2021 OPEN ART COMPETITION – Winners & Highly Commended
We had a fantastic response with over 650 entries from across the UK, thank you to all the artists who entered the standard was exceptionally high.
We are most grateful to our 8 judges who did a brilliant job. A huge thank you to our prize sponsors, without whom the competition would not be possible.
Introducing our 2021 Prizewinners
The Main Prize Sponsored by Wychavon District Council £1000
“Eerie silence, February 2021” by Jane Overbury
Watercolour Prize sponsored by John Noott Galleries £500
“Swallow Moon” by Maria Boyd
Painting in Oils Prize sponsored by Trinity House Gallery £500
Stuart Pearce “As we grieved, we grew.”
Sculpture prize sponsored by Priory Gallery £500
“Holding Tight” by Piotr Gargas (Kilkenny Marble)
Prize for recent Fine Arts Graduate sponsored by The Stratford Gallery £500
“Self Portraits in Self Isolation” by Camille Hewitt
The Face of 2020 sponsored by the Peter Martin Gallery £250
“Wish we could help” by Terence Richardson
How 2020 Impacted my Life sponsored by the Peter Martin Gallery £250
“My focus is on my phone, not myself” by Adam Trainor
Surviving Isolation in the Year of Covid (Photo Essay) sponsored by the Peter Martin Gallery £500
“Self Portraits in Self Isolation” by Camille Hewitt
Highly Commended:
Main Prize: Highly Commended
Daniel Chuter ‘Bath Waterfront’
Oils Prize: Highly Commended
Neil Moore ‘Stop all the clocks’
Watercolour: Highly Commended
Imogen Hawgood ’99 Cents Only Store’
Recent Fine Arts Graduate: Highly Commended
Maddy Buttling ‘Goodbye Mitsubishi’ Oil on Plywood
Sculpture: Highly Commended
Judy Boyt ‘Dog Day Blues’
Photo Essay: Highly Commended
Beth Winsor ‘Leaving Lockdown – Stories of Survival’
How 2020 Impacted my Life (Photo Category): Highly Commended
Beth Winsor ‘Emergence’
Face of 2020 (Photo Category): Highly Commended
Terence Richardson ‘Self Isolation’
