Visitors to this year's The Artist and Leisure Painter Open Art exhibitions at Patchings Art Centre, and online visitors, have been voting for their favourite exhibited and highly commended works to win the People's Choice Awards.

Voting closed on August 31st and we are happy to announce the winners as Via degli Strozzi, Florence by Andrew Hird in the The Artist category and To a Summer's Day by Nathan Jelbert in the Leisure Painter category.

Leisure Painter People's Choice Award

To a Summer's Day, oil, (40x40cm)

Nathan wins Search Press books to the value of £150

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Via degli Strozzi, Florence, oil, (30x20cm)

Andrew wins a subscription to The Artist worth £150

You can see all of the exhibited and highly commended works from this year's competition by clicking here.

Look out for full details of the 2018 The Artist and Leisure Painter Open Art Competition in partnership with Patchings Art Centre in the January issues of the magazines (out on December 1).