Best in Show

Congratulations to Brian Griffiths whose watercolour painting Talybont and the Brecon Beacons proved to be very popular with visitors. It gained more votes than any other painting by quite a margin.

Visitor numbers were high this year. Ten paintings sold and cards sold well.

Brian does have his own website so you can see more of his paintings and also his photographs https://www.brianonwoodside.co.uk/

Summer Exhibition

A Walk in Frith Wood voted Best in Show

Our exhibition was well received by the public many of whom commented on the attractive way the pictures were displayed and the variety of styles. Many remarked on the wonderful and welcoming display of flowers as they reached the top of the stairs. Many thanks to Sue Embrey who provided the flowers from her garden.

With the exhibition extended for an extra three days we recorded a total of 540 visitors - 157 came on Community Day. Thank you to all the visitors who voted for the Best in Show. Not an easy choice with 71 paintings to consider. The winning painting was A Walk in Frith Wood, by Ian Fountaine. The runner up was Bergen

Winner and runner up

Alleys, by Colin Harries. I'm glad to say both paintings were among the ten that sold. A further three paintings from the print browsers also sold as did 144 cards.

Thank you to everyone who was involved in organising, hanging or stewarding and particular thanks to the seventeen artists who exhibited.

A number of members were not able to exhibit this time but we hope that most of them will be able to take part in the Christmas Exhibition - 20 to 25 November.

Best in Show

Kirstin with rosebowl and her winning painting

With pictures of a very high standard this year the public had a difficult task choosing a winner of the rosebowl presented in memory of Kath Manistre. Kirstin's impressive painting 'Inuksuk' really caught the eye.




An Inuksuk is a form of cairn built and used by Inuit and other peoples of the arctic region of North America. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuksuk for more information.

The close runner up 'Barn at Whiteleaved Oak' by Ian Fountaine.

Best in Show

In recent years we've asked visitors to our exhibition to vote for 'Best in Show'. As there is always such a variety of styles, and the overall standard of work on show is high, this is no easy task for our visitors. Yet so many do take part and often take a second look at everything before casting their vote.

Six paintings had ten or more votes. Here are our 'Six of the Best':

1. Boats at Lyme - Richard Hyde
2. "Waiting for the Ferry" Symonds Yat - Belinda Morgan
3. Birch Wood - Ann McKnight
4. "Serendipity" - Belinda Morgan
5. Bluebell Path - Ann McKnight
6. A Street in Robin Hoods Bay - Anita Robins

Here are images for the top five:

Best in Show

Congratulations to Daph Willett. Not only was her sunflower image chosen for the exhibition poster, she also had one of her pictures voted as Best in Show.

This is the first year LAS has invited visitors to vote for Best in Show. This proved very popular and also gave some added interest  for some of our younger visitors. Nearly every painting received at least one vote and there were two other paintings that were only three votes short of the winning entry.