WORTHING artist Peter Allwright’s painting has been selected for the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2018, now celebrating its 250th year.

Peter entered his painting named ‘Loneliness – to feel alone in a room full of people’ into the annual competition in January.

His painting had been shortlisted from 12,000 entries down to the last 4,000.

The shortlisted entries then had to be reduced to approximately 1,000 which includes existing Royal Academy Artists.

Peter said: “I was so pleased to make it onto the shortlist and although I hoped that I would be selected, I did not expect it, as the shortlisted works are always of a very high standard.”

Peter has been invited to the varnishing day ceremony on June 4 in Piccadilly, London where exhibiting artists meet for a church service and then walk to the Royal Academy of Arts for a private reception and to preview the exhibition.

Peter is a full time professional artist and is known for his naïve style paintings.

His entry this year is part of a new collection in a contemporary fine art style in monochrome, using Oil on Linen.

The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition runs from 12th June to 19th August.

For further information visit Peter’s website at: peterallwright.com