Crickhowell Open Art Competition 2026

The Crickhowell Open Art Exhibition has become one of the annual highlights of the oriel CRiC gallery programme, eagerly anticipated by artists and visitors to the gallery. The  competition results in an exhibition of selected work  and starts during the Crickhowell Open Studios weekend, which annually takes place during the Spring Bank Holiday weekend (24 - 26 May 2026).  It attracts an exciting mix of professional, emerging and amateur artists culminating in a diverse exhibition starting during the Crickhowell Open Studios Weekend and continuing until 11 July. 

ENTRIES CLOSED ON 31 MARCH  2026.

The 2025 winners 

  • Overall Winner: Shirley Griffiths
  • Runner Up: Michael Grey-Jones
  • Watercolour: Kate Broadhurst
  • Oil/Acrylic: Valentino Teghillo
  • Textile: Helen Crawford
  • Printmaker: Lee Wright
  • Digital: Edward Gould
  • Visitors' Choice Anthony Skates
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  • PLEASE C;LICK ON THE IMAGES TO SEE THEM FULL SIZED.
Shirley Griffiths - Fishing Boats in Essaouira, Morocco - Acrylic - 60x80cm - £650.jpg
michael grey jones, the hat stand, watercolour 67x55 £2500 CROPPED.jpg
Kate Broadhurst - Among Wildflowers gouache and watercolours 45x45 £595.jpg
Valentina Teghillo_The blue boat oil 32 x 37 £240.jpg
Helen Crawford Dancing Birches textile 67x67 £945.JPG
Lee Wright Barn Owl_finished reduction lino print 40x40 £275.jpg
Anthony Skates Bluebell Woods Wye Valley acrylic 80x80 £585.JPG
Edward Gould Tredegar Valley view oil paint on iPad 29.7x42 £110.jpg

2024 Winners

Overall Winner: Rebecca Roper - From Sharpitor 
Tower Gallery Prize: Roger Sampson - Self Portrait
Watercolour Prize: Tracey-Anne Sitch - Hoopla
Printmaking Prize: Kathleen Littler - Coastpath
Digital Prize: Stuart Lloyd - Girl in a Garden
Young Artist: Olivia Owens - Caerphilly Castle
Visitors' Choice Prize: Victoria Matthewson - How Dare the Robin Sing

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Rebecca Roper - From Sharpitor WEB.jpg
Roger Sampson - Self Portrait WEB.jpg
Kathleen Littler Coastpath 200mm x 260mm £120 reduced.jpg
Stuart Lloyd - 'Girl in the Garden' WEB.jpg
Tracey-Anne Sitch - Hoopla - WEB .jpg
Olivia Owens Caerphilly castle web.jpg
Victoria Matthewson - How Dare the Robin Sing.jpeg

2023 Winners...

Patrick Berry - Christmas Shopping (web).jpg
Chris Hammerton - Summer under the beeches (web).jpg
Mike Shiels - Sentinel.jpg
John R Harris - Hill Grazing.jpg
Dawn Mcintyre - Cafe Odette.jpg
Breathe in Shirley, I think she's taking a photo!.jpg
alan braddon.jpg

The 2022 Winners

Mary Gladstone - Usknitters (web).jpg
Overall Winner Carol Bartlet - Mr Lea's Shop.jpg
Nick Pritchard - The Skirrid From Llanelly Hill - Winner of the Tower Gallery Prize.jpg
Joanna Groves - winner of the Young Artist Award.jpg
John Harris - Drovers Trail Winner of the Watercolour Prize.jpg
Paul Rickard - Cynghordy Viaduct at Dusk - Winner of the Printmakers Prize.jpg
Wendy Mcleod - Annie - Winner of the Visitors' Choice Prize.jpg
Stuart Lloyd - Red Pheasant - Winner of the Digital Prize.jpg

The 2019 winners...

Patricia Kenny, Capel y Ffin – winner, Visitors Choice Prize.jpg
Margaret Harris, Sculptor's Workshop – winner, Watercolour Category.jpg
Jan Thomas, Mynydd Ysgyryd Fawr – winner, Textile Category.jpg
AlISON Edgson, Approaching Shower Usk Valley – Overall Winner.jpg
Ellie Ling, In Need of the Long View – Runner UP.jpg
Nia Tyrrell, Connection to the Earth – winner, Young Artist Category.jpg