Moray prodigy Ruby Mitcham paints celebs for Portrait Artist of the Year
A teenage artist at school in Moray has been chosen to appear on the new TV series of Portrait Artist of the Year which airs tonight.
Ruby Mitcham, who’s aged 18 and attends Gordonstoun, has quickly established herself as one of the most promising artists of her generation in the UK.
Last year became the youngest ever artist to feature at the Society of Scottish Artists Annual Exhibition in Edinburgh, which has previously featured work by Raeburn, Picasso and Munch.
Now Ruby, who only began oil painting when she was aged 15, is among several emerging artists to feature in the prestigious Sky Arts programme hosted by actor and comedian Stephen Mangan.
TV cook Dame Mary Berry is among a series of several well-known faces to sit as a subject for the 12th series of Portrait Artist of the Year, which airs tonight.
Succession actor Brian Cox, Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh, former Boyzone star Shane Lynch and astronaut Tim Peake were also captured on canvas.
Ruby was invited to apply while on a school exchange in Canada. Despite being thousands of miles away from home, she quickly managed to put together a piece of art and transport it back to the UK.
After travelling down to London, Ruby painted her sitter – to be revealed in episode 5 - live at Battersea Arts Centre in front of a studio full of cameras.
Portrait Artist of the Year is on Sky Arts at 8pm on Wednesday, October 1.
