Jan Harris with her local artist winning work.
Photo by
Bobby Murphy
Jan Harris has been named the best local artist based on her entry to the weekend’s Rotary Easter Art Show.
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In the category for artists from the 2710 postcode area only, Mrs Harris’ work called ‘Retirement’ caught the eye of fine arts judge Glenda Cornell.
It depicts a cabin in dense bushland and a small boat.
“It is a lovely plein air sketch with limited pen work,” Mrs Cornell said of the piece.
“It really makes sense for a serene painting with good composition.”
The local artist prize is one of 17 prize categories as part of the annual Rotary Easter Art Show, which ran from Friday to yesterday.
And Mrs Harris was not the only local artist to claim one of the other prizes.
Almost half of the 76 exhibitors were from Deniliquin and district, with 230 paintings on display in total.
Only one of the prizes was yet to be awarded as the Pastoral Times went to print yesterday, with the People’s Choice to be announced just before the exhibition closed at 4pm.
Bob Johnson with his best colour photograph, ‘Gulpa Pines’.
Photo by
Bobby Murphy
Other prizes are as follows:
Judge’s Gem - Carmela Kozlowski, ‘At Sundown’.
Local Scene Deniliquin & District - Stephen McCall, ‘Island Sanctuary Evening’, 1; Pam Wettenhall, ‘Gateway to Conargo’, 2; Terry Murphy, ‘Hay Road Sky’, highly commended.
Watercolour - Beryl Gay, ‘Relics of a Bygone Era’, 1; Glenn Hoyle, ‘Venetian Facade’, 2; Margaret Connell, ‘A Movement. White Necked Heron’, HC.
Oils - Glenn Hoyle, ‘Pebbles At Sunlight’, 1; Lorraine Burns, ‘Flowering Gum’, 2; Margaret Rees, ‘Eye of the Angus’, HC.
Acrylics - Stephen McCall, ‘Colours of Recovery’, 1; Heather Stanmore, ‘Colourful Cocky’, 2; Barbara Truelsen, ‘Row Boats’, HC.
Pastels - Rodney Edleston, ‘Studio Portrait’, 1; Jan Lawler, ‘The Power of 1’, 2; Beryl Gay, ‘Golden Light’, HC.
Works on Paper - Janet Matthews, ‘Yes, I See the Ants! Boobook Owls’, 1; Vida Pearson, ‘In Amongst the Grevilleas III’, 2; Heather Stanmore, ‘A Protective Mum Keeping Her Eye on the Gang’, HC.
Miniatures and Small Paintings - Carolyn Marrone, ‘Bocce!’, 1; Maryann Jenkins, ‘Spotted Pardalote’, 2; Keith Blake, ‘Two Conversations’, HC.
Mixed Media - Jane Coburn, ‘Shearing the Rams’, 1; Carolyn Harrington, ‘Monarch of the Glen’, 2; Louise Graham, ‘Eruption’, HC.
Sculpture - David St Leon, ‘Don’t Wanna!’, 1; Stuart Taylor, ‘Murray Cod’, 2; Stuart Taylor, ‘Owl’, HC.
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