Despite concerns surrounding the number of entries, Dungog Arts Society has hosted 200 works of art and attracted more entries than last year.
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Opening on the evening of Friday, September 29, the gallery saw over 100 people gather at the James Theatre to see an array of artworks from artists across NSW.
President of the Art Society, Simone Turner-Ryan, said that the society has had 16 sales so far.
"We're on target, the last five years we've sold about 30. So we've got 16 so far, so we're on target," she said.
The winner of this year's open artwork category was Sandra Lalopoulos with her painting Windowsill Colour, picturing a windowsill in Greece.
"I'm happy that my work is respected in that way and I just love Greece, I just love the lights," Ms Lalopoulos said.
Judging this year's gallery was the art curator at the University of Newcastle, Gillean Shaw, who said that the level of artistic talent in Dungog made judging the show very difficult.
"It's wonderful. It was actually quite a tricky thing to judge so there are a lot of highly commended artworks," she said.
Gillian Waddell won the traditional landscape section with her artwork Our Farm at Chad's Creek. Lise Battye won the local artist section with her artwork Rainclouds. Amy Masson won the photography section with her piece Running Free. The Fibre Art section was won by Lisa Wiseman with her piece Thinking Cap for an Industrial Goddess. The 3D section was won by Marian Day with her piece Eucalyptus Leaves. The miniatures section was won by Helene Leane with her piece Stained Pink.
The Youth 16 - 18 painting section was won by Kasey Tudor with her piece Looking On. The Youth 16 - 18 Photography was won by Charlotte Robinson for her piece Vulnerability. Youth 13 - 15 painting was won by Freya Rubeli for her piece Sunset Near Cooreei Hill. The same age group's photography section was won by Harry Hudson with his piece Jerry at Uluru.
The 12 years and under section was won by Lucy Broadbent for her piece Anime Girl. The same age group's photography section was won by Ainslie Masson for her piece There's No Place Like Home.
The gallery will remain open until Sunday, October 8 at the James Theatre.
