Shores art expo draws hundreds

Eve Jeffery

Hundreds of artists and art appreciators visited the Ocean Shores Public School over the weekend to see this year’s exhibition of works in the tenth annual Ocean Shores Art Expo.

Prizes were awarded in six categories including Watercolour and Gouache, Printmaking, Drawing and Pastels, Oil and Acrylic, Mixed Media, Sculpture, and Photographic and Digital Art.

There was also a People’s Choice Award and awards in the primary and secondary sections for junior artists.

This year’s theme was ‘It’s all about the light’. In addition to awarding prizes to artists, the expo donates $3,000 to local schools. See more of the images in our gallery below or at www.osartexpo.com.

Photos Eve Jeffery

The results for this year’s event were:

Watercolour & Gouache 

FIRST PLACE
Geoffrey Murray Fantasy Fig Talofa

SECOND PLACE
Pete Pinza Light and the shadow of Venice

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Margot Brown Roses in Morning Light

Printmaking, Drawing & Pastels 

FIRST PLACE
Rachael Hegh Refraction

SECOND PLACE
Katka Adams Dusk

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Madeline Burgess From darkness there is light
Belinda Sochacki Filamentum (threads of life)
Jay Foley Margot at Lighthouse

Oil/Acrylic

FIRST PLACE
Elaine Green Incandescent Breath

SECOND PLACE
Julie Corbet The Source

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Joy Smith Crested Hawk
Robyn Dulihanty Misty Lake
Creamy Cracker Misty morning

Mixed Media

FIRST PLACE
Liz Barker Drawings by nature

SECOND PLACE
Heather Matthew Patterns of Thought

HIGHLY COMMENDED
A V Lord Excessive Display Case #1
Karen Baraket Octopuses Garden
Warwick Pascoe By the Light

Sculpture

FIRST PLACE
Terry Henry Radalia

SECOND PLACE
Ri Fraser First Light

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Andrew Dredge Lady Macbeth
David Shaw Chimney
Zani McEnnally Hues of Olly

Photographic & Digital Art

FIRST PLACE
Jane L Rantall Luminous i

SECOND PLACE
Rudiger Wasser Lucy in the sky with diamonds

HIGHLY COMMENDED
Jules Hunt Through the Window – Another Day in Paradise
Caro Liddell Light Life Eternal