As well as Maelor’s annual competitions, this year for the first time, we held a third competition for artists who have already completed residencies at Maelor. One of Maelor’s aims is to continue to support artists who have participated in the residency program. This competition is one of the ways to do that.
See below for the winner and runners up of the competition and a gallery of all the entries.
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Winner: Melanie Johnson, How to Disappear, graphite powder and acrylic on Stonehenge, 50” x 38”, NFS

People’s Choice Award: Linda Barlow, Starlings Over Aber, oil and cold wax on canvas, 40″ by 30″, £300

Runners up:
Amanda Oliphant, Forgotten Landscape II | Kate Oakley, Paint Peel | Vanessa Van Cuthbert, 200617 | Sue Mara, Feather | Amy Ash, Shared Orbit III
Other Entries:
- Norah Brennan, Summer Fun I, silkscreen, 32 x 26.5cm, £180 unframed
- Amanda Oliphant, Forgotten Landscape III, acrylic on board, 20cm x 70cm (framed), £145
- Amanda Oliphant, Forgotten Landscape I, acrylic on board, 20cm x 70cm (framed), £145
- Juliet Tilson, Beyond, oil paint on canvas, 42 x42cm, £60
- Mita Solanky, Dock Leaves I, solar plate print – blind emboss on paper, A3, £75
- Mita Solanky, Dock Leaves II, solar plate print – ink on paper, A3, £75
- Mita Solanky, Dock Leaves I, solar plate print – ink on paper, A2, £75
- Alison Craig, Garth’s Ness Channels study, mixed (acrylic paint, oil pastel) on paper, 52 x 81cm, n.f.s
- Kate Oakley, Rusty tub, digital photograph, 19” x 13”; archival paper, signed; unframed. (framed 23” x 19”), £200 unframed or £260 framed
- Kate Oakley, Mer Bleue, digital photograph, 19” x 13”; archival paper, signed; unframed. (framed 23” x 19”), £200 unframed or £260 framed
- Betsy Jones, Kloon, montype print acrylic paint, 7″ by 5″, £40
- Betsy Jones, Nant, montype print print mixed chinacrylic paint, 7″ by 5″, £40
- Betsy Jones, Glan, montype print mixed chinecolle and graphite, 7″ by 5″, £40
- Anke Sievers, Ship, woodcut, 32 x 23 cm
- Jonathan Stytie, Clogging On A Tightrope, acrylic and oil enamel on canvas wood sculpture, 50” x 48” x 3”, £1,800
- Helen Kennedy, Woodland, mixed media, 56X76, £100
- Helen Kennedy, Woodland Glade, mixed media, 16.5 X 57, £65
- Helen Kennedy, Twigs with Linen, mixed media, 76 x 56, £120
- Martha Orbach, Imaginary Homelands, lithograph, 17.5 x 29.5cm, £200
- Wig Saywell, Llyn-y-Cau, Cadair Idris in the footsteps of Richard Wilson, stereoscopic photograph – on matt paper using archival printing inks, 13 x 18cm, £60 limited edition of five
- Dear Bronwyn Find attached information and an application form. The dates still available for this year are below. regards
- Wanda Zyborska, Anticleia yn myfyrio am ei gorffennol nid yw’n bodoli / Anticleia contemplates her non-existent, past ink felt tip watercolour gouache and graphite powder, 30x25cm, £300
- Wanda Zyborska, Anticleia yn ystyried ei sefyllfa/Anticleia considers her position, pencil ink watercolour and pastel, 52x40cm, £360
- Wanda Zyborska, Penbleth Anticleia/ Anticleia’s Dilemna, pencil and watercolour, 52x40cm, £360
- John Gallas, Pictographica9, pen on paper, 9xA4, £90
- Amy Ash, Staging Time, acrylic, ink and cyanotype on St. Armand paper, 254mmx228mm, £130 unframed
- Amy Ash, Staging Time, acrylic, ink and cyanotype on St. Armand paper, 254mmx228mm, £130 unframed
- Grounds for the Sublime: Cadair Idris, MP4 video, NFS. View here: https://www.facebook.com/100004933608946/videos/a.847937738714005.1073741888.100004933608946/847949562046156/?type=3&theater
- Maryanne Hawes, The Corris ‘Scroll’, mixed media on lining paper, 50cm X 5 metres, NFS. View here: https://www.facebook.com/100004933608946/videos/a.847937738714005.1073741888.100004933608946/847943855380060/?type=3&theater