"The Hills" Opens at the Pump House Center for the Arts

The Pump House Center for the Arts hosted their opening of "The Hills," an annual competitive show. Kevin Coleman was there.

Carol Neff won $75 for second place, with her oil painting "Hibiscus in Shadow." She agreed that it was impressionistic, her favorite style, with the painting becoming almost abstract at the planter.

Neff said at her age, she keeps trying to do new and fun things...and sometimes they pay off.

Patrick Sims won grand prize with a still life oil painting of a fruit and dishes. He said it was the way he usually keeps his creative juices flowing when it could be months when he can't paint outside. He has taken to "plein air" where he paints outside on location.

Sims says it can take 30 or 40 hours for a painting like this since he must wait for the thick layers to dry.

Find photos of the artists and their winning works in a post on the Pump House's Facebook page.

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The opening of "The Hills," an annual competitive show at the Pump House Center for the Arts in Chillicothe's Yoctangee Park, was September 1st, 2022
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The opening of "The Hills," an annual competitive show at the Pump House Center for the Arts in Chillicothe's Yoctangee Park, was September 1st, 2022
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Carol Neff poses with her second place her oil painting "Hibiscus in Shadow."
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An artists poses with her winning piece.
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The ribbons awarded in the opening of "The Hills," an annual competitive show at the Pump House Center for the Arts in Chillicothe's Yoctangee Park, September 1st, 2022
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Patrick Sims hangs his grand prize ribbon at his still life oil painting of a fruit and dishes.
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An artists poses with her work in the opening of "The Hills," an annual competitive show at the Pump House Center for the Arts in Chillicothe's Yoctangee Park, September 1st, 2022
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On sale at the Pump House Center for the Arts in Chillicothe's Yoctangee Park.