Last weekend saw the awards ceremony for the 2023 Monkton Arts Prize take place in Ryde.
The First Prize of £1,000, sponsored by Monkton Arts and FOMA (Friends of Monkton Arts) went to Spike Homer for ‘Entre Chien Loup’.
Sponsored by Indigo Graphics, Barbara Gowan was awarded the Second Prize of £500 for hger work, ‘Machine Parts 1’.
Third Price, sponsored by FOMA, went to Jodie Redrup for ‘Shining Light on a Gloomy Day’. Jodei received £250 prize money.
The People’s Choice and winner of a bottle of Gin, sponsored by Isle of Wight Gin Company went to Judith Barton for ‘Kyiv Cloud’.
Other prizes
Highly Commended went to:
- Angela Sowden for ‘Dune Grass’
- Janet Beasley for ‘Shanklin Chine’
- Holli Kalina for ‘Man-Made Ocean’
- Deborah Williams for ‘Driftwood Bird’
- Steve Baxter for ‘Constructed 3D work derived from natural form’
- Fran Farrar for ‘Dodman’s Point’
Monkton’s Choice went to:
- David Ives for ‘Can of Wonder’
- Joshua Raffell for ‘Save the Curlews’
- Heather Gray-Newton for ‘The Stairwell’
Jenna Sabine, co-founder of Monkton Arts, said,
“Massive thanks to all the artist who entered, our judges, Nick Martin, Sandy Kendall, John Dennis, Robin McInnes and Jacqui Adams and our sponsors, Indigo Graphics, Isle of Wight Gin Company and Friends of Monkton Arts.”
