Past Events
Kyneton Art Group Annual Exhibition 2023
Opening Night and Awards Presentation, Friday, 8th September.
Our Winners this year went to;
Glen Boxshall – Winner in the Still Life section (sponsored by The Alchemist Kyneton)
for his oil painting titled “Red Jug and Pears”.
Anna Ressia McGrath – Winner of the Esther Rose Memorial Prize for best
watercolour titled: “Top of Mt. Buninyong, Ballarat”
Anna Ressia McGrath – Winner of the Floral/Garden section
watercolour titled: “Out of my Garden”.
Second winner of Floral garden section went to Gina Auciello for her acrylic painting titled; “Blushing”.
Jane Pittard – Winner Landscape/Seascape section – watercolour “Castello Venice”
Stephanie Warr received a Highly Commended Award for her painting; “Daffodils in Crystal Vase”
Judy Perfect received two Highly Commended Awards; for her watercolour “Dancer” and her mixed media artwork, “Lake Hattach”
Helen Atherton won People’s Choice Award for her pastel painting; “The Italian Fisherman”.
Helen Atherton also won the Best Fauna Award for her pastel artwork titled; “Tiddles the Pekin Cross”.
Allison Howarth received a Highly Commended Award in the Fauna section for her acrylic painting,
titled “Regal Cat Princess Lucy”.
Gina Auciello received first place in the Floral/Garden section for her acrylic painting “Blushing”.
It was a great event with over 600 visitors to the show over the weekend.
Anna McGrath and Stephanie Warr at the Opening Night Awards Presentations
Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival Art Awards 2022
The Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival awards a prize worth $500 for an artwork containing daffodils was held from the 2nd to the 11th September, 2022.
The opening on the first of September at the Mechanics Hall in Kyneton was attended by many of our KAG members who participated in the event.
An exciting night particularly for our members, Jenny Chester and Anna McGrath who won the 2 main prizes.
Jenny won the Daffodil Art Prize and Anna was awarded the Esther Rose Memorial Art Prize of $200 for the best watercolour. Both these award winning paintings were also sold at the event.
Congratulations Anna and Jenny.
Kyneton Art Group Annual Exhibition 2022
Kyneton Art Group Annual Exhibition 2022 was held on the second weekend of the Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival at 28 Yaldwyn Street, West Kyneton.
Judged by local artist, Mary Lanarch-Jones, the prizes were announced on the opening night on the 9th September.
Here are our winners;
The People’s Choice Winner
went to Glenn Boxshall for his oil painting
‘Snow Gum Hills’
Winner of the Fauna Section;
Diana Donelan for her Pen & Ink artwork titled
‘Bald Headed Eagle’ (Huston US)
Winner in the Floral & Garden section
went to Jenny Chester for her art titled
‘Cosmos’ which was created using pencils and gouache.
A Highly Commended
was presented to Jenny Chester for her mixed media painting
‘Maiko Half Jewel’
Winner of the Portrait section
went to Judith Place for her pastel artwork titled
‘Concentration’
The Winner in the Still Life category
went to Diana Donelan for her Pen & Ink artwork
‘Peter with Lemons’
Winner of the Esther Rose Memorial Award
for best Watercolour was presented to
Anna Ressia McGrath for her painting
‘Beautiful Rose’
A Highly Commended Award went to our new
member Elizabeth Preston for her pencil
artwork titled ‘Hibiscus’
A further 3 Highly Commended Awards went to the following Artists;
Pam Zeller for her oil painting called
‘The Bridge’
Catharine Burke for her pastel artwork
titled ‘Matilda’
Judy Perfect for her portrait titled
‘Blue Eyes’
