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First Prize - Black Tommy's Gold |
2009 - A Brush With Verse Art Prize - Winners
Last modified: April 6, 2009 - 4:28 PM
ART AWARDS Nola Taylor of Glen Innes won the $2,000 Shire acquisitive award for a work titled Framed -Black Tommy’s Gold, which hints of Thunderbolts lost treasure. The acrylic, charcoal collage work is based on a poem by the late Colin Newsome, a bush poet also from Glen Innes who died last year age 91Major open prize ($450 –TDG Accountants) - Barry Patterson of Tenterfield for Clouds & Waterweeds. * Highly commended Peter Porteous (Sydney) for Counter Attack
Minor open Prize Bronwyn Mckean of Brisbane - ($300 – Commonwealth Bank) for Northern Tablelands Night. *Highly Commended Terry McKean (Glen Innes) for Another Man's Rain
Ray White Rural Regional Painting Prize - Anni Washington of Tenterfield for Something Utterly New. * Highly commended Maryse Ledru (Stanthorpe) for Kookaburra .Textile Feature ($100 – Margot Rees Antiques) to Sharman Parsons (Maryvale Qld) for Coonyin-nirrrai’s Tears. Highly commended Sue Jurd (Tenterfield) and Sheryl Wright’s Silk purse (of pigs ear) gained a special mention.
New Media – ($100 Braidie’s Homemakers) to Angela Moore (Lismore) for Child of War. *Highly Commended Gail Galloway's Submerged, special mention Barb Fraser (Tenterfield)
Best 3D – ($200 - Mitre 10) to Yoko Watson (Lismore) for In Flight. Highly Commended Heather Gregg (Stanthorpe)
Hangers Prize ($100 -Town & Counry Glass) selected by art prize volunteers, was awarded to local Linda Nye for her landscape - The Alice.
People's Choice - ($300 Country Energy ) to be decided by audience vote mid month
POETRY AWARDS Open Poetry – ($250 Westlawn Finance) - Maureen Halloran of Glen Innes for Family TiesBest Regional – ($100 BJS Constructions) to Fiona Cuninghame (ex Deepwater) for WoolBest Artist’s Poem ($100 – Settlers Motel) to Geoff Norris of Currabubula for the Clearing Sale Auctioneer
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
Country Energy
TDG Associates (Chartered Accountants)
Commonwealth Bank
Westlawn Finance
Organisers are also grateful to Tenterfield Businesses :
Ray White Rural, Jock Ross Mitre 10, Braidee’s Home Makers,
Margot Rees Antiques, BJS Constructions & The Settlers Motel
for adding to the event’s prize pool.
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