Art expo shines bright

THE 46th annual Bellarine North Rotary Art Expo has gone down as a major success, with hundreds of people seeing splashes of colour on canvas.

The event at Christian College Geelong’s Drysdale campus featured more than 270 pieces from established and emerging artists from the region.

Works spanned various artistic styles including printmaking, oils, acrylics, watercolours and more.

All entries were judged in their respective categories by Queenscliff Gallery directors Soula and Theo Mantalvanos.

The $2,000 Best in Show was awarded to Glenn Hoyle for his piece Coloured Pebbles, while runner up honours were given to Denise Kranjc for her artwork Snacktime.

Bellarine North Rotary president Ken Withers said the expo was very well received.

“The event went extremely well.

“Every aspect was a success, visitors, sales, photography, Festival of Glass, and even the food and drink!

“It was a huge amount of work but very satisfying.”

A percentage of the sale price from each painting sold will now support Rotary projects in the local community.

The Bellarine Camera Club and the Festival of Glass also exhibited their own works as part of the expo.