'Dog Rocks' wins at the Henry Lawson Festival of Arts photography competition
The upcoming 51st Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts will be held Thursday 5th June to Monday 9th June, 2008.
Some good news on a personal level is that my image Dog Rocks has been judged the Best Photograph Of The Exhibition in the photography competition. The award to be presented is a bronze statuette which has been sculptured by Michael Mandelc, and it depicts Henry Lawson’s “The Drover’s Wife”.
Dog Rocks also won the Open Colour section of the competition.
I’ve been kindly invited by Tim Wood, coordinator of the photography competition, to attend the Awards Dinner at Grenfell on Saturday 7 June, 2008 6:30PM to receive the award.
There is a distinct connection with Redbubble regarding this achievement. Hop Dac, RB staff member, posted a topic in the main forum informing members of this competition. It was there I became aware of the competition, and I thank Hop for doing so.
Upon deciding to enter, I ordered six Redbubble matted prints specifically for the competition. I wrote a journal regarding the quality of the matted prints on April 19, 2008 and it can be found here.
I’m pleased to say that Redbubble and its community have played a significant role regarding this achievement and I highly value the continued encouragement given by Peter Styles, Redbubble staff and Redbubble members.
The achievement is dedicated to my mate Joe Mortelliti, for it was because of him that Dog Rocks was photographed on August 25, 2007.
Special thanks to my family for their continued support.
Folks, enjoy your creative pursuits here at Redbubble and beyond.
Cheers,
Darren.
Henry Lawson Festival of Arts website
http://www.henrylawsonfestival.asn.au/
Dog Rocks
Rosina Lamberti
congratulations,well deserved
Marion Cullen
That’s huge news! Great stuff Darren, congratulations…your image ‘Dog Rocks’ truly rocks!
coppertrees
Fantastic news,well done it is beautiful.
David Haviland
Congrats mate, well deserved.
Rosalie Dale IPA
Good onya mate (no wonder I didn’t win with competition like this!!!!) – this is one of my all time fav images Darren.
Cathie Tranent
Congratulations Darren!
Brownie points for Hop then!
Sue Wickham
Congratulations Darren, really glad to hear things are going so well. Very much deserved, your landscapes are incredible.
Robyn Lakeman
Fantastic news Darren and well deserved. Good on you! It’s a gorgeous image
Melinda Kerr
Woo hoo Dazzler! Frock up and sparkle! Well done mate
kseriphyn
Woo hoo!! Big up the Dog Rocks! Way to go. Excellent, fine achievement. Well done.
Dave Lloyd
Congratulations. Great news. It is a very beautiful image.
Hans Kawitzki
Congratulation Darren,you have cought the most famous tree in Geelong beautifully and at the right time as the heavy storm we had some month ago ripped some branches out of it and it lost some of its beauty.
Your win is well deserved.
Lindsay Knowles
Well done Darren. Well deserved mate.
NickMonk
Fantastic news Daz! Congrats!
Neil Boucher
Congratulations Darren, I wholeheartedly agree – well deserved. Great feedback on the matted prints also, good to know that the quality is there.
Sadly it will be a long time before this tree regains its beauty – if ever, yet it is not the beauty of the tree that makes this picture so excellent.
Noelene Davies
Yes I know Darren and congratulations, I was at Julies place last night and she told me, so I hope you will be attending so we can get to meet you. Our little camera club are having an exhibition so we have been busy getting things ready for that. Well deserved it is truly a beautiful photo.
Sharon Hammond
Ur a legend. Biiiig congrats Daz
Linda Sannuti
Congrat’s on a wonderful achievement! Superb image!
ShaneBooth
Congrats Darren, good to see the work paying off. All the best.
Darren Stones
Appreciate your kind comments everyone.
Trust you get as much a thrill out of participating at RB as I do.
Jenni Tanner
Great work Darren, congratulation on receiving the award. “Dog Rocks” is a beautiful image.
Stuart Chapman
Great news Darren. Always loved that shot, well deserved and another excuse to stare at it all over again
Vonnie Murfin
Congratulations!
John Robb
Well done Darren – that was a good day out from memory.
Anne van Alkemade
A big congrats Daz. Good on you.
Philip Johnson
Congrats Darren well deserved
bamagirl38
Congrats to you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mary Broome
Congrats Darren, a fine achievement
Darren Stones
Thank you folks. Very kind of you to comment.
markhiggins
Congratulations on the win Darren, a great image
and well deserved.
Joe Mortelliti
yes way to go Darren:-)
Juilee Pryor
hey very very well done Darren….. way to go! great shot too…..... great work
DarlaReeves
Great work Darren!! Beautiful image—a well-deserved award!
caroline ellis
well done, great story in re RB. Great shot
Rhana Griffin
Bloody well done Darren, and a beautiful image to boot!
Mugsy
Congratulations, Darren!.....most deserved!
Paul Louis Vil...
Good on ya Darren! :D
Mark Ingram
congrats Darren. That work is a proven winner on more than one occasion.
Well done
MuscularTeeth
no suprises knowing its DS.
the guy is a champ.
he graces the various random video montage films..
rock on DS.
a darren stone gathers no moss.
Darren Stones
You guys and gals are great – thanks.
Kathleen Hill
Well done Darren, awesome shot, congratulations
georgiegirl
Congratulations Darren!! A well deserved win! It’s a gorgeous photo ;D
Jane Keats
I missed this, but I hope you don’t mind if I add it to the forums in MAJOR EVENT, I think your great achievement deserves a mention! Nice work.