Currumbin sunset wins award
A PASTEL landscape dubbed Sunset at Currumbin Rock has taken out the top prize in Mudgeeraba's eighth annual national d'Arcy Doyle Art Awards and Exhibition.
Geoff Hale from Aspley, Queensland, won the major $6000 prize.
Known as The Doyles, the exhibition drew record crowds and featured 330 pieces from 200 artists.
First place winners in other divisions were David Wells from Macleay Island with Tam, an oil painting entered in portrait/figures, and Miami artist Maureen Bainbridge for her pastel still life titled A Moment of Light.
The $500 People's Choice Award, which was sponsored by the Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society Gold Coast, was presented on closing day by society chairman Ann Dean to Christine Atkins of Stafford, Queensland, for oil work The Bookshelf.
This detailed painting also won Christine second place in the Still Life section.
The Mudgeeraba Foundation Centre is located on School St.
