BP Portrait Awards: Naked relatives scoop top art prizes

First prize: Aleah Chapin for ‘Auntie’

This Brooklyn-based artist's large-scale portrait is of a close friend of her family and is part of a series of nude portraits of women she has known all of her life. Speaking of why she chose to draw her, the 26-year-old artist said: “The fact that she has known me since birth is extremely important. Her body is a map of her journey through life. In her, I see the personification of strength through an

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First prize: Aleah Chapin for ‘Auntie’

This Brooklyn-based artist's large-scale portrait is of a close friend of her family and is part of a series of nude portraits of women she has known all of her life. Speaking of why she chose to draw her, the 26-year-old artist said: “The fact that she has known me since birth is extremely important. Her body is a map of her journey through life. In her, I see the personification of strength through an unguarded and accepting presence.” less