THE Hastings Valley Fine Art Association has just completed a successful eighth annual Summer Showcase Art exhibition and competition at the Laurieton United Services Club.
The assistant director of the Manning Regional Gallery, Jane Hosking, who judged the competition, praised the quality of the paintings.
The Mid North Coast Open Art Prize of $1000 was won by Vanessa Newell with Rainy Evening and highly commended going to Nigel Gillespie (last year’s winner) with Trestle Table and commended to Jill Cairns with Tidal.
Other results: Oil/acrylic – 1st Judy Jelsma, Summertime, HC Phillip Thornton, The Escapees Queanbeyan, C Rita Carosi, Maria River Lagoon. Watercolour – 1st Kim Madden, The Clock Tower, HC Roger Speaight, Still of Morning, C Vicki Syme, Rock Pool Shells. Contemporary – 1st Brian Barker, The Flooding of Lake Eyre, HC Maureen Hales, Top of the Ridge, C Julee Frazer, Just Scratching Around. Pastel – 1st Terri Maddock, Storm Over Arakoon, HC Jill Cairns, Surface Celebration, C Terri Maddock, Watching. Still Life and Flowers – 1st Suzanne Wallis, Still Life with Plums, HC Dorothy Taylor, And the Kitchen Sink, C Joan McFadden, Whimsical Garden. Drawing – 1st Vicki Syme, Autumn Leaf, HC Colleen Palmer, Just Kidding, C Harold Le Jeune, Rawdon Island Relic. Emerging Artist – Debbie Sarkoezy, Stoic Survivor. People’s Choice – Phillip Thornton, The Escapees Queanbeyan.
