2026 Annual Exhibition Awards

Here is a list of awards presented at the 2026 Annual Exhibition by FAS Patron Mandy Shepherd, Medici Theatre, Weydon School on Saturday 15^th August:

The James Hockey Award for Painting

Winner: Elizabeth Calthorpe ‘Queen of the Roost’

Highly Commended: Jennifer Bain Wright ‘Sunset Southampton Water’

The James Hockey Award for Drawing

Winner: Emma Price ‘Morning Meanderings River Wey’

Highly Commended: Lynne Seale ‘Brussels Sprout’

The Kathleen Page Portrait Prize

Winner: Ronnie Ireland ‘Orpheus & Eurydice’

Highly Commended: Maria Borysova ‘Behind The Veil’

The Kathleen Page Prize for Sculpture

Winner: David Paynter ‘Walkies!’

Highly Commended: Jayne Webley ‘Selkie Sea Maiden’

The Henry Hammond Award for Ceramics

Winner: Nigel Hobbs ‘Quill Handle Jar Orange’

Highly Commended: Brigitte Gillespie ‘Honey Coloured Plant Pot’

The Joe Acheson Prize for Water Colour - Gouache

Winner: Sarah Tysoe ‘Lilacs’

Highly Commended: Sean Kennedy ‘Gorilla’

Judges Special Commendation 2D

Winner: Margie O’Brien ‘Yellowbilled Storks’

Judges Special Commendation 3D

Winner: Glyn Jones ‘Winter Roads’

Judges Overall Best in Show

Winner: Janet Hamilton Lacey​​​​​​​ ‘Vanessa’

The Pullingers Award for Best Landscape

Winner: Helen Barker​​​​​​​ ‘Seascape’

Parker Fine Art Auctions Prize for Best Contemporary Art Work

Winner: Joan Crawford​​​​​​​ ‘Something Borrowed’

Public Voted Best in Show - 2D

Winner: Rosemary Miller​​​​​​​ ‘Autumn Colour Elstead’

Public Voted Best in Show - 3D

Winner: David Paynter ‘Walkies!’