Archive: this report describes the 28 September 2019 competition.

The outdoor painting competition Come Rain or Shine! took place in Buxton in wet and windy weather.

The original report said artists signed in at the Pump Room for a five-hour painting competition on 28 September 2019, with work exhibited and judged at The Old Clubhouse.

Collage of artists painting outdoors in wet weather around Buxton

The event was organised by the team behind the Buxton Spa Prize.

The original report counted more than 40 artists and said two paintings were washed away in the rain before their makers began again under cover.

Artist painting outside the Old Hall Hotel in wet weather

The original report named Simon Roderick, Sarah Males, Kate Dickson, Christine McMullan and Jonathan Dawson as judges. Roderick had won the 2019 Buxton Spa Prize. Dawson had been appointed general manager of the Buxton Crescent hotel and spa; the hotel and the heritage trust were separate organisations.

Kieran Ingram’s painting on an easel with a first prize label
Kieran Ingram’s first-prize painting.
Two paintings depicting Buxton buildings and people in the rain
Works identified in the original report as David Lowther’s second-prize painting (left) and Conan McPhee’s third-prize painting (right).

Kieran Ingram won first prize; his artist biography records the 2019 award. The original report gave the first prize as £500 and named David Lowther second and Conan McPhee third.

The original report named Buxton Civic Association, the Bingham Trust, Buxton Crescent Thermal Spa and the Buxton Spa Company as sponsors.

The original report said organisers Neil Scowcroft and Kathryn Howson were pleased with the event.