About the Artist

Awards:

• Richard Harpum Fine Art was an SME Northern Enterprise Awards 2023 winner.
• The Artist Magazine Patchings 2020 Competition; "Whitby Harbour, North Yorkshire" was selected for the

  PaintersOnline Virtual Patchings Festival.

• ARTBOX.PROJECT, Armory Artweeks, New York City: "The Treasury, Petra, Jordan".
• The Artist Magazine Patchings 2017 Competition; "Whitby Harbour, North Yorkshirel" was highly commended.
• Fine Art World: Artist of the Month, November 2016.
• The Artist Magazine Patchings 2016 Competition; "The Red Boat, Polperro, Cornwall" was highly commended.
• The Artist Magazine Patchings 2015 Competition; "Positano Vista, Amalfi Coast, Italy" was selected for the exhibition.
• Fine Art America; 2nd place in 'Prague' contest, May 2015 with "Misty Dawn, Charles Bridge, Prague".
• Fine Art America; Winner of 'Paintings of Soldiers' contest, March 2015 with "Tommy". 
• Community Update Magazine, 2015; Commitment to Excellence Award 2015.
• American Art Awards, 2014 - Landscapes with Figures: "Great Wall Of China – Mutianyu Section" 5th place and "The Treasury, Petra, Jordan" 6th place.
• The Artist Magazine Patchings 2014 Competition; "Great Wall of China - Mutianyu Section" was selected for the exhibition.
• STYPEPODS IKON-16 Awards; March 2014; Artist winner. 
• Great Sheffield Art Show 2013; "Cadiz Garden" was voted Best Professional Artwork in Show. 
• The Artist Magazine Patchings 2013 Competition; "Meeting Street Inn, Charleston" was selected for the exhibition and won the Atelier Interactive Award.
• Patchings 2013 Competition; "Shem Creek Shrimpers, Charleston" was selected for the exhibition.
• Patchings 2013 Competition; "Mont Saint-Michel Soir" was Highly Commended.
• Fine Art America; Winner of 'Children and Water' contest, April 2013 with "Sandcastles". 
• Society for all Artists; Professional Artist of the Year 2012 with "Hera II, Valletta, Malta". 
• Fine Art America; Winner of 'Historic Britain and Ireland - The Best of 2011' contest, December 2011 with "Winter Sun, Houses of Parliament, London". 
• Fine Art America; Winner of 2nd and 3rd prizes of 'Amazing Geological Formations' contest, September 2011 with "Sunset at Delicate Arch, Utah" and "Dawn at Mesa Arch, Canyonlands, Utah".
• Patchings 2011 Competition (Artists Category); "Winter Sun, Houses of Parliament, London" was Highly Commended.
• Fine Art America; Winner of 'Historic Britain and Ireland' Contest, April 2011 with "Winter Sun, Houses of Parliament, London".
• Liquitex Artist of the Month, August 2010.
• Fine Art America; Winner of 'Trompe L'Oeil Painting' competition, May 2010 with "Amalfi Vista".
• Fine Art America; Winner of 'Sunset or Sunrise in Acrylic' competition, February 2010 with "Sunset over Delicate Arch, Utah".
• Finalist in International Artist magazine's Landscape Art Challenge No. 55 and published in Issue 71, February/March 2010 with "Knaresborough, Yorkshire".
• Art in the Gardens Gold Award for exhibition stand, Sheffield, September 2009.
• Society for All Artists’ Artist of the Year Competition 2009; Commended Finalist with "Barrington Court Gardens".