Overall Winner: Stephen Ellis - Gower
On Wednesday 9th October, our three Oexmann Art Competition judges came to the museum to make some very difficult decisions. After much deliberation, we are pleased to announce this year’s Oexmann Art Award Winners!
Congratulations to all who have won prizes or have been highly commended for their artwork. The judges have also chosen nearly 60 other adult entries to be featured in the exhibition alongside all of the art entered by young people. The exhibition opens to the public on 28 October 2019 and everyone who entered will be receiving an invitation to the opening ceremony (27 October 2019) as well as a complimentary ticket to the exhibition in the post very soon.
Thank you so much to everyone who entered this year, it’s wonderful to see how much Wiltshire artists have to offer. If your work unfortunately was not selected for prizes or exhibition then we would ask you to please come and collect your art from the museum between Wednesday 16 and Saturday 19 October. Please bring along your picture receipt. We’re sorry your work didn’t make it this year, but would love to see you again in two years’ time.
Prize Winners from Adult Category:
1st Prize
Stephen Ellis - Gower
2nd Prize
Denise Clark - Snail and Cat
Drawing Prize
Julia Roberts - Great Bustard
Purchase Prize
Imogen Rees - Avebury Stone
Prize Winners from Under-18 Category:
1st Prize 6 - 11
Arthur James Barlow - Durdle Door
1st Prize 12 – 18
Fabian Avis - Formation
2nd Prize 6 – 11
Joshua Denton - Monkey Orb
2nd Prize 12 – 18
Nicole Medin - Unity
3D Prize
Leo Hazelden - Clay Mask
Highly Commended Adult Entries:
Paul Oakley - Bishops Cannings – The Passing Storm
Stephen Bull - Cathedral at Night
Denise Clark - Bull Terrier
Susan Kirkman - Downland Landscape
Jennie Gilling - Tarn
Yvonne Auld - Cleveland House by the Canal
April Belinda Barlow - Nice Pair
Cathy Pearce - November 5th!
Cathy Pearce - Sunset on Snow Saturday
Tim Heath - River Walk: Sloping Field
David Thomas Scully - Stonehenge
Karen Attfield - ‘Bella’ the Frenchie
Jennie Quigley - Animal or Vegetable
John Harris - First Light, Marlborough Downs
Caroline Andrew - Hare
Highly Commended Under-18 Entries:
6-11
Paige Vernon - Rosie
Lilly Rose - Seaside
Oscar van Alstede - Mini
Jasmine Gifford - The Ocean Sea
Amelia Rushent - Multicoloured Unicorn
Erin Alice Packer - Pumpkin Explosion
Cecily Suroweic - Greek Temple
Amelie Eaton - Bear Cub’s Big Hat
Oscar Vince - The Nature Scene
Grace Horgan - Florence the Flower Fairy
Ralph Candy - Farmers Weekly Tractor
Michelle Gudiak - Autumn Harvest
Zack Potts - Moon over Rainforest
‘Elder’ Class from Five Lanes Primary School
12-18
Leila Salaman - Meadow vase
Freya Webb - Peace
Isabel Grace Peel - Converse
Sophie Vowles - Features
Georgina Rees - Grancha
Emily Hannah Cooper - Perspective
Megan Grobler - Gateway
Charlotte Mellors - Skull
Naia Searight - Mountain View
Emily Rees - Trevane
Other adult entries chosen for exhibition:
Mrs P. S. Aikenhead From Westpoint Is. To Carcass Is. - Falklands
Karen Attfield Allotment Man
Sue Bardwell Face No.3
Christine Bowyer The Long Walk Home
Peter Charles Brown Midnight Magic
Stephen Bull Hat Shop
Jim Dowton Winston Churchill
Jane Eaton Calligraphy Trees. Dancing light, tender breeze, nothing gold can stay.
Jane Eaton Celebrating Hegemone
Jane Eaton Ecofashionart (The Russian Girl)
Maggie Errington Fruits of the Earth
Maggie Errington Lily Pads
Kathryn Flack Storm of Emotions
Valerie Gibbons Dark Dandy
Jill Goatman Hare Watch
John Harris Bounce
Tim Heath After Hitchens' 'Woolbeding Water'
Marie Hillcoat Shaking
Ginette Hughes Bridge over Stream, Derbyshire Dales
Carole Ann Ingram Penny for Them
Jan Knight Pewsey Vale IV - Edition 3 of 5
Christine Marshall Buenos Aires
Anne Martin Pyne Graphein II
Suzy Miles Blue Cow
Suzy Miles Galilean Fishing Boat
Philippa Morgan Bark 2, Urchfont Manor, July 2018
Alan Overton Autumn at Westonbirt
Jenny Papé Horizon
Imogen Rees Headland
David M. Robinson Taking Observations
Helen Sheppard Punch and Judy, Weymouth
Kamil Sikora Belfry
Annette Smith The Black Grouse (Silent Spring Series)
Mark Elliott Smith Sonnet, In Red and Black 2
Joanne Spencer Salisbury Cathedral
Frederick J.Taylor Ageless Beauty - Dehli, India
Judy Thomson Downs Dawn
Julia F. C. Vaughan Winter Fields 2
Who were the Judges?
Mitch Griffiths: Originally from Warwickshire, Mitch Griffiths has been a judge of the Oexmann Art Award Competition for several years. The BP Portrait Award winner has had several exhibitions at the Halcyon Gallery in London, including Reality (2006) which looked at brands and commercialism. He examines the contemporary world in an exceptionally realist style.
James Saxton: After studying in England and the USA, James Saxton has taught art in the UK and the Caribbean. He has taken a role in the development of design education in the UK and won various awards including a first prize drawing at Hackney Council. Mr Saxton continues to exhibit at local festivals and has had work exhibited in Wiltshire, France, Canada, and the Cayman Islands.
Vincent Stokes: Former Head of Art at Marlborough College, Vincent Stokes works frequently with collages and is inspired by Bicci di Lorenzo’s ‘St Nicholas of Bari Banishing the Storm’. He has exhibited as a part of the Marlborough Open Studios this year with some works based on abandoned buildings and theatres.
Queries:
Please contact Heather Ault, Competition Manager with any queries at: T: 01380 727369
E: oexmann@wiltshiremuseum.org.uk
Prize-winners

Overall 1st Prize: Stephen Ellis - Gower

Overall 2nd Prize: Denise Clark - Snail and Cat

6 - 11 Winner: Arthur James Barlow - Durdle Door

12 - 18 Winner: Fabian Avis - Formation

Drawing Prize: Julia Roberts - Great Bustard

Purchase Prize: Imogen Rees - Avebury Stone