Artists celebrate the best of Buxton at The Buxton Spa Prize

The Green Man Gallery 2019

The Buxton Spa Prize 2019 exhibition featuring work by over 140 artists was launched at the awards event attended over 100 guests at The Green Man Gallery on Thursday 27th 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 gallery is free admission and offers visitors the opportunity to view and buy works of art inspired by the spa town of Buxton. Open daily 10.30am – 5.30pm, the exhibition will run until 31st July, throughout Buxton busy festival period.

The Buxton Spa Prize – 1st Prize winner Simon Roderick

Judges for the competition included renowned artist Charles Williams NEAC, 1st Prize sponsor Trevor Osborne, Teen and Children’s prize sponsor and proprietor of No.6 tearooms and accommodation Louise Potter, Derbyshire Museums Manager Ros Westwood, Peak District Artisan and High Peak Artist Ingrid Karlsson, 2016 Buxton 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



– 2nd Scriveners 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 Buxton Spa Prize – 1st Prize, ‘From the Slopes’ by Simon Roderick

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

1st Sue Lewis-Blake
2nd Brain Smith

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

The Buxton Spa Prize 3rd Prize winner Benjamin Houghton, Age 13.

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

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 – Jenny Aitken

Visitors Choice – Vote for YOUR favourite

Visitors to the gallery are invited to choose their favourite artwork by taking part in The Buxton Spa Prize People’s Choice 2019. The winner will be announced on 27th July 2019. The cash prize is sponsored by Bill and Sheila Barratt.

The Buxton Spa Prize is currently proudly supported by The Trevor Osborne Charitable Trust, The University of Derby Buxton, Creative Heritage, No 6 The Square Tearooms and Accommodation, Bill & Shelia Barratt, Adrian Brown and Jean Rodger, The Old Hall Hotel and Danubius Hotel Group, Buxton Brewery and Buxton Distillery, Buxton Civic Association and The Buxton Spa Company.

The exhibition is open until 31st July from 10.30am till 5.30pm at The Green Man Gallery, Hardwick Hall, Buxton, SK17 6PY and entry to the gallery is free admission.

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