Alresford Art Society's 2018 exhibition welcomed over 600 visitors, including local MP Steve Brine and his wife Susie, to see work in mosaic, wire, stone, acrylic, oil, watercolour and pastel.
The undoubted star of the show was Zella Smith who was awarded not only the Rachel Thomsen prize for Best Watercolour for her painting Lady Ba Ba but also the The People's Choice prize for her study of an elephant, entitled Close Encounter.
The winner is selected by visitors to the exhibition who vote for their favourite artwork and the prize is a beautiful glass apple which the winner keeps for a year. Zella, who has just returned from a trip to Zambia capturing on film more subjects for her paintings, won the prizes at the close of the show - on her birthday.
The prize for Best Oil Painting went to Jacqueline Snowdon for her Ramsgate Café; Best Acrylic went to Richard Cox for Bodmin at Alresford, Best 3D exhibit went to Minnie Hughes-Onslow for her Cockerel mosaic and Best New Exhibitor went to Anne Vail for her oil painting Cyclamen.
Steve Brine said: "We had a lovely evening admiring such a quality range of local artwork, and it was a lovely way to spend our wedding anniversary. Congratulations to everyone who took part in this popular local event, which shows yet again the breadth of talent we have here."