PAINTING COMPETITION

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 412, 21 July 1928, Page 27

PAINTING COMPETITION

CUNBEAM JOHN JAMISON heads the list in the last painting competition with an artistic study as green and elusive as the breath of spring. Sunrise tints, woodland flowers, reeds, a calm stream and the addition of several birds and rabbits combine to make this the best piece of work that has yet come to Happy Town from the brush of this promising young artist. Worthy of special mention are the entries of Bessie Perrett and Walter Pearce. The results are as follow: First: John Jamison, 27 Ashton Road, Mount Eden, Auckland (aged 11). Highly Commended: Bessie Perrett, Onehunga; Walter Pearce, Grey Lynn; George Gatfield, Herne Bay; Noel Lough, Royal Oak; Ada Wilkins, Mount Albert; Winifred Stone, Herne Bay; Grace Beer, Remuera; Roberta Busson, New Lynn; Joan Wilkins, Remuera; Jean Farquhar, Auckland; Willie Sims, Onehunga; Irene Retter, Mount Roskill; Phyllis Duckering, Henderson; June Farley, Kare Kare; Joyce Crook, Mount Eden; Percy Hodson, Manurewa; Phyllis Wright, Grey Lynn; Bernice de Berry, Richmond; Ruth Watson, Remuera; . Mary Severne, New Lynn; Beryl de Berry, Richmond; Keith Stewart, Greenlane; Sybil Stacy, Parnell; Muriel Beuth, Grey Lynn; Phyllis Pratt, Takapuna; Lloyd George, Onehunga; Edna Stacey, Parnell; Reggie Ingram, Glen Eden; Hazel Rose, Point Chevalier; Jessie Bevis, Portland; Eileen Holmes, Te Awamutu; Lilian Gibbs, Arch Hill; Noel Stanaway, Herne Bay; Annie Archer, Auckland; Gloria Rawlinson, Auckland; Kathleen Ricketts, Edendale, Jack Lydster, Takapuna; Mabs Stock, Henderson; Dudley Badham, Kare Kare. Commended: Elma Clapham, Papatoetoe; Audrey de Berry, Richmond; Nancy Waller, Penrose; Colin Mackie, Devonport; Noeline Patterson, Remuera; Yvonne Thompson, Mangere; Sydney Roberts, Birkenhead; Mary Grattan, Mount Eden; Gerald Mullane, Rotorua.