Art Awards 2009
The EAC Over 60s Art Awards exhibition ran at The Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London from 1st to 6th December 2009.
There were 101 finalists’ works on view in the main exhibition, and images of 71 highly commended works were also included this year, in recognition of the high number and the outstanding quality of entries.
Prizewinners
The following prizes were awarded at the 2009 EAC Over 60s Art Awards preview on 1st December at The Bankside Gallery in London:
The Girlings Prize for Landscape / Seascape to Alan Bowering for “Tranquillity – Mevagissey”
The Caring Homes Prize for Still Life to Judy Dames, for “A Beane not Open, a Beane Open…”
The Peverel Prize for Watercolour to Barbara Hughes for “Dubrovnik, Pearl of the Adriatic”
The EAC Prize for Drawing to Nancy Howie for “Ex Libris”
The EAC Prize for Oil Painting to Sarah Maria Rhys for “Last Dance”
The EAC Prize for Portraiture to Sandra Smith-Gordon for “Self Portrait at 70”
The EAC Prize for 3D work to Jeff Perks for “Chicken in a Basket”
The EAC Prize for Photography to Carol Allen for “The Point””
The Leisure Painter Subscription Prize to Gillian Flack for “Onions and Blue Vase”
The Artist Subscription Prize to Brian Collins for “A Shady Spot, Luxor”,
The Earnley Concourse Prize to William Belshaw for “Making Sandcastles”
The EAC People’s Choice Award to Gordon Morley for “Downham Village, Lancashire”,
The Angela Farnell Memorial Prize to Richard Benjamin for “Big Market, Newcastle”.
Our grateful thanks are extended to our sponsors who generously funded the preview event and a range of prizes.
