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THE OFFICIAL BRISTOLIAN GALLERY GARY HOPKINS PORTRAIT MEAT RAFFLE COMPETITION – NOW ON!

Draw, paint or etch Councillor Gary Hopkins - WIN a £5 BAG of MEAT!

Draw, paint or etch Councillor Gary Hopkins – WIN a £5 BAG of MEAT!

The unexpected success of the BRISTOLIAN Gallery – and in particular the number of renderings of Gary Hopkins – means that the mooted GARY HOPKINS PORTRAIT MEAT RAFFLE COMPETITION is GO!

With a stupendous prize of a £5 BAG OF FINEST BRISTOL MEAT* up for grabs for the best likeness of BCC’s Councillor Who Most Looks Like A Seventies TV Cop, who wouldn’t want to enter?

RULES:

  • There are no rules – this is ART.
  • Submit your portrait through the usual channels. Each entry will be given its own page as it comes in.
  • Enter as many portraits as you like.
  • After the closing date, all pictures entered will be posted up in a single post with an online poll. Readers can then choose which they think is the best…

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES:

5pm, Monday 28 October 2013

CLOSING DATE FOR VOTING:

5pm, Monday 4 November 2013

AND THE WINNING ENTRY IS…

The prize winner will be announced at 9am on Tuesday 5 November – to jointly celebrate art, Hopkins, and Bonfire Night!

LET BATTLE COMMENCE!

* The competition winner gets to choose what kind of meat – so long as it’s raw beef, chicken, pork or lamb – with flesh-free options of TVP, tofu or quorn for veggie types

BRISTOLIAN GALLERY: ‘BEAN COUNTER’

‘Bean Counter’

Councillor Geoff Gollop, ink and coloured pencils, 2013, Paul Saville

Councillor Geoff Gollop, ink and coloured pencils, 2013, Paul Saville

Another impressive email submission to the BRISTOLIAN Gallery from noted Mayor-bothering chalk-waver Paul Saville – this time getting to grips with the lithe physicality of Tory councillor and chartered accountant Geoff Gollop.

Today, I’ve been mostly drawing Geoff ‘Gollum’ Gallop. He’s Westbury-on-trym councillor and also serves on George redtrousers cabinet, with the very important job of BEAN COUNTER.

Anyway, have attached it. This is not to be entered for the ‘Bristolian meat draw’ but would be great to be added to the Bristolian Gallery. It’s pretty hi res photo of my drawing, taken with a friends SLR, so hope its ok for you (probably sent it massive)

Have a good weekend and keep up the good work as always.

Many thanks, Paul!

Any other aspiring arty types out there feel free to submit your masterpieces via the usual channels

BRISTOLIAN GALLERY: ‘JUNKET JANKE’

Junket Janke

Councillor Barbara Janke, watercolours, 2013, @guriben

Councillor Barbara Janke, watercolours, 2013, @guriben

Another fine portrait from @guriben, who is fast becoming our artist-in-residence, this time capturing the dizzying political wizardry of former Leader of the Council, Lib Dem Barbara Janke.

DON’T LOOK INTO THE EYES!

BRISTOLIAN GALLERY: ‘I’VE LISTENED NOW FUCK OFF OK?’

‘I’ve Listened Now Fuck Off OK?’

Mayor George Ferguson, pencils, 2013, Paul Saville

Mayor George Ferguson, pencils, 2013, Paul Saville

Another email submitted rendering of our esteemed MILLIONAIRE MAYOR, this time from Paul Saville, who writes:

Hi there, I would like to enter my two drawings into the Bristolian meat draw. My drawings have taken me a lot of time and effort, and I have tried to get the likeness as close as possible. I have gone for ‘Gus Hoyt & Rob Telford’ who are ashley councillors in Bristol. I have also done a drawing of George ‘Eff off’ Ferguson telling anyone in his vicinity that ‘he has listened, now fuck off ok?’

Fingers crossed and if I win, I’ll be donating the meat to a charity auction, to raise funds for knowle west media centre (I don’t eat meat) Even if I don’t win, it would be great to see my images put up on the drawing section. I especially like Durston Fletchers drawing of Gary Hopkins and I think it is of great likeness.

Keep up the good work,

Paul ‘eff off’ Saville.

Cheers Paul – and your other pictures will follow soon.

BRISTOLIAN GALLERY: ‘LOCAL TAXI DRIVER’ BY DURSTON FLETCHER

Local Taxi Driver

Councillor Gary Hopkins, ink, 2013, Durston Fletcher

Councillor Gary Hopkins, ink, 2013, Durston Fletcher

Our artistic odyssey continues, with Popular Local Radio DJ (it says here) From Bristol With Love‘s very own Durston Fletcher submitting this bold entry into our Best Gary Hopkins Portrait Meat Raffle competition.

Durston has been very busy of late thanks to a burgeoning feud between him and Bristol & Bumpkinshire Chief Constable Nick Gargan (see The BRISTOLIAN #4.7, out this week!), so big BRISTOLIAN thanks to him for taking time out of his busy arch-nemesissing schedule to make beautiful images for us.