Cornish artists have a chance to have their work immortalised on bottles of premium cider created by one of the country’s leading cider producers.
Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm is repackaging its Classic range of premium ciders with a new bottle design featuring the work of popular local artists to showcase the stunning landscapes and coastline of Cornwall.
Four professional artists based in Cornwall have been commissioned to create paintings especially for the new labels – but the fifth bottle will feature a painting from an amateur artist whose work is judged the most suitable by a panel of experts. The winning artist will also receive a prize of £500.
Kay Healey from Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm, said: “Our newly designed bottles for the popular Classic range will show the best of Cornwall’s renowned art work to hundreds of thousands of cider enthusiasts nationwide. We’re excited about the four professional artists we’ve invited to create work to decorate bottles in the range, and we’re now offering one local artist the chance to join these established names, and see their art work feature on the fifth bottle in the range.”
The four professional artists already selected for the project are: Melanie McDonald, whose paintings of Cornwall are focused on the surfing beaches around the Newquay area where she lives; Glyn Macey, who was born in Newlyn and now lives in Penzance, and produces paintings created in acrylic, mixed media and mark-making to capture the essence of the Cornish landscape; Richard Pearce, who lives and works on the Isles of Scilly and paints dramatic pictures of the rugged shores of Cornwall, and Paul Lewin, a leading contemporary landscape painter renowned for his paintings of the Cornish coastline, who also teaches at Newlyn School of Art.
Amateur artists keen to join this illustrious line-up are invited to submit a photograph of an original work on the theme of ‘Iconic Cornwall’. A shortlist of 10 paintings will be drawn up by a judging panel, and photographs of the top ten art works will be published in Cornwall Today magazine, with readers invited to vote for their favourite.
The winning artist will be announced in April.
The competition is open to anyone aged over 18 who resides in Cornwall, and paintings need to be submitted before a closing date of November 30th.
Visit www.thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk to download an entry form, and send your completed forms and photographs of paintings to info@healeyscyder.co.uk with Artist Label Competition in the subject heading, or print onto A4 photo paper and post to: Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm, Penhallow, Truro, TR4 9LW, clearly marking the envelope ‘Artist Label Competition’.
To find out more about Healeys, which produces a range of award winning ciders, wines, spirits and preserves, visit thecornishcyderfarm.co.uk or follow @HealeysCyder on Twitter.
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