Local portraits for Spikefest

Woy Woy "mayor" Heather McKenzie, folk club regular Billy Rae and Cr Chris Holstein were among Peninsula identities featured in Gosford's own "Archibald" exhibition as part of Spikefest.

Woy Woy resident Patrick Rufatt entered his portrait of Cr Chris Holstein.

Mr Rufatt, who has been painting for about six years, said the portrait was done specifically for the exhibition and took a roughly a month to complete.

"I painted him because he is a very important person in the Peninsula community," he said.

Mr Rufatt also had a painting at the previous Gosford Art gallery exhibition.

The portraits of 75 identities from the Gosford municipality were entered in the competition.

Lyle Stone, October 25