Portrait Artist of the Year

Another poor decision this week. I appreciate we cannot view the actual paintings but even so, it is so disappointing to see some excellent portraits by these incredible artists be overlooked by the judges. These paintings/drawings are invariably an excellent likeness of the sitter! In most cases the sitter chooses the best portrait. It seems that the most strange looking portrait which doesn't necessarily look like the sitter seems to win almost every week! One wonders will the final winner of this year's Portrait Artist of the Year be able to find a likeness of Lenny Henry? Maybe as others have suggested a change of judge/s would help this wonderful program. Love Stephen and Joan's comments.