The winner of Art Challenge Wales 2015 is Karen O’Shea with her mixed-media piece titled ‘The people and coast of Porthcawl’. Karen lives near Cardiff and she travels to various parts of the Welsh coastline to take inspiration from the sea. For her Porthcawl piece she took objects found on the beach (apparently the seaweed…
Winner of 2nd Prize – Mary James
The judges’ choice for 2nd prize is Mary James’ piece titled ‘Looking from the rocks to the Pavilion’ Mary spent the day on the rocks in front of the Town beach on the Esplanade. As you can tell from the image below the conditions for painting for something of a challenge! Mary wins a prize…
Winner of Junior Prize – Alice Webber
The judges’ choice for Junior Prize goes to 15 year-old Alice Webber from Kenfig Hill Alice has been painting from an early age and her pictures are displayed around her parents’ house. Alice is really enjoying GCSE Art and hopes to study the subject at A-Level also. Well done Alice – you win an art…
Winner of 3rd prize – Janet Hawkard
We’re pleased to announce that Janet Hawkard has been chosen as 3rd place in Art Challenge Wales. Janet’s acrylic painting is titled ‘Self portrait of my feet on Trecco Beach, Porthcawl’ Janet and her husband Simon (who also took part in the competition) have a caravan at Trecco Bay to the east of the town…
Winner of highly-commended award – Jeremy O’Connor
The judges chose Jeremy O’Connor’s piece – suitably titled ‘Porthcawl’ – to be highly-commended. Jeremy painted the scene from a kiosk along the Eastern Promenade – looking north east to the fairground, shops and cafes along Coney Beach. Jeremy wins an artistic weekend with Art Courses Wales near to Talgarth in the Brecon Beacons