Five win Grandma Moses prizes
Five Peninsula artists have received awards in the Grandma Moses Art Prize at Gosford Town Centre on September 15.
Judith Hoste of Umina received first prize in the watercolour section for her work A Secluded Spot in Greens and also a commended award in the open Central Coast inspired work division for the piece Where We Live.
Renowned Pearl Beach artist Ms Marijke Greenway also picked up a commended award for her work View from Umina Surf Club in the same section.
Blackwall artist Ms Joan Neilson achieved a first prize in the open Central Coast inspired work section for her painting entitled Brisbane Water.
Two artists from Ettalong Senior Citizens Centre Art Group Mr Garry Neill and Ms Patricia Maiden received awards for their work.
Mr Neill of Ettalong Beach picked up a highly commended award for his work Three Gums in the Flinders in the Senior Citizens' Centre Art Group section while Ms Maiden also received a highly commended award in the same section.
Gosford mayor Cr Chris Holstein officially opened the Grandma Moses Exhibition featuring 162 entries, including 40 from the Peninsula.
Coordinator of seniors' centres at Gosford Council Ms Rhondda Gibson said that the exhibition was named after American artist, Anna Robertson, who took up painting at 78.
"At 80, when she held her first one-woman show, the New York Herald coined her Grandma Moses and the name later contributed to her success as an artist."
Ms Gibson said the Ettalong Senior Citizens' Centre Art Group were always looking for more members and meet at the centre every Friday morning from 9.30am.
For more information, contact 4341 3222.
Press release, 15 Sep 2009
Kareena Johnston, Gosford Council