Winner of Visitors' Choice Award 2025 announced
Thelma Hulbert Gallery (THG) has announced the winner of the Visitors' Choice award in the THG Open exhibition.
The THG Open 2025 showcased over 100 artworks by South West artists reflecting themes connected to the natural world. The Visitors’ Choice Prize was voted for by visitors over the duration of the exhibition (12 July - 23 August).
The votes have been counted and THG has announced the winner:
Belinda Reynell for her artwork 'Gentle Leaves of Summer'
Belinda is an acclaimed contemporary landscape artist living and working in Devon. She holds a degree in Illustration from Chelsea School of Art and an MA in Narrative Illustration and Editorial Design from Brighton University. Belinda has previously won Devon Life’s Landscape Artist of the Year.
'Gentle Leaves of Summer' celebrates Belinda’s local canal in the summertime. She immersed herself in the landscape taking photos, sketching, painting in her sketchbook, collecting inspiration and then working in the studio. Every painting is a result of several days of work, with layers of texture and colour added to create the finished piece.
Belinda Reynell commented,
It was a lovely surprise to discover that I had won the Visitors’ Choice Award for my painting, Gentle Leaves of Summer. Thank you to the organisers for a brilliantly curated exhibition and all those visitors that voted for me!
The prize of £100 was awarded to the artist by THG Curator, Gemma Girvan.
Gemma Girvan said,
Many congratulations to Belinda. Her work was chosen by our visitors from over 100 artworks in the exhibition celebrating the breadth of creative talent found in the South West.
I would especially like to thank my fellow judges of the Open: Francesca Elliot - THG Youth Network, Sharon James – artist and winner of THG Open 2023, Tim Martin – independent curator, and Martin Staniforth – sculptor and co-founder of Creative Beings CIC.
Coming up next at THG:
CAMP: Where Are We Now? (6 September - 25 October)
Exhibition of work by artists belonging to Contemporary Art Membership Platform CIC (CAMP) considering contemporary environmental issues from multiple perspectives.
