Bouchard Finlayson has congratulated the winners of the 2018 Tollman Bouchard Finlayson Art Award. The owners of Bouchard Finlayson, the Tollman family, has supported the competition as sponsor over the past five years. The winner Juanita Oosthuizen (‘Timeless Vintage’) received a cash prize of R20 000, followed by a second prize of R10 000 (SunéBurger for ‘Saved for a special occasion’), and two merit prizes of R5 000 each were awarded to Corina Lemmer (‘Prayers to Heal the Land No.3: Boeta wore two-tone’) and Lize Beekman (‘Something old, something new, something blue’).

Peter Finlayson, Mary Faure and Melvyn Minnaar (photo credit Janie van der Spuy FIVESTAR PR)

A national competition which this year received 226 entries, it is recognised as one of the principal events during the Hermanus FynArts Festival. The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Vintage’ and once again, artists were invited to submit their entries, in tondo format (circular – at a maximum of 60cm in diameter). Entries were received across various types of media, including, paper, ceramic, embroidery, mosaic, metal-work, photography, digitally/mechanically produced, photo-based and sculptural/3-dimensional works.

The works of 54 finalists are currently on display in the wine cellar on the Bouchard Finlayson estate in the Hemel-en-Aarde valley, where they will also be available for sale for the duration of the Hermanus FynArts festival (8 – 17 June 2018). The extended exhibition closes on 30 September 2018.