Birstall and District Art Society Exhibition
The Birstall and District Art Society 28th Annual Exhibition was a huge success, thanks to the artists, helpers and support from members of the public. We had over 150 visitors each day. The exhibition, held on Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th November, featured paintings by 37 members of the society. Judging in four categories took place on the evening of Friday 3rd November by professional artists. Winners are as follows:
Category 1 – Still life, abstract/experimental and flowers was won by Pauline Brindley for her painting ‘Sunset, Rhossili’. This was also selected for the Judges’ Best in Show and received the Norman Simms trophy, named for BADAS’ founder.
Category 2 – Townscape, waterscape and coastal winner was Charlotte Stephenson for ‘Market Day’. Charlotte also received the prize for Category 4 – Landscape and gardens for her painting ‘Wanlip Trees’.
The Category 3 – Portraits, figures and animals, winner was Rachael Powell for ‘Pondlife’. See image below.
Highly commended was awarded to David Walmsley for ‘Embankment’ in Category 1 and for ‘The tide rises…the Tide Falls’ in Category 2. Highly commended in Category 3 went to Betty Chamberlain for ‘Shelly’ and in Category 4 to Fred Parrott for ‘Gate – Felley Priory’.
The Junior prize was awarded to Krystin Spearey for ‘Angus’, image above.
The visitors’ Best in Show will be announced at the BADAS AGM in December and on the website www.badas.uk.
BADAS are grateful to judges Debbie Bird, Maxine Dodd, Amanda Jackson and Tim Fisher, and to Cllr Robert Vincent, Chair of Birstall Parish Council for formally opening the exhibition and providing his support over the weekend.
