VOTING CLOSED but please chat away about Chris Weston plus one.
I'll hold my hand up now. While I love Chris Weston's art he wouldn't have got my vote here as there's a couple of artists I like more and Michael Dowling who did well would have been one. As it is I'm in a very small minority and Chris Weston, not surprisingly stormed this.
Second place however was a tie as Jake Lynch and David Kendall tied. I predicted David Kendall's lush, grim art would get him through. However there's a reason Jake Lynch has developed into the man who replaces Henry Flint and his art is so much more. Gritty and determined, yet his cover lush and atmospheric. He is so versatile and so the qualifiers here are:
Chris Weston
Jake Lynch