Welcome to the 2024 Louisa Waterford Prize.
Twenty-one finalists and 27 pieces have been selected for the three-day exhibition at Etal Village Hall, Etal, Northumberland, over Spring Bank Holiday, Saturday May 4 till Monday May 6, 10.30am till 3.30pm.
Each piece reflects each artist's personal take on this year's theme "A Perfect Paradise". Their response has been overwhelming and very poignant. Submissions range from landscape and portrait paintings to stonemasonry and textile 3D sculptures.
The overall winner will be selected by our panel of judges and will be announced at the end of the event. There will also be a People's Choice prize.
We hope you can make it along to Etal see this fabulous exhibition (free entry).
Some of the work will be available for sale.
Here are the selected finalists - in no particular order.
Sarah Morpeth (Papercut Artist)
In the Hedgerow
seven-layered 3D tunnel book in gouache, ink, wire in Perspex case.
Pamela Ormston (Artist)
Coffee and Charity Bags (self-portrait in studio chair)
coffee and oil on canvas
Hannah Forsyth (Printmaker)
monotype print (40x40cm)
Julie Glendinning (Textile Artist)
Beloved
embroidered, hand-painted textile wall hanging (50x36cm)
Jill Shields (Artist)
Dreaming of Paradise
acrylic on canvas board (43x43cm)
Richard O'Connor (Plein-air Artist)
St Cuthbert's Way to Wooler
(70x50cm) soft pastel
Pamela Ormston (Artist)
The Days are Long, but the Years are Short
oil on canvas
Emma Sweryda (Textile Artist)
Hazy View of the Cheviots
needle felt image (30x40cm)
Claire Ong (Textile Artist)
Overused and Overvalued
quilted collage of screen-printed fabrics interspersed with laser-cut text
Grace Impesi (Stonemason)
floral arts and crafts sign hand carved in local Swinton sandstone (32x21cm)
Linda Scott-Robinson
Breathe
acrylic on canvas (130x100cm)
Linda Scott-Robinson
Rain and Shine
acrylic on canvas ( 138x97cm)
Tom Paterson
Reflections Across the Pond
acrylic on canvas (40x30cm)
Tom Paterson
Reflections in the Floods
acrylic on canvas ( 40x30cm)
Jane Strugnell
Winter Sunrise at Ford
acrylic on canvas (110x40cm)
Jan Ferguson (Wildlife Artist)
Barn Owl Family
watercolour and gouache on board (19" x 21")
Anthea Wood (artist/printmaker)
A Rare Place
oil painting (50x60cm)
Stuart Jones (plein-air artist)
Volleyball and St George's)
oil on canvas board (30x50cm)
Natasha Armstrong
Lady Waterford Hall on Copper Leaf
acrylic on copper leaf (31x41cm)
Keith Walker (artist)
A Mother's Love
acrylic on canvas (40x30cm)
Anthea Wood (artist/printmaker)
A Room with no View
oil painting (60x60cm)
Linda Gaskell (artist)
Home at Last
gouache and coloured pencil (25x34cm)
Julia Sweryda
The Good Tree
oil on canvas ( 46x61cm)
Keith Walker (artist)
Misty Flight
acrylic on canvas (41x60cm)
John Rothwell (artist/printmaker)
Enchanted Woods Copper/Green
oil and wax mixed media on paper (58x48cm)
Caroline Milne (artist)
A Moment in Time
oil on canvas (60x70cm)
John Rothwell (artist/printmaker)
Enchanted Woods - Ash
oil and wax mixed media on paper (45x35cm)
Anna Turnbull (fibre artist) & Richard Charters (potter/3D designer)
Three Red Squirrel Sculptures
willow on mild steel framework (H38xW40xD26cm)