Art prize at Gosford Show

Umina artist Ms Thel Brown has won the open category prize for art at the Gosford Regional Show.

The prize was awarded for her acrylic painting Mountain Mist which portrays a scene in the rain forest at Ebour in the northern tablelands, between Armidale and Coffs Harbour.

This is the second time Ms Brown has won a Gosford Show art prize.

"I was thrilled to pieces," Ms Brown said.

"I really love painting and bringing joy to the people who view my work.

"I travel all around Australia, so I see a lot of wonderful scenery.

"Painting it is so much more engaging than simply standing there and taking a photograph."

Ms Brown is president of the Ettalong Beach Arts and Crafts Centre and has been painting for eight years.

Scott Hastings, 14 May 2009 Interviewee: Thel Browne, Umina