Winners
52nd ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Monday 21st August – Sunday 3rd September 2017
The selectors were: Adrian Mutch and Peter Polaine
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Winner: Perkin's Patch by Barry Tolfree
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly Commended: Akereyri, Iceland by Mary Taylor
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly Commended: Another Chapter by John Straffon
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly Commended: Bluebells in Reydon Wood by Anne Stafford
Christina Whitehead Award for an oil painting
Winner: Nude with Yellow Stripe by C. David Gillingwater
Christina Whitehead Award for an oil painting
Highly Commended: Please use other gate by Barry Tolfree
Christina Whitehead Award for an oil painting
Highly Commended: Unloading the Catch by Mary Gundry
Christina Whitehead Award for an oil painting
Highly Commended: 3 Pears by Christine Head
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: The Bubbles by Sharon Wright
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly Commended: Dunwich Heath by Carole Kemp
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly Commended: Sunset Wood by David Walsh
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: Red Room and Cat by Paul Fuller
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: A Wet day - Southwold Harbour by Andrew Pitt
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly Commended: 14 Blue Windows by Sue Room
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly Commended: Southwold Prom by Vincent Austin
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly Commended: St. Michael and St. Felix, Rumburgh by John Dawkins
51st ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Monday 22nd August - Sunday 4th September, 2016
The selectors were: Judith Lockie and Derek Chambers
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: Last Ferry to Walberswick by Frank A. Wright
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Bar of Soap by David Elliot
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Mary Manson in "Sir Lancelot" by Forbes Taylor
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: Bulrushes by Marie Paine
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: All the Queens Horses by Andrew Wright
Christina Whitehead Award for a Work in Media Other than Oils
Highly commended: Stoven Meadow by Jennifer Ralph
Christina Whitehead Award for a Work in Media Other than Oils
Highly commended: All garages are untidy by Andrew Pitt
Christina Whitehead Award for a Work in Media Other than Oils
Highly commended: Sunflowers by Anne Stafford
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a Watercolour
Winner: Yare River Scene by Moyra Byford
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a Watercolour
Highly commended: Easton in floods by Jane Pollock
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a Watercolour
Highly commended: Boats at Upnor by Andrew Wright
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a Watercolour
Highly commended: Southwold Silhouette by Jacqueline Knights
President’s Award for Drawing
Winner: The Sketcher by Sandy Horsley
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: Sole Bay by Mike Holtom
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended; Fire and Ice by Graham Shephard
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: 'Angelica' by Cate Barnett
50th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Monday 22nd June to Sunday 5th July 2015
Our selectors were Judith Lockie and Elaine Nason
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: Tom King and Primroses by Betty Wright
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: The Blue Room by Paul Fuller
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Columbine by David Elliot
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Lemons on a Windowsill by Jo Lowrie
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in Media other than Oils
Winner: Walberswick 2 by Alan Wiltshire
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in Media other than Oils
Highly commended: Sails on the Marshes by Annie Rice
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in Media other than Oils
Highly commended: Mackerel by Celia Eldridge
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in Media other than Oils
Highly commended: Harvest at Ivy House Farm by Mary Cousin
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a Watercolour
Winner: The Alde at Slaughden by Ruth McCabe
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a Watercolour
Highly commended: Kolocep Pebbles by Sally Jackson
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a Watercolour
Highly commended: Water Meadows by Jill Carter
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a Watercolour
Highly commended: Shadingfield Church by Ronald Hellen
President’s Award for Drawing
Winner: Sun on the Reeds by Moyra Byford
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: Paddle Steamer ‘City of Rochester’ by John Dawkins
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: Wave by Sue Room
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: Deer in a Glade by Susan Rix
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: Reed Beds, Walberswick by Mary Taylor
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Winner: Untitled II by Mary-Ann Parke
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Highly commended: Gorse II by Sandy Horsley
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Highly commended: Southwold Pier by Elizabeth Forsythe
49th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Monday 23rd June to Sunday 6 July 2014
Our selectors were Clare Bailey, Margot Moyes and Jack Stephenson
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: River Gipping at Ipswich by Stephen Curtis
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Please use other door by Barry Tolfree
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Seated Man by Joe Lowrie
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Winner: Tranquility acrylic by John Straffon
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Marion's Shaggy Poppy acrylic by Marie Paine
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Reflections, Loch Assynt Batik by Mary Taylor
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Bluebell Wood acrylic by Susan Rix
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: A Wet Day on the Marshes by Andrew Pitt
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Flaming June by Sandra Pond
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Early Morning High Tide by Moyra Byford
President's Award for a drawing
Winner: River Meadows, Bungay 2 charcoal by F A Wright
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: Blyth Summer mixed media by Laina West
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: Summer Glory pastel by Marion Allen
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: Regatta watercolour by Ruth McCabe
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Winner: Fisherman's Hut, Southwold etching by David Weight
48th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Tuesday 13th August to Monday 26 August 2013
Our selectors were David Burns, Diana Marsden and Jack Stephenson.
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: The Fast Bowler's Round by F A Wright
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Master Harry Taylor' by Forbes Taylor
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Winner: Dark Canal mono-collagraph by Sue Room
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Rising Mist pastel by Muriel Lacey
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Pierre gouache by Frank Cousin
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: Southwold Harbour by Lenny Townsend
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Sweet Peas by Jacqueline Knights
President's Award for a drawing
Winner: Walking into the Wind black ink by Chris Head
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: Winter at Easton Bavents by Andrew Pitt
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: Healthy Eating pen and ink by Averil Ribbans Keatley
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended: Faded Fragility mixed media by Gill Carter
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Winner: Steeple End, Halesworth linoprint by Mary Cousin
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Highly commended: Beached etching by David Weight
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Highly commended: Shelf etching by Mary-Ann Parke
47th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Tuesday 14th August to Monday 27 August 2012
Our selectors were Mary Spicer, East Anglian artist and teacher, Jack Stephenson, local artist and President of Southwold Art Circle and Jane Pollock, former chair and member of the Southwold Art Circle committee.
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: A Water Meadow in Surrey by Tony Richards
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Hi-Viz Convention by Barry Tolfree
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Marbles by David John Leathers
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Winner: Winter Fields by Ruth McCabe
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Coffee Break by John Straffon
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: Winter Fields by Ruth McCabe
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Southwold Dunes by Lenny Townsend
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Viola Odorata by Maryrose Milford Rintoul
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: Pink Reflections, Leiston Abbey by Jon Swallow
President's Award for Drawing
Not awarded
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: Leigh on Sea by F A Wright
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly Commended: Songs of Travel 6 by Mike Holtom
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly Commended: Abalone Shell by Betty Wright
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Winner: Shadows of Time by Sue Room
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Highly Commended: Suffolk Seascape by Peter Chadwick
Mona Thomson Award for Printmaking
Highly Commended: Twilight on the River Blyth by David Weight
46th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Tuesday 16th August to Monday 29 August 2011
Our selectors were Richard Dack, East Anglian artist and teacher, Jack Stephenson, local artist and President of Southwold Art Circle and Jane Pollock, former chair and member of the Southwold Art Circle committee.
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: Walberswick Evening by Rosemary Carruthers
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Sailors' Path by Tony Richards
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: The Lily Pond by Keith Wragg
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Winner: Ice thawing on Oulton Broad by Marie Paine
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Poppies by Marion Allen
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Flying kites at Shingle Street by Moyra Byford (Not illustrated)
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: The River Blyth in early Spring by Andrew Pitt
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Market Place by Wil Harvey
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Farmhouse, Beccles by David Walsh (Not illustrated)
The John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: Southwold Sunrise by John Straffon
President's Award for Drawing
Winner: Glenda, standing nude by Tony Richards
45th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Tuesday 17th August to Monday 30 August 2010
Our selectors for this year's show were Graham Giles - Suffolk artist and lecturer at Colchester, Camberwell and Norwich Schools of Art, and Moss Fuller, Suffolk artist whose work has always been closely involved in landscape.
We are fortunate, this year to have been offered the services of professional photographer, Barry Gould, ABPPA,ARPS, to whom we are very grateful for the following images of the main award winners.
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: Spontaneity, oil by Carolann Gould
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Panorama from Easton by Jane Pollock
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Winner: The Cherry Tree, etching with aquatint by Peter Chadwick
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Hmm, Chicken Again by Lesley Fisher
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Jetty at Lake Lothing by Marie Paine
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Sunflower Seedheads by David Weight
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Suffolk Barn, Late Summer by Betty Wright
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: Food for Young Barn Owls by Mike Williams
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Normandy Scene by David Walsh
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Martindale, Ullswater by David Weight
President's Award for Drawing
Winner: Ballet Dancer Resting, Charcoal, David Weight
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: Heads Held High, Pastel, Marie Limb
44th ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Tuesday 18 August to Monday 31 August 2009
Our selectors for this year's show were David Burns, Art Teacher at Saint Felix School, and well known local artist, Richard Dack.
Unfortunately, by the time we got round to taking the photos a number of winning works had been sold so are not illustrated below.
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: Storm Tossed by Jo Lowrie
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Tuddenham St Martin by Jane Pollock
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended:Egg Shells by John Leathers
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Winner: Snow Covered Sunflowers by Averil Ribbans Keatley
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: Abstract by Gill Carter
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended:Still Life by Mary Cousin
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: Blackshore Hard by Lennie Townsend
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Poppies by Fedora Dadou
President's Award for Drawing
Winner: Studio with Mirror by Betty Wright
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner: Garage by F.A. Wright
43rd ANNUAL SUMMER EXHIBITION
Tuesday 12 August to Tuesday 26 August 2008
Our selectors for this year's show were Jude Lockie, professional artist and printmaker, and Karen Keable, artist and owner of the Southwold Gallery
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Winner: Tracks by Ruth McCabe
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended: Creation by Brian Bennett
Christina Whitehead Award for an Oil Painting
Highly commended:Picture Window, Cornwall by Betty Wright
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Winner: French Windows acrylic, by Brian Bennett
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended: In the Garden linopint, by Mona Thomson
Christina Whitehead Award for a work in media other than oils
Highly commended:Marina Yachts - Oulton Broad acrylic, by Colin Williams
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Winner: Stern View - Blackshore by Andrew Pitt
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Autumn, Dunwich by Moyra Byford
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended:Street Scene (Chennai, India) by Francesca Townsend
President's Award for Drawing
Winner: The Bridge at Ronda, Andalucia, Charcoal, by F.A. Wright
Sylvia Frere-Smith Award for a watercolour
Highly commended: Seeds of Paeonia Lutea, silverpoint, by Maryrose Rintoul
John Simpson Memorial Award
Winner:Portrait of a Sculptor, acrylic, by David Thompson
John Simpson Memorial Award
Highly commended:Winter Trees, acrylic, by Norma Bevin