2023 Landscape Winner
Finn Campbell-Notman

Did I really win!? By winning Landscape Artist of the Year I’ve painted my way out of a corner and that’s a huge life and career affirming thing to be able to say. Very often artists work far from the spotlight and when we do come to expose our work, and therefore ourselves, to an audience it can be discombobulating. But not on LAOTY. It is an entirely collegiate, supportive and friendly experience – all of the crew, presenters, judges and fellow artists are on the same team so the competition itself feels more like a very enjoyable game and that allowed us all to focus and simply to try to do our very best on the day. New friendships were forged, joy and struggles, elation and disappointment shared and if feels like we made something together. Making the winners film was enormous fun and then making the commission a huge challenge knowing that the painting would be exhibited at Queens House alongside the masterful Van de Veldes. Rising to that challenge and recalling where it started – early one cold, grey and rainy morning in Blackpool – when unveiling the painting in Greenwich is something I will remember for the rest of my life.