Prize and Award Winners
Prizes and awards in the U3A Knox Arts & Crafts Showcase for 2020 have now been determined for:
- Best in Show (The Art Shop Award)
- People’s Choice (First, Second and Third Prizes), and
- the Community Award (fourth most popular entry).
We also have a Highly Commended section for entries voted as your favourites in each of the nine Showcase categories.
Congratulations to all entrants in the U3A Knox Arts & Crafts Showcase for 2020. The standard has been particularly impressive, and is testament to the talents of U3A Knox members. We commend you on your efforts. We also wish to thank The Art Shop for sponsoring Best in Show and First Prize in People’s Choice, and Jackson Taylor MP (State Member for Bayswater) for his sponsorship of the Community Award.
Best in Show and People’s Choice
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Best in Show Award – $100 voucher
Sponsor: The Art Shop
Lyn Davies’ artwork RENMARK CREEK was judged Best in Show by staff from The Art Shop.
People’s Choice 1st Prize – $250 voucher
Sponsor: The Art Shop
Daphne Ristic is awarded First Prize for her two artworks, VIBRANT POPPIES and UNREAL, voted as the two most popular entries.
RENMARK CREEK
Acrylic on stretched canvas
41 x 51 cm (H x W)
Price: $150
Lyn Davies
VIBRANT POPPIES
Acrylic on stretched canvas
45 x 45cm (H x W)
Price: $180
Daphne Ristic
UNREAL
Alcohol ink on board
30 x 30cm
Price: $120 (framed)
Daphne Ristic
People’s Choice 2nd Prize – $150 voucher
Sponsor: U3A Knox
THE DONKEY TRACK, SANTORINI
Pastel on paper
37 x 47 cm (H x W)
Not for sale
Margaret McGillivray
People’s Choice 3rd Prize – $100 voucher
Sponsor: U3A Knox
RACCOON
Scratch art on scratchboard
29.7 x 21 cm (H x W)
Not for sale
Jan Bottcher
Community Award – $75 gift card
Sponsor: Jackson Taylor MP
WAITING
Oil on canvas board
30 x 25 cm (H x W)
Not for sale
Susan Peters
Highly Commended
Included in Highly Commended are other entries voted as your favourites. We tallied scores and selected those entries with the highest scores in each of the nine Showcase categories. Some categories include more than one entry. This signifies that they have been voted as equal favourites in People’s Choice.
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SUNRISE
Abstracts
Acrylic on stretched canvas
76 x 76 cm (H x W)
Price: $250
David Chaney
CLIPPER SHIP VERA
Landscapes, cityscapes & seascapes
Acrylic on stretched canvas
50 x 40 cm (H x W)
SOLD
David Chaney
SHELLY BEACH
Landscapes, cityscapes & seascapes
Acrylic on stretched canvas
41 x 51 cm (H x W)
Price: $150
Lyn Davies
THE TUB
Portraits & people
Acrylic on stretched canvas
80 x 60 cm (H x W)
Not for sale
Marysia Seneque
CALLUM
Portraits & people
Pastel on pastel paper
50 x 40 cm (H x W)
Not for sale
Suzanne Wade
LUNAR ECLIPSE
Still life & nature
Oil on stretched canvas
30 x 60 cm (H x W)
Price: $400
Teresa Schipano
SKEPTICAL
Drawing & scratch art
Pencil on paper
17 x 15 cm (H x W)
Not for sale
Maurice Logan
REFLECTION ON THE MURRAY
Photography
Photograph
Size unspecified
Not for sale
Bill Rumney
MY COSY VILLAGE
Textiles & needlework
Cotton fabric
160 x 160 cm (H x W)
Not for sale
Susan Peters
SEASHELLS
Textiles & needlework
Japanese sashiko
100 x 30 cm
Not for sale
Barbara Arthur
CANDLEHOLDERS – A MATCHING PAIR
3D arts & crafts
Blackheart sassafras /ebony on timber
12.5 x 17.5 cm (H x W)
Price: $175
Joseph Infanti
BIRDS IN WINTER
Papercraft
Paper tole
45 x 45cm
Price: $85
Diane Cox
Voter’s Lucky Draw
Thank you to everyone who voted for their favourites. The winner of our Lucky Draw is Graham Gibson.