“Epic Mirtiotissa” painting on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London through Sept. 2011. Some initial clippings:
“Last year, American artist Paul Beel won the BP Travel Award and he put the money to excellent use, spending a month on the nudist beach of Miritiotissa on Corfu. The resulting polyptych – a group portrait of willing volunteers – is a tour de force”
Read the entire review here.
Paul Beel, 30, spent a month capturing residents and holidaymakers at Mirtiotissa after his idea won the £5,000 BP Travel Award from the National Portrait Gallery. The American arrived last September to fulfil the commission at a resort he first visited 11 years earlier on honeymoon. His work, Epic Mirtiotissa, measures 61/2 feet by 171/2 feet.
More here.
