judges choices throughout the series this year.