Buxton Spa Prize 2019 Winners Announced at Exhibition Launch

The Buxton Spa Prize 2019 exhibition, featuring work by over 140 artists, was launched at an awards event attended by over 100 guests at the Green Man Gallery on Thursday 27 June. The competition, which was successfully inaugurated in 2014, aims to raise the profile of artists and their work and further enhance Buxton’s national reputation as a centre for arts and culture.

The exhibition is open daily at the Green Man Gallery from 10.30am till 5.30pm and runs from 28 June to 31 July. It also offers a great opportunity to view and buy works of art inspired by Buxton.

Judges (pictured below middle) for the competition included renowned artist, Charles Williamson, first prize sponsor, Trevor Osborne, teen and children’s prize sponsor and proprietor of No.6 The Square Tearooms and Accommodation, Louise Potter, manager of Derbyshire Museums, Ros Westwood, Peak District Artisan and High Peak Artist member, Ingrid Karlsson, 2016 Spa Prize winner, Rob Wilson and 2019 guest judge and new chair of Vision Buxton, Roddie Mclean.

The Buxton Spa Prize 2019 winners sponsored by The Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust, The University of Derby and Creative Heritage are:

1st – From the Slopes – Simon Roderick (pictured right and below right)
2nd – Scrivenors on the High Street – Brian Smith
3rd – The Ghost of Saturday Night – Alex Kelly

Highly Commended:

• The Slopes towards the Opera House – Nick Grove
• The Crescent, Buxton – Nick Brookes
• Up on the Broad Walk – Andrea Joseph

The Sketchbook Prize 2019 prize sponsored by The Buxton Spa Company, Adrian Brown and Jean Rodger and Bill and Sheila Barratt was awarded to:

1st – Sue Lewis-Blake
2nd – Brian Smith

The Buxton Spa Teen Prize 2019 winners sponsored by No.6 The Square Tearooms and Accommodation are:-

1st – Derbyshire Gritstone – Emily Henshaw
2nd – Opera House – Alice Lee
3rd – Untitled – Benjamin Houghton

The Buxton Spa Children’s Prize 2019 winners sponsored by No.6 The Square Tearooms and Accommodation are

1st – My Family, My Street – Verity Dawson
2nd – Buxton Opera House – Amelia Slade
3rd – Untitled – Dulcie Forrest

Winners received vouchers for Buxton Opera House Pantomime, the Pavilion Gardens and Poole’s Cavern.

The five Buxton International Festival Choice paintings chosen by the Festival team include:

• From the Slopes – Simon Roderick
• Glancing Up – Philip Long
• Bridge over the River Wye – Stuart Johnson
• Harpur Hill – Yamini McCabe
• Never Grey on Market Day

The People’s Choice winner will be announced on Friday 27 July. The cash prize is sponsored by Bill and Sheila Barratt.