Annual Art Exhibition 2007

Winners List

Our 29th Annual Art Exhibition was a great success. We had numerous visitors and all had positive comments about the high quality of the artworks on display. On opening night guests and gallery sponsors were impressed and congratulated members on the excellence of the presentation. Donations and raffle money exceeded expectations.

Over the ten categories winners were awarded prize money for first or highly commended as judged by Dean Vella.

Cook Shire Council Award (Acquisitive) – Landscape in Cook Shire

FIRST Lou Derry for pastel “Wild Walker Bay” $750

HIGHLY COMMENDED Amanda Jones for pastel “Charlotte Street” $150

Greenfield Memorial Award – Graphite, charcoal, pen and ink

FIRST Elsie Meyer for graphite “Ian” $300

HIGHLY COMMENDED Irene Taylor graphite “Remembering” $80

Poberay Memorial Award – Miniature – any medium

FIRST Jean Haack oil “Splendor of a Tree” $150

HIGHLY COMMENDED Tanya Coventry pencil “Untitled II” $80

Ergon Energy Award – Portrait, people, animal, group – any medium

FIRST Irene Taylor pastel “Willie” $350

HIGHLY COMMENDED Faye Pini pastel “The Gardener” $80

Cooktown Bowls Club Award – Landscape, seascape – any medium

FIRST Lou Derry pastel “Shimmering Heat of the Bush” $200

HIGHLY COMMENDED Betty Clarke oil/acrylic “After the Rain” $80

Themes From Nature – flora, fauna, animals, birds

FIRST Gary McClelland acrylic “Magpie Geese, Lakeland” $200

HIGHLY COMMENDED Amanda Jones pastel “Strangler Fig” $80

Endeavour Lions Youth Encouragement Award - open

FIRST Rachel Shaw acrylic “Griffendor” $200

HIGHLY COMMENDED Rachel Shaw graphite “Pencil Portrait 1” $80

Hopevale Art & Cultural Centre Award – any subject, any medium, cultural work by indigenous artists

FIRST Helen Gordon acrylic “Respect” $400

HIGHLY Commended Angela Michael acrylic “Echidna” $80

Cooktown Creative Arts Association Award – Hand made nonfunctional textile art form

FIRST Vikki Cook fabric “Journey’s End” $300

HIGHLY COMMENDED Waratah Nicholls silk painting “Untitled (C)” $80

CCAA & CSAS Award – Hand made 3D art-form

FIRST Gary McClelland wood carving “Once I Was Mineral” $300

HIGHLY COMMENDED Graham Boyton clay “Survival” $80

 

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