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-The first of the Tracey Emin...

-Britain's top artists make big money.

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Their works can go for millions.

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..seven million. Thank you.

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So how do you get a slice of the action?

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Now's your chance to find out, as we offered all-comers the opportunity

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to fight for a spot at the hottest exhibition in town.

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-Bring it on, please, open the door.

-Art really matters to me.

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I want to do this for the rest of my life.

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They could stand to make some serious cash.

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Would you like to give us a valuation for your work?

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£5,500.

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-I'd like £100,000 for it.

-Wow.

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But first, they need the seal of approval from three of the art world's toughest critics.

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I think it looks like it's from the centrefold of a men's magazine.

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My first impression when I saw the picture was...was actual disgust.

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Their hopes and dreams are in the hands of the Hanging Committee.

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I think you need to go back to the drawing board, literally.

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It's time to Show Me The Monet.

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Hello and welcome to the Royal College of Art in central London

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for this special Show Me The Monet exhibition.

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This world-famous school

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has launched the career of many British artists.

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Now, over the past few months,

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creative folk - ranging from working professionals to complete amateurs -

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have been vying for the chance to show their work here.

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And what artist would turn down this fantastic opportunity?

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If their work makes it to the Royal College of Art exhibition,

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they'll meet gallery owners and collectors and possibly make some cash out of their art.

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But first, they have to get past the panel.

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Hanging judge David Lee prides himself on cutting through the hype

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when it comes to modern art.

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I'm looking for...originality, the ability to surprise us.

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All good art is about surprise.

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Critic Charlotte Mullins has spent over 15 years

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writing about the modern art world.

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She knows what separates a genuine new talent from a passing fad.

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We're looking for technical ability. It doesn't need to be perfectionism.

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Just appropriate to the subject.

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And Roy Bolton has worked for some of the world's most exclusive auction houses.

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He knows what gives an artist the edge.

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It has to jump out and grab me as a viewer.

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If it says something directly to me

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and I feel involved, it's done its job.

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Over the last few months, artists from across the country

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have come face to face with the panel at Hanging Committee sessions

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in London, Liverpool and Glasgow.

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They've all been hoping for the thumbs-up from the judges

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and the chance to get their work on sale at the Royal College of Art.

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Coming up on today's show,

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Charlotte feels the thrill of coming face to face with new talent...

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When you said this was your fifth painting, I nearly fell off my chair.

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-Right.

-This is incredible.

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And one artist defends her mysterious landscape...

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What's that orange thing again? Just run that by me.

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I don't want the things in the painting to be completely recognisable.

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Well, let's see if our judges found any talent in Liverpool.

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Our Liverpool Hanging Committees all took place

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at the stunning Walker Art Gallery, opened in 1877.

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It's where I met Dr Katy Sullivan,

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whose first care until five years ago was her patients.

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Now it's her paintbrushes.

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She's taken the plunge and decided to try and make a living out of art.

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-Katy, very nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you.

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I'm going to say welcome to Liverpool, but you've been here before,

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and it played an important part in your life, didn't it?

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It played a very important part.

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My great-grandfather is a sculptor, Charles J Allen, who has work in this very gallery.

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In this building, the Walker Gallery? Wow!

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Absolutely. Until 2005 I was a GP,

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but about a year before that, there was an exhibition

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of my great-grandfather's work.

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When I saw it, I was blown away, and I learnt so much

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about my great-grandfather and the power of art,

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and I just thought, "I have to be an artist."

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-No regrets?

-No regrets.

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We've got a huge exhibition waiting, possibly for you, in London.

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-What would it mean to you to be part of that?

-It would mean the world.

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I mean, I'm someone who has given up a big career to become an artist,

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and actually to turn round and say, "Yes, I've done it,"

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it's more than what I can say, it would mean the world to me.

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That's the good bit. The bad bit is next - meeting the judges.

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What are you like at being critiqued?

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I'm tough as old boots.

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-I wish you the very best of luck.

-Thank you very much.

-Door on the left. Be brave.

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Artistic flair should run in Katy's genes,

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but will it reveal itself in her work?

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She's chosen to show this oil-on-board painting entitled In Another World.

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A nervous Katy is hoping that the judges will vote her through to the exhibition.

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A sale there could really start the ball rolling

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for a money-spinning second career.

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Hello, Katy, welcome to the Hanging Committee.

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Would you give us a brief description of it?

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It's a portrait of my daughter, Maddie,

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and the expression on her face is when she was thinking about Disneyland.

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We were talking about it, and then she was suddenly lost

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in this sort of world of imagination.

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The funny thing is, people have looked at it

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and thought it looks quite religious,

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but I suppose 100 years ago, that's how people would have seen heaven.

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They would have had it in their imagination, and then that look would have appeared.

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Could you give us a price for it, please?

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I've priced it at 2,500.

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-Erm...

-And is that based on sales of previous works?

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I couldn't charge any less,

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-cos that wouldn't actually pay the bills.

-Do you sell a lot of work?

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No, I haven't been painting that long.

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I've only been painting for the last two or three years,

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-and this is only my fifth painting.

-OK, right.

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You will not know how surprised I am at that!

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-Can we have a closer look, please?

-Yes, of course.

-Thank you.

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Charlotte's staggered.

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It certainly looks like Katy's artist great-grandfather

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could be watching over her.

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What Katy really wants to hear, though,

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is whether she was right to swap her white coat for a painter's smock.

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-Hi, Katy.

-Hi.

-I'm going to be really honest with you.

-Yeah.

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When you said this was your fifth painting, I nearly fell off my chair.

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-Right.

-This is incredible.

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Do you know how good you are?

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No.

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I mean, painting...

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When I started painting, it was like a duck going to water.

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I don't know why, I just could.

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-When did you start?

-I started about three years ago.

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-And why?

-Because a friend said, "You have to paint."

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Why did she say that, or he?

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-Because I could draw very well.

-So you had been drawing.

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I've been drawing all my life.

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I drew pop stars when I was a teenager,

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um, and I drew right through university.

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-Can I ask what you studied at university?

-Medicine.

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-You're a doctor, are you?

-Yes.

-Roy, question?

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I'm absolutely speechless.

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You clearly have an incredible understanding of line and colour,

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how to be a draughtsman, but more than that,

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for a fifth painting to get so much human emotion through very subtly

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is very accomplished.

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What attracted me to this competition

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is that one of the criteria was emotional attachment,

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because that is the thing, when I look at a painting, that I want.

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Extraordinary praise from the judges.

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They're flabbergasted to hear that this is only her fifth painting ever.

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It seems they've discovered a rare new talent.

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I've waited a long time to see a work like this.

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I really feel that strongly about it.

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We're looking for, in this exhibition, this competition,

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we're looking for originality, technical ability,

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we're looking for emotional content.

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For me, the emotional content is the ultimate.

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-It has to connect to me, the viewer.

-Yeah.

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-You tick every box for me.

-Wonderful.

-Roy?

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Katy, on every level of our criteria,

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it ticks the boxes ten times,

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so I'm very, very pleased to see it, and it's made my day.

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-Oh, fantastic.

-It's a great picture.

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Thank you.

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Period.

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-Wow!

-Er, I think we can vote.

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It seems to be a bit of a foregone conclusion, but Charlotte?

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-Oh, it's a yes from me.

-Thank you.

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Yes, please.

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-We will definitely hang this picture.

-Wow!

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I feel like hugging you all.

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Well, come on then, come on!

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-Well done!

-Thank you.

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Katy and her daughter Maddy's portrait are off to our exhibition,

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where Katy hopes a buyer will be similarly bewitched.

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Ex-GP Katy and her painting have made it to the Royal College of Art.

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The portrait of her daughter dreaming of Disneyland has the room spellbound,

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but will it magically transform into some all-important cash at the sale?

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I walked down this side,

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and there was just one painting for me in this room,

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and it's not the sort of painting that I think I like.

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It's Katy's, of her little girl,

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and it's just absolutely heart-stopping, actually.

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I love it, really love it.

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But will anyone put their money where their mouth is?

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Katy's bravely stuck to her guns and gone for a guide price of £2,500.

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If anyone takes a shine to In Another World,

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they can make a sealed offer of any amount they choose

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to an indepedent sale agent who charges a 10% commission,

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and the rest will go to Katy.

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But she won't find out if she's turned a profit

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until after the exhibition is over.

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Katy, it's so lovely to see you here today. Have you had a good night?

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Lovely. I've met lots of very interesting people,

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lots of artists, which is fantastic.

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The first time I saw this, it nearly made me cry.

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It nearly made me cry again today.

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Would you want to sell it?

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I... I want to sell it in that...

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I need to sell something to feel that I'm doing things

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that people want to buy.

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But then, if I don't sell it, I've got this painting of my daughter,

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which was very much a personal picture for me to paint,

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and if it never sells, I still have that picture.

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Best of luck with selling it - or maybe not.

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It's a hard one when it's a portrait of your daughter.

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Either way, it's win-win, so it's fine.

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-Oh, well. Lovely to see you. Well done, Katy.

-Thank you.

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Will this former GP be waving goodbye to her painting in exchange for some serious cash?

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It's time to find out if she's received any offers.

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If she gets any bids over her asking price of £2,500,

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the painting will be sold to the highest bidder.

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-Hello, Katy.

-Hello.

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How has it been for you?

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It's been lovely, really lovely.

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The painting's had a lovely reaction with people, people have really understood it.

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People have really connected to it

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and have really looked at it and got something from it,

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which is what I wanted.

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OK, we did get some offers.

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-Wonderful.

-The lowest...was £1,000.

-Yeah.

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Which is lower than your £2,500, so we should forget that, shall we?

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-Yes.

-We're not even interested in that.

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-Do you want to know what your highest offer was?

-Of course I do.

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OK. Get yourself ready.

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It was...

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£3,100.

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Wonderful. Oh.

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How do you feel about that?

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I'm feeling sort of overjoyed that the cash is coming in

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and then quite sad, cos I have to say goodbye to her.

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That's a terrible thing to say, but I am.

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Do you want a little bit of time on your own?

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I will have a look at it by myself for a bit.

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A brilliant sale for Katy.

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At £3,100, she's made £600 more than she'd hoped.

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As far as painting for a career is concerned, it looks like

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she's been given a clean bill of health,

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so now she can safely stow the stethoscope and concentrate

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on her considerable and potentially lucrative talent,

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which clearly runs in her family.

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We asked all-comers to send us their drawings, sculpture,

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paintings and photographs.

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The best of the bunch went through to the Hanging Committees.

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But to win a place in the exhibition -

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and the chance to make some major cash -

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they have to enter the lion's den.

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Eddie Hallam spent his working life as a biologist,

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and as he was in the field, he would take sketches of local wildlife.

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He now sculpts full-time, and he was hoping his model of a crested tit

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would carry a green message into the exhibition.

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Wildlife has always been my passion, and it's always my wish

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that my artwork will inspire other people

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to appreciate art and wildlife.

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There was no doubting Eddie's technical skill,

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but David couldn't shake the sense of Groundhog Day.

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I feel I've seen quite a lot of these ornamental little wildlife pieces before,

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in galleries and in National Trust shops.

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I don't think you'd ever find another crested tit.

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So would Eddie's unique sculpture earn him a place and some cash

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at the Royal College exhibition?

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I'm afraid it's no from me, but thank you so much for coming in.

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OK. Thank you very much.

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Retired art lecturer turned professional artist Graham Cox

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presented this striking abstract painting.

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He was hoping to meet gallery owners if he made it through.

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When you listen to music, or poetry, when you go for a walk in the landscape,

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whatever it is that makes the hairs stand up on the back of your neck,

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that's what I want to capture in a painting.

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For all the emotion that Graham wanted to convey with this piece,

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it failed to connect with the judges -

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and the title didn't help.

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By titling it Canyon 2, but not really providing us

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with a visual connection to that, is confusing to us.

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Maybe you ought to just say it's untitled.

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-Or The Taste Of Chicken Soup...

-Why not?

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But would Graham's good humour win over the judges?

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I do think it's very busy, over-full. Afraid not.

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-I'm sorry, we can't take it to the Royal College of Art.

-No problem.

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Session musician for the stars and self-taught artist Andrew Kinsman

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was hoping to combine his rock'n'roll lifestyle with painting

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and make an entrance onto the London art scene.

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I liked the idea of having this kind of contrast

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of this seemingly hard-looking man

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doing something quite uncharacteristic.

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David didn't pull his punches.

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I don't like paintings of photographs.

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I don't think you leave yourself enough scope

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for the expression that's necessary.

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But Andrew's technique won him a fan on the panel.

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Well, I think it works well for me

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because you haven't tried to say too many things.

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It's very straightforward and very clean.

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So will Andrew get his chance to run with the art pack

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and earn himself some serious money at the sale?

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-Very much yes.

-Andrew, I'm absolutely saying yes, so congratulations.

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Thank you. Thank you very much.

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Our Hanging Committees have all taken place in locations

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with impeccable artistic pedigree.

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In London, we visited the Art Workers Guild,

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the stunning HQ of a society of artists, craftsmen and designers.

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It was set up in 1884, and it drew together like-minded souls

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who wanted to set very high standards in art and craftsmanship.

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And high standards are exactly what we're looking for

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as we go in search for new artistic talent.

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At nearly 80, pensioner and former language teacher Neville Sattentau

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was one of the oldest artists to come face to face with the judges.

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He wants his work to be seen and appreciated by as many people as possible,

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and today, the judges hold the key to his biggest audience yet.

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With money in their pockets, he could make some serious cash, too.

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Hello, Neville, or should I say bonjour or...?

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Comme vous voulez. C'est la meme chose, it's OK by me.

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-I've lost now, because you used to be a language teacher, right?

-I used to be, yes.

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Now, tell me a little bit about yourself. How old are you, sir?

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I shall be 80 in...12 days.

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-That's if I make it.

-You'll make it! For me, you look fit and well.

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-Where are you from?

-Well, I was born in Lancashire.

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-Right.

-I've lived in London for...45 years.

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Before that, I worked in Italy, a bit in Spain.

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So you are a well-travelled man, and inspirations from everywhere?

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Inspirations, they come from in here, I suppose, I don't know.

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They rise up from somewhere.

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Just before you go, and you're going to go and see the judges,

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you're a man of experience, how have you prepared for the judges today?

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-I haven't.

-Good luck, sir, and away you go.

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Just through those doors, sir, to your destiny.

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Neville's unusual style comes from a past life when he was commissioned

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to illustrate books by hand for the likes of the Sultan of Oman.

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Over the years, collectors have snapped up his paintings,

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but he mainly relies on art fairs to sell his work now.

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His inspiration for Forest Landscape

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comes from the depths of his fertile imagination.

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-Neville, hello, welcome to the Hanging Committee.

-Hello.

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Please tell us about your painting.

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Well, when you paint your way through an imaginary landscape,

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if you want forests or mountains, you put them there,

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and of course somebody should have it on their wall

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and look at it for a few minutes every day for five years,

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and each time possibly find something new. And who knows?

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Maybe it awakens beauty now and again in the viewer.

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One hopes so, because I guess that's what a picture should do.

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And how much do you value your work at?

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I'd value it at anything between 100 and 2-3,000,

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depending who the person, the prospective buyer is.

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I sort of asses them, you know, see how much money they might have or are willing to spend.

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Could we take a closer look?

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You need to, because you can't see from there.

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Thank you.

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His art may be dreamy,

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but Neville has all the instincts of a wily trader.

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He knows a spot at the Royal College could bring him a decent pay cheque

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and exposure to a much wider audience than at his art fairs.

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But first he must convince the judges his painting has originality,

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technique and emotional power.

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Neville, what technique is it?

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It's egg tempura, egg yolk mixed with a little bit of wine vinegar

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to stop it setting too quickly, with water,

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and then you grind that up in little pots with pigments,

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which are mostly natural minerals, and then you apply it in glazes.

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I find it interesting that you use such a difficult and ancient technique.

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I mean, it died out in painting 500 years ago, didn't it, mostly?

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One or two people still do it, but yes, basically.

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It lends itself to sort of fantasy art as well,

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because it brings you into another place.

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I think, Neville, that your work fits into a particular strain

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of idiosyncratic oddity in British art.

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I think it works beautifully as a fantasy,

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and it's completely absorbing, and you're right in your description.

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You can find there whatever you like

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as frequently as you want to look for it.

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Well, David's clearly bought into Neville's fantasy world,

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but will the others join him there?

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The foreground is fascinating, you just see more and more detail.

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The mid-ground loses it a bit for me, if I'm honest.

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I'm not sure about that central boulder.

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I thought that wasn't as defined as it might have been as well.

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Could I ask you about how you've framed it?

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Why have you put it under glass?

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It's not glass, it's Perspex, so you can press it right up against it

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and you don't get too much reflection.

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-Why not leave it without glass or Perspex?

-It's easily damaged.

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Quite a lot of my things I do leave without glass if people want it.

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It kills it stone dead. Take it off.

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You think it's better without? Yes, you're probably right.

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Some useful advice there from the judges.

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They're impressed by the egg-based technique,

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but does Neville's work match up to their strict criteria?

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Your use of tempura is incredible, I've never seen anything like it.

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But for me, I don't find it as original as maybe David does.

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-OK.

-And the last thing on emotional reaction,

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um, strangely, I don't have as much maybe I should or you might think.

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Neville, you're an artist, it's as simple as that.

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-Thank you very much.

-Short and sweet.

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A difference of opinion between David and Roy -

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-but what will Charlotte make of it?

-I'm in two minds about your work.

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Originality, you obviously have.

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I'm a bit with Roy on the emotional impact to me, but that's my personal view.

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It's not really talking to me as a viewer.

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But that said, other people would probably have a different response.

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I think we're now going to take it to a vote.

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Crunch time - will Neville get the two votes he needs

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to bypass the small art fair circuit and hang at the exhibition with a pension-boosting price tag?

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-I have absolutely no doubt that is a very good picture. Yes.

-Roy?

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I'm afraid I can't see it hanging in the Royal College of Art exhibition, so it's a no.

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With one no and one yes, Charlotte's got the casting vote.

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Neville, I think I'm going to have to say no. I'm really sorry.

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OK.

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-Thank you, Neville.

-Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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For experienced artist Neville, the chance of setting up shop

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at the Royal College and making some money in time for his 80th birthday remains a fantasy.

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I cannot believe that.

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-How about you?

-Erm...

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Well, why not? I mean, that was their decision.

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If I were in an art fair, and three people came and one person liked it

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and then he bought it, then that would be fine, wouldn't it?

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-It would be!

-One out of three isn't bad, I suppose, but, yeah.

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Well, it's been an absolute pleasure to meet you. You're a great man.

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Keep up the hard work. Lovely to meet you.

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-Thank you very much. Bye-bye.

-Bye-bye.

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Well, facing the hanging committee might be tough,

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but winning a place here at the exhibition could be a life-changing experience for an artist.

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Only the very best makes it to the Royal College of Art,

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so let's remind ourselves exactly what the judges are looking for.

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First and foremost, it's got to be original.

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Derivative or copycat works are an absolute no-no.

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Secondly, technique is key.

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Our judges know their stuff when it comes to wielding a brush.

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And finally, it's that elusive X-factor.

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Does the piece send shivers down your spine or just leave you cold?

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The Foundling Museum in London was an appropriate venue for one of our hanging committees.

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It commemorates the first public art gallery in London

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and is home to some fine examples of 18th century painting.

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This, for example, is by William Hogarth.

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Now, his moral and satirical works provoked outrage as he showed the seedier side

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of 18th century Britain.

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This is called The March Of The Guards To Finchley.

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Hogarth was also known for his bawdy humour,

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and down-to-earth wit is something our next artist does very well.

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As a teenager in Belgium, Vivien Phelan was offered

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an art scholarship, but her parents thought nursing would be a safer option.

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After years of bedpans, she started a night course in ceramics and hasn't looked back.

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So far Vivien has managed to get her sculptures into

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small local galleries, but lacks the confidence to approach the big ones.

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She's hoping her piece, called She's Barking Mad, will hit the jackpot

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and get her a free pass to our major London exhibition at the Royal College.

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But will her lack of confidence trip her up at the very first hurdle?

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Hello, Vivien, welcome to the hanging committee.

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Please tell us about your work.

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This is one of the styles that I do,

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which is based on really the English language.

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It's the quirkiness of similes, which I don't think any other countries use similes,

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and that's why this one is Barking Mad.

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Years of nursing have given her a keen sense of humour, and her work is all about witty wordplay.

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I do others like Counting Sheep or Liar, Liar Pants On Fire, that kind of thing.

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And can you put a value on this work for us?

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I've sold these at £118.

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It seems a very low figure given that you have to fire the work, you have to buy the materials.

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I would think doubling it wouldn't be outrageous.

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-But could we have a closer look?

-Absolutely.

-Thank you.

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Her low confidence is reflected in a low price tag.

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Ex-nurse Vivien's been selling her art at knock-down prices.

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If she makes it through, a chance to sell could not only mean a much-needed boost to her confidence,

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but also to her bank balance.

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It's a very fun, exuberant bit of ceramic.

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Before you walked in, I almost expected someone like the sculpture to walk in, with hair everywhere.

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-Sorry.

-Colours all over the place.

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I was just wondering what brought you to do this sort of thing.

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Is this the mainstay of your ceramics, this sort of fun ideas and then puns and humour?

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Not really.

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A lot of my work is figurative because I do like figures.

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We're quite amazing bodies, aren't we?

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It does remind me of those Toby jugs.

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I was going to say we're almost in the land of Toby jugs here.

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-It's kind of decorative...

-But fun, full of that real British humour.

-Amusing.

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Well, the judges might not class her work as fine art,

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but that hasn't stopped potters like famous cross-dresser Grayson Perry.

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Now, to get the judges onside, Vivien must tick

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the boxes for originality, technical skill and emotional punch.

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Well, obviously I think it's attractive. Is it original? Not really.

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Technique...

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Yes, I can't criticise that.

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The painting's a bit crude, and emotional involvement...

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It's amusing. It amuses me lightly.

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It's again about whether this would fit into an exhibition

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of a different sort of art potentially than a humorous,

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craft-based item, which I fear this falls into a bit more.

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Well, Vivien, I have to say I cannot stop smiling when I look at it.

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I am worried there's not more to it than that,

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and our criteria are such that we're looking for art that moves us,

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that we want to come back to again and again.

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I'm not sure I would.

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-I really enjoyed seeing it, but I'm not sure it goes far enough.

-Thank you.

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They certainly think her art is quirky,

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but is it too off-the-wall to be considered for their fine-art exhibition

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and stand a chance of selling to serious art buyers?

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She still needs two out of three votes from the judges.

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David, yes, or no?

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It's enjoyable, but no.

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-Roy?

-I think I'd like to own one, but not for our exhibition,

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so it's a no, I'm afraid.

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Vivien, I'm sorry, it would be a no from me too, but I have really enjoyed looking at it.

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I'm sorry you're not going to make the exhibition, but good luck with sales in the future.

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Thank you very much.

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Vivien will miss out on a major exhibition and sale this time,

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but bringing her work before the judges has increased her self-belief

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and hopefully given her the courage not to undersell herself.

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How do you feel about that?

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It was fine. I don't expect everybody to like them, but they did all like them.

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-I was going to say...

-Yeah.

-They did like them, but maybe they didn't see it as fine art.

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In the contemporary world, it's very difficult to describe fine art.

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What next for you now, then?

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-Carry on.

-Carry on? Not Carry On Nursing, but carry on art, ceramic-ing, yes?

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Carry on art. Yes.

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Well, thank goodness for that. We wish you the very best of luck.

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-Thanks, Chris.

-In the future.

-Yes, thank you.

-And it just wasn't to be this time.

-Never mind.

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Getting through to the exhibition is really tough going.

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Remember, the judges are putting their reputations on the line.

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The work that they put through to this exhibition will be seen

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by their peers and collectors who may be looking to invest.

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At the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, I met country boy,

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Steven Lingham, who is completely self taught.

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His rural roots and passion for the outdoors has led to a career as a wildlife artist.

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He's here to fly the flag for wildlife artists everywhere.

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To prove how committed to the cause he is, he's brought a painting that's taken half a year to paint!

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If the judges vote it through to this exhibition it would be a huge coup,

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and a sale there could earn him a wildly satisfying return on months of work.

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Steven, welcome to the hanging committee. Tell us a little bit about your work.

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OK, this is my painting entitled Polonnaruwa, City Of Kings,

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which is a painting that loosely came from after I painted a number of portraits of peacocks,

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I became intrigued by the species, their elegance and beauty.

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I thought, "Wouldn't it be fantastic to see them in the wild?"

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Because contrary to popular belief, peacocks aren't indigenous to the English stately homes,

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so I decided to go and see them and travel to Sri Lanka.

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And when I came across this particular ancient ruin,

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this was actually a meeting place where civilians would meet the king.

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What do you think the value of this work is?

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-I have it for sale for £4,000.

-£4,000? And what makes you come to that value?

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It took me five months roughly to paint it, so I feel that's a fair...

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When you break it down to an hourly rate, that's nothing really, so...

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-Can we take a look at your work?

-Of course, please do.

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This isn't just a hobby for Steven. Five straight months of hard work

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shows just how dedicated he is to his wildlife painting.

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But was it worth all that time and effort?

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If his peacocks make it into the exhibition, he could

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stand to earn enough not only to cover his costs, but his time too.

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But first, he needs the endorsement of at least two judges.

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Steven, I'm intrigued by how you've painted this.

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Could you tell us a little bit about your technique?

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Yes, of course. Initially it's a simple line drawing

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to map it all out. I then block in with tonal values.

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Darks, lights, mids, and then start to paint layer upon layer.

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Thank you.

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-The peacock at the top, which step is it standing on?

-The very top.

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-The top, is it?

-Yes.

-It looks as though it's levitating.

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My problem with this, I think is that it looks kind of unnatural.

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It does look like a film set. It doesn't look as though it's in the open air, somehow.

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You kind of half expect Baloo and Mowgli to come waltzing over the top, you know,

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and start singing I'm The King Of The Swingers or whatever it is.

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I can see Lara Croft running through it. I think I find that a problem.

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I mean, what I'm looking at is a picture of Sri Lanka, where the animals are by the by.

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I think you should pare it back to something you're interested in, which are the birds.

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David and Roy would need to see beyond a film set

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if he and his peacocks are to strut their stuff at the Royal College.

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If he sells there, he could get paid for his five months' work!

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What does Charlotte think?

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-I mean, technically you're incredibly talented.

-Thank you.

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What we're looking for, however, is something even beyond that.

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We're looking for some connection with us.

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You love the peacocks. I don't have a particular thing

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about peacocks, so I'm not getting that.

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When you said this is a meeting place of kings and the peacocks are kings,

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I liked that, but I'm not getting it from the painting.

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David, what do you think?

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I have nothing but admiration for your skill and tenacity in spending five months painting it.

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But in the end, I'm not sure that's enough.

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On skill, absolutely, I think we're all in agreement on that.

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As an emotional response, I'm afraid I don't have one.

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This isn't looking good for animal lover, Steven.

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He now needs at least two judges to agree his painting was worth almost half a year of unpaid work.

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So it comes down to voting and whether we can all put our names

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to this in our exhibition at the Royal College of Art in London.

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So, Charlotte?

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-I'm afraid it's a no from me for this work.

-David?

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I'm impressed by your endeavour.

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It's not the kind of work that I like, but I'm going to surprise myself and say yes.

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Thank you.

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A surprise yes from David is a real bonus for Steven,

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he's a hard man to impress. Now, it's all down to Roy.

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-I'm afraid, from me, it's a no.

-OK. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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Thanks for bringing it.

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It's disappointing news for Steven, who won't be getting a return on his time-consuming painting.

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But at least he can draw comfort from the judges' feedback on his technique.

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-Bad luck, sir.

-Well, there you go. As I said, it's just three opinions.

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But you turned one head and one head that refuses to turn,

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and that's David's, so you've got to be pleased with that.

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Oh, yeah, absolutely. I do respect what they've said.

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I don't agree with what they've said, but that's MY opinion.

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Well, as you can probably tell, there's a real buzz at our exhibition today

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with the movers and shakers of the art world having a good look around.

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The successful artists are taking full advantage and hobnobbing furiously.

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But they all had to travel a perilous road to get here.

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Mike Kingston gave up a career in architecture to become a full-time artist.

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He sells his paintings in Devon, but a place at the Exhibition

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would give him access to the London art buyers.

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Well, this is very typical of the sort of paintings that I do.

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I like to keep them simple, bright and a bit whimsical.

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-I like the little individual details, I have to say.

-Yes.

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There are hanging baskets that are beautifully done.

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But his colourful seaside painting didn't convince the judges.

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Am I emotionally stimulated by that? Not really, no.

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Anthony Garratt has taken a big risk and turned his back on graphic design to paint full-time.

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He was hoping for a ringing endorsement from the judges for his bold career move.

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This piece is called Dungeness 3. It's one of my favourite places to paint.

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It's kind of quite bleak, quite barren, there's big weather.

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Charlotte wasn't entirely convinced.

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There is something about your style I find slightly old-fashioned.

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Old fashioned it may be, but his style was good enough to send him through to the exhibition

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with the chance to sell his painting for hundreds of pounds.

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-Definitely yes, from me, so you're in. Thank you very much.

-Thank you.

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See you in London.

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Next up at the Walker Gallery was Josie Jenkins,

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whose job is to re-house homeless people for a charity.

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She did a degree in fine art and now combines her twin passions of charity work and painting.

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But she feels art is her true vocation and she would love to sell enough to make a living.

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-Hello, Josie.

-Hello.

-You're a painter, right?

-Yeah. That's right.

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And what do you do full time?

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I manage a support service for offenders and people with mental health issues.

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I did an art degree and I feel that it's more like a calling.

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You know, I feel frustrated if I'm not doing something.

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What would today do for you if you get to the exhibition?

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It's great being in exhibitions.

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You want people to see your work, and for me it's interesting

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to have someone who's really quite credible in the art world telling you what they think of your work.

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-I'm going to wish you the very best of luck.

-Thank you.

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-They don't bite, you know.

-No.

-Only a couple of times. Good luck!

-Cheers.

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The prestige of exhibiting at the Royal College

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and maybe selling her painting to the members of the public

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or dealers and collectors there could be just around the corner. It would be a dream come true,

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but first she must take on our three art-world titans.

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Hello, Josie. Please tell us about your work.

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This is a painting I made recently. I've used imagery from Hull.

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This is a piece of waste ground next to the Humber estuary.

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I'm interested in how nature can take over man-made settings

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and the contradictions between natural and unnatural.

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So that's why I used the fluorescent orange paint.

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I wanted to enhance the unnatural in the landscape.

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I've valued the painting at £500, but I said that I would sell it for £200.

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I want to make something that's affordable for people at the moment.

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I think that's devaluing your work. This is a big oil painting.

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-Yeah, I know.

-For me, I think I'd stick to 500.

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-But can we take a closer look?

-Yeah, sure, of course.

-Thank you.

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Although she's fiercely ambitious, her price tag isn't.

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For this frustrated artist, exhibiting at the Royal College

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could be the first step to making a living doing what she loves best.

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If the judges agree with her that art is indeed "her calling"

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then she stands to make both money and connections that could set her

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on the road to becoming a professional artist.

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But will at least two judges be prepared to vote her in?

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Josie, what's that orange thing again, just run that by me?

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I was thinking about it when I painted it.

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It's not meant to be anything, it's meant to be ambiguous.

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But I think there's other things in the painting that are also ambiguous.

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Like this large form in the bottom left-hand corner? What is that?

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-Is it a silage heap covered in plastic?

-So this is...

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-It was concrete.

-It's not clear though, is it? It really ought to be clear.

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I don't want the things in my painting to be completely recognisable.

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It's fighting talk from this confident charity worker,

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but in her attempt to add intrigue, has she missed the mark?

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I totally take your point about certain elements

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you want to be ambiguous, and I go with that.

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I thought that was concrete, but I didn't think it was painted technically well enough.

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Elements just don't really work, they look badly painted.

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For me, the things that you have picked up on,

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that you don't like, are the things that I DO like.

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-I like the ambiguity.

-It's gone beyond ambiguity, it's confusing.

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-It's not confusing.

-What about the orange?

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The orange, I love. I was going to ask you what it was, and the fact that you've...

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-It's not anything at all.

-It doesn't matter.

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Sometimes in the landscape you do see bright colour like that.

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I think that and the ambiguity and the urban versus nature, I think it's great.

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Thank you.

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There's disagreement amongst the judges.

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Josie's liberal use of colour has won her an ally,

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but all art works must be judged on a strict set of criteria.

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Originality...no. Technique... I think it's appalling, actually.

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And emotional content... I'm just completely baffled and confused by it.

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Well, that was clear.

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There's clearly no changing David's mind, but has our charity worker done enough to convince Roy?

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I do like... Increasingly I like the picture,

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and I think, unlike David, I see you've chosen to paint in this way.

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Thank you.

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If Josie's to ease her artistic frustrations and spend more time

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painting at the easel, she now needs at least two votes.

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-The subtlety is completely lost on me, no.

-Josie, it is a yes from me.

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The verdict could go either way. It's now all down to Roy.

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I think this is a very subtle picture.

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It's a yes, from me.

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-Thank you.

-Congratulations. Thank you very much.

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Thanks everyone for your comments. I will take it all on board.

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-Thank you.

-Well done.

-Thank you.

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After a rough ride, full of mixed opinions towards her work, Josie's over the moon.

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She hardly dared hope she'd win the chance to sell her work at the Royal College.

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Charity worker Josie has made it to the hallowed halls

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of the Royal College and she couldn't be happier.

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Despite Charlotte's advice, she's gone for the rather charitable guide price of just £350.

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Will this encourage potential buyers to snap up her landscape?

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Hi, Josie, really good to see you at the show.

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Hello, yeah, it was really good that you pulled my corner.

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What's the price tag on it now?

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I've put the price tag at 350, because realistically speaking,

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I would sell it for 350, even if I feel that it's worth more.

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Someone gets a steal of a painting, but at the same time

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it's good to get your work on other people's walls.

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-Yeah.

-So do you feel this has been a good shot in the arm for you?

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Oh, yeah. It's the only way I would have ever got into the Royal College.

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It's been an exciting experience for charity worker Josie,

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who before today could only ever dream of exhibiting on these walls.

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Unfortunately no-one put in a bid for her painting on the night

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but with a taste of the big time and plenty of support from Charlotte,

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she's one step closer to her dream of being a professional artist.

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Well, that's it from us today, but join us next time

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on Show Me The Monet, when the judges will be meeting more budding artists.

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But for now, bye-bye.

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