scone.com.auScone Art Prize Winners
MORE than 80 people attended the opening night of the Scone Art Prize on Friday, which had 292 works on display from Queensland, Sydney, the Central Coast, Newcastle and some local artists from Scone, Murrurundi and Muswellbrook.
The winner of the Bobbie Paradice prize valued at $5,000 was Julie Simmons from Castlereagh for her work “Morning in the Gorge”.
Roger Skinner, from the Scone Arts and Crafts said they were excited by the quality of entries.
“There is a fantastic calibre of entries this year,” said Mr Skinner.
“The was a good crowd at the opening night of more than 80 people and the prize attracted entries from as far as Queensland this year,” Roger Skinner said.
The exhibition will be open from 10am until 4pm each day until September 18, when it will close at 1pm at the Scone Arts and Crafts Hall; admission is $2.
See gallery below.
Winners and highly commended of each section:
Section 1: Open
- Winner: Julie Simmons, “Morning Gorge”
- Highly Commended: Yvonne Langshaw, “Ochre Hillside”
- Highly Commended: Kay McFarlane Smith, “Channel Country”
Section 2: Figurative and Portraiture
- Winner: Colina Grant, “Grace”
- Highly Commended: Madeleine Szymanski, “The Moment”
Section 3: Watercolour
- Winner: Ileana Clarke, “Seasonal Change”
- Highly Commended: Robyn Berling, “Ocean Gifts”
- Highly Commended: “Autumn Light”
Section 4: Print and Drawing
- Winner: Madeleine Szymanski, “The Girls”
- Highly Commended: Reg Baty, “Hillside Tuscanny”
Section 5: Miniature
- Winner: Ileana Clarke, “Hunter Valley”
- Highly Commended: Susan Joyce, “Dog in the Box”
- Highly Commended: Gerhard Ullman, “Distant View”
Section 6: Pastel
- Winner: Barry Bryan, “Afternoon Light”
- Highly Commended: Jean Davies, “Breaking Through”
- Hilary Nicol, “Guardian of the Fourth”
Section 7: Local
- Winner: Naomi Norris, “Twilight”
- Second Prize: Roger Skinner, “Lone Man NAGV”
- Highly Commended: Roberta Wiseman, “Seascape”
Section 8: Sculpture
- Winner: Tobie Hynes, “Dama Dang”
Section 9: Ceramics
- Winner: Joanne Van Hees, “Sands In Time”
- Highly Commended: Linda Margie, “Vase”
