The Old Family Bible

13 cm x 13 cm Oil on board, This painting which I did of my grandmother's old family Bible was placed first in the Franklin Art Exhibition, Miniature Section, last night! You can imagine my delight to have received such a prestigious award.

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Comment by Fay Thomson on September 2, 2014 at 10:56: Thank you Michael, Ruby and Linda for your lovely comments. Michael, you may be interested to know I painted this using the Flemish technique from lessons I found in an International Artist magazine.

Comment by Linda McNeill on September 1, 2014 at 7:08: well done Fay, so full of reverence. well deserved!

Comment by Ruby on September 1, 2014 at 6:21: beautiful!!

Comment by Michael J. Severin on September 1, 2014 at 1:39: Congratulations Fay!! ...a great painting in the Old Master tradition.

Comment by Fay Thomson on August 31, 2014 at 20:27: Thank you Jessica, Ann, Ian and Colleen. I must say I was blown away to win an award that had an accompanying significant financial prize!! The judge was a Snr Lecturer and Associate Head of School at Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland. Her comments on my painting were: "The Old Family Bible by Fay Thomson – a nod to the Vanitas tradition but yet gentle due to size composition and tone."I'm very grateful to have won this award as there are such talented artists whose paintings I admire ahead of my own. Ian, I'm so pleased you were able to go to the Bethlehem College art exhibition this weekend and I look forward to seeing the art there now we're back in Tauranga.