15
Nov
2023
Official Opening and Awards Presentation of the 2022 VAS Summer Exhibition 2022
Last night the Victorian Artists Society officially opened the 2022 VAS Summer Exhibition and presented the winning artists with their prizes.
VAS SUMMER EXHIBITION WINNERS
Winner: Ron Reynolds VAS—'Sound of Silence' (featured above) 2nd prize: Zhong Hua Fan—'6pm'3rd prize: Raymond Wilson VAS FVAS—'Majestic River Gum, Templestowe'
HIGHLY COMMENDED ARTISTS
Ted Dansey VAS FVAS—'Evening in Castlemaine'
Des Parkin VAS—'Fishing'
Fay Palmer—'River Flats'
SCULPTURE WINNERS
Winner: Judith Leman FVAS—'Lipizzaner "In Levade"'
2nd prize: Zoja Trofimiuk—'Happy Couple'
3rd prize: Linda Weil—'Echidna',
HIGHLY COMMENDED SCULPTURE
Maxine Wain—'Pip'
Lee Machelak VAS
Judge for the VAS Summer Exhibition
Congratulations to the winning artists and all Victorian Artists Society member artists who participated in the 2022 VAS Summer Exhibition.
The Judge for the VAS Summer Exhibition was Lee Machelak. A long term teacher with VAS, Lee has over 30 years’ experience as a teacher both in Australia and North America. She conducts portrait workshops and demonstrations, judges and undertakes portrait commissions. Lee is a signatory member of the Victorian Artists Society and a member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society.
2022 VAS SUMMER EXHIBITION WINNERS
Ron Reynolds VAS with his work titled 'Sound of Silence' in oil. Winner of the First Prize in the 2022 VAS Summer Exhibition for Painting
Winner of the Second Prize for Painting: Zhong Hua Fan, '6pm', Oil
Raymond Wilson VAS FVAS with his work titled 'Majestic River Gum, Templestowe', Oil. Winner of the Third Prize for Painting in the 2022 VAS Summer Exhibition
Highly commended artists
Highly Commended: Ted Dansey VAS FVAS.
'Evening in Castlemaine', Watercolour
Des Parkin VAS with his work titled 'Fishing', in oil. Highly Commended Award for Painting
Fay Palmer with her work titled 'River Flats', in watercolour. Highly Commended Award for Painting.
SCULPTURE WINNERS
Judith Leman FVAS with her sculpture 'Lipizzaner "In Levade"' in bronze.
Winner of the First Prize in the VAS Summer Exhibition for Sculpture.
Second Prize for Sculpture: Zoja Trofimiuk,' Happy Couple', Bronze & Granite
Linda Weil and her work 'Echidna', in Polymer Clay. Winner of the Third Prize for Sculpture
SCULPTURE Highly commended
Maxine Wain with her sculpture titled 'Pip', in Limestone. Highly Commended for Sculpture
YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM AT THE VICTORIAN ARTISTS SOCIETY
Saskia Medd with her work titled 'Scape', Pencil on paper
Photography of artists by Ron Smith OAM HON FVAS, VAS Councillor, Media Communications
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