'Points Of Focus' Open Competition for 2006 at the Jane Powell Art Studio in historic Kenilworth, England

AN OPEN EXHIBITION for 2006

Friday May 26th - Friday June 10th 2006

OUR HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS GO TO:

OVERALL WINNER

Paul VARNOM
with his Acrylic of
"The Hippy Market" (Cat. No: 61)

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HIGHLY COMMENDED

Vivienne ROBINSON
with her Oil Pastel of
"The Red, White and Blue Bag" (Cat. No: 51)

Steven WHITFIELD
with his Photo Manipulation on Canvas of
"At The Bottom Of The Garden" (Cat. No: 63)

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COMMENDED

Diane CARRINGTON
with her Fabric and Free Machine Embroidery of
"Christopher 2006" (Cat. No: 6)

Kenneth CLARKE
with his Gouache of
"One Black Cube" (Cat. No: 9)

Sarais CRAWSHAW
with her Acrylic of
"Focus of Attention" (Cat. No: 10)

Heather DONNAI
with her Mixed Media of
"Burnet Rose" (Cat. No: 14)

Stephanie LOACH
with her Hand Printed Photograph of
"Satellite Flora" (Cat. No: 36)

(Please click on an artist's name above to view an image of their winning work, or select a highlighted artist in the catalogue below.)

Catalogue of Competition Finalists

(* = Photographer's choice)

No:	Artist	Title	Medium	Price (£)
1	Stuart Allen	Points of Focus from Your Point of View	Watercolour	NFS
2	Teresa Ashenford	Summer Hat	Acrylic	95
3	Peter Beale*	High Level	Acrylic	150
4	Margot Bell	Die Zauberflotte - The Bird Catcher	Relief print	135
5	Tony Brandenburg	Morning Departure	Watercolour	230
6	Diane Carrington	Christopher 2006	Fabric & Free Machine Embroidery	300
7	Cynthia Chandler	Four In Hand	Oil	850
8	Claire Clarke	Autumn	Mixed media	90
9	Kenneth Clarke	One Black Cube	Gouache	80
10	Sarais Crawshaw	Focus Of Attention	Acrylic	250
11	Maria Coyne	Recycle	Mixed Media	75
12	Dorothy Cross	Points Of Focus	Charcoal	150
13	Carol Denton	View of Long Itchington	Watercolour	85
14	Heather Donnai	Burnet Rose	Mixed Media	175
15	Vivien Duncan	Turning Points	Watercolour	95
16	Mary Edgington	Dance of the Harlequins	Watercolour	120
17	Edna Elwell	Tragedy	Oil on Wood Panel	NFS
18	Sheila M Fitzgerald	Starting Point	Acrylic	70
19	Pat Freeman	Focus Points Orchids, Thailand	Oil	125
20	Emma Gluyas	Tulip I	Oil on Canvas	350
21	Charles W Goodman	Awakening	Oil on Canvas	145
22	Jane Goodman	High Road-Low Road	Acrylic	95
23	Sheila M Grady	Focus on the Sun	Gouache	85
24	Jill Grant	Pathway to Spring	Watercolour	NFS
25	Patricia M Hastewell	Focus on New Life	Watercolour	65
26	Maurice Hatfield	zzzz...Watching The Clock	Watercolour	210
27	John Higlett	Secret Garden	Watercolour	150
28	Maureen Hill	Love a Duck	Watercolour	150
29	Ann Hollingsworth	Eryngium Alpinum & Aquilegia Seed Heads	Fabrics, Threads & Beads	225
30	Margaret Jenkins	Looking At You	Watercolour	110
31	Margaret Jones	Vines in the Yarra Valley, Australia	Acrylic	75
32	Lawrence F Keel	Sunset Reigate Heath	Watercolour	140
33	Jim Kirkwood	Focussed	Watercolour	75
34	Pam Large	Hay Bales	Acrylic	85
35	Brian Laws	Evening Watch-Ospreys	Acrylic	220
36	Stephanie Loach	Satellite Flora	Hand printed Photograph	95
37	Sheila Lucas	Festive Display	Watercolour	65
38	Jeremy Marjoram	Blakeney	Watercolour	250
39	Elizabeth Maudsley	All That Glitters	Mixed Media	100
40	Emily Maudsley	A Point To Ponder	Watercolour	45
41	Jennifer Maudsley	Sunrise	Acrylic	95
42	Rik Middleton*	Short-eared Owl	Pastel	240
43	Louise Morgan	I Got The Blues	Oil	75
44	Margaret Nilsson	Points Of Focus	Watercolour	75
45	Meriel Pardoe	Dawn Light, First Light	Watercolour/Gouache	350
46	Tania Pavlovna	Old Chelsea Pottery	Oil Pastel	350
47	Audrey M Penn	Amaryllis Flower Head	Watercolour	85
48	Gill Pratt	Focus In Nature-Orchidacae	Oil	95
49	Edith Quigley(Webb)	Cityscape	Mixed Media	95
50	Mavis Ridley	Tulips	Textile Procian Dye Hand & Machine Stitched	65
51	Vivienne Robinson	The Red, White & Blue Bag	Oil Pastel	850
52	Barbara Russon-Weaver	Mist Along the Canal	Acrylic on Canvas	275
53	Jennifer Saunders	Harbour	Acrylic	100
54	Alan Satchwell	Close-Up	Watercolour	90
55	Janet Savage	Tower Power (Warwick Castle)	Pen & Wash	125
56	Jacqui Smithson	Birds of Paradise	Acrylic	130
57	William Talbot	En Pointe	Watercolour	100
58	Barbara Taylor	Close To Shore	Embellished Hand-made Felt & Silk Paper	75
59	Maureen Townsend	Glendalough	Watercolour	65
60	Joan Tucker	3 Points Of Focus!	Watercolour	55
61	Paul Varnom	The Hippy Market	Acrylic	280
62	Linda Westerman	Point In Time	Embroidered Textile	115
63	Steven Whitfield	At The Bottom of the Garden	Photo Manipulation on Canvas	195
64	Winifred Wilmot	November Morning	Pastel	210
65	Tracy Windross	From Beneath	Oil on Canvas	55
66	Gill Yarnall	Focus on the Flotsam	Watercolour	295

This Competition has been sponsored by

The Jane Powell Art Studio

....and that's not all....

Next year's Open Competition has been announced!

It will be entitled "Patterns In Life".

Full details will be announced in due course, but it will be run in accordance with rules similar to this year's competition. So, paint brushes at the ready...steady...GO!!

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