A DAY out at Cape Bridgewater has provided Warrnambool artist Wilma Williams with some award-winning inspiration.
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On Friday night at the City of Warrnambool Art Show, Williams’ painting Cape Bridgewater won the award for best local painting.
While Williams was there to accept the award in front of a big crowd at Warrnambool Primary School, the artist responsible for the best in show painting was absent.
Ocean Grove’s Richard Jones won the top award with his piece White Cliffs of Opal Mining.
Williams said her winning painting had been inspired by a visit to Cape Bridgewater.
“I went to Cape Bridgewater on a trip with a walking group,” Williams said.
“It was just the best day of the year, the view was just amazing. I had my ipad with me and I took a lot of photos of what I saw that day.
“I was able to work off the photos at home and I’m happy with how the painting turned out. I can’t paint something without seeing it. If someone gave me a photo of somewhere I had never been I wouldn’t be able to do anything with it. I need to have been there and seen the light and the colour.”
It was the second time Williams has won the best local painting award at the show.
She said the show was an important event on the calendar.
“It’s great for Warrnambool, the best part of it is the camaraderie it creates among the local artists,” she said.
“You meet some great people through art, that’s the best thing about it.”
The art show is organised by the Rotary Club of Warrnambool East and will be opened all weekend.
This year’s show has attracted 330 artworks from 90 artists.
The art show raises money for the club to use for local community projects. It also raises funds for a local cause of note. This year, that cause is the I CAN Network which helps mentor young people on the autism spectrum.
On Friday night, Rotary club president Mark Taylor presented Anthony Boyle from the I CAN Network in Warrnambool with a contribution of $5000.