2025 Annual Open Art Awards Exhibition Judged by Ken Knight BEST IN SHOW Winner: Suzy Strout – Marbles 2 This is a really compelling painting. The geometry is intriguing – half the painting is divided equally by complementary colours – orange and blue. The marbles appear to float defying gravity, yet ironically, they are being …

Marbles in the sunlight….. a fun image to play with. My contemporary view of a Still Life topic!! I loved the challenge to do fine, small detailed work to show the sun light going through the marbles and to capture their perfect shapes. See listing for more photos.

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7pm FRI 4th OCT until SUN 13th OCT, DRUMMOYNE CIVIC HALL daily AT THE POINT featured above by Suzy Strout is available at the Exhibition

How lovely to receive a Highly Commended for my piece ‘Forest Shadows’ in the members exhibition and then for it to sell straight away. My recent piece ‘Pink Sands’ received many comments, and the buyer made a return visit 20mins before the exhibition finishes to purchase it. I was glad I’d had it framed by …

Find Sand Dune Shadows in the water series SOLD

I stood and watched the wild, waves spraying up against the rocks, took a few photos and came back and sketched this with inks, paint pen & Inktense pencils. Watch this space for the painting I hope to do from this!!