A feature documentary is being filmed alongside a gallery exhibition in the UK about the art of painting miniatures. Let’s take a look at the names, old and new, attached to the project.
20-21 Visual Arts Centre is an art gallery in North Lincolnshire that is currently holding, as they describe it: “the first exhibition of fantasy miniatures held in a mainstream public gallery.” The exhibition, titled Art in Miniature, features the work of 25 independent and international painters, modelers and makers, many of whom will be recognizable to hobbyists by their youtube channels, if not their actual names. They include: Annie Norman (Bad Squiddo Games), Laurence Senter (Old Paint), Kerriss Brown (Let’s Make it Orkie), and Louise Sugden (Rogue Hobbies).
But the exhibit does not only feature the work of YouTubers. CharityMiniPainter is a commission painter who donates or portion of their costs to, you guessed it, charity. Artists Allan Hughes and Mark Rohtmaa-Jackson are both Senior Lecturers in Fine Art at Northumbria University. Dale Christopher Wells is a self described Pig Adhesion Operative (a lot of his art uses pig imagery) and co-director of Turntable Gallery, an art space in Lincolnshire. Annie Norman is an indie mini manufacturer who creates believable female miniatures for wargames (think Enemy at the Gates instead of Sisters of Battle… but please don’t think too hard about Enemy at the Gates). The list goes on!
And now, there is news of a feature length documentary being filmed alongside the exhibit. Directed by Rachelle Strange, the documentary will have the same name as the exhibit, Art in Miniature, but sounds to be significantly more broad in scope. Fore one thing, navigating to the documentary’s IMDB page, you will be greeted with a short video introducing none other than Gav Thorp. The “Videos” section on IMDB has half a dozen such introductions from artists, but the “Cast” section has a pretty big name that is not part of the exhibit, none other than Robert “Bob” Naismith. You know, the guy who sculpted the first space marine!
If these highly produced introduction clips are any indication, this looks to be a perfect project for showcasing the art form of miniature painting and some of the personalities behind it. It is slated for release in October.
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