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Patrick Wilkins

Kent-based artist Patrick Wilkins had only been an associate member of the Society of Graphic Fine Art for a couple of months when he scooped one of the top prizes at the society’s centenary exhibition, Draw 19, in October. His Foolish Handshake picture, rendered in coloured pencil, was selected to receive the Artists & Illustrators-sponsored Best in Show (Colour) award.

is part of a series of atmospheric street scenes that he calls simply . The latest, , is a playful take on an everyday sight that many artists may have overlooked. “ came about as I was standing in a car park in Ramsgate looking at what is basically the back of the town,” he says. “I liked the way

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