Matchstick bonsai is the people’s choice at Leamington gallery

A bonsai tree created out of matchsticks most impressed visitors to the Open 2013 exhibition at the Pump Room gallery in Leamington this spring.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Aug 2013, 09:00 BST
Lawrence Molloy (centre) and his artwork Banbridge Bonsai, with Alice Swatton of the Pump Room gallery and Cllr Stephen Cross.Lawrence Molloy (centre) and his artwork Banbridge Bonsai, with Alice Swatton of the Pump Room gallery and Cllr Stephen Cross.
Lawrence Molloy (centre) and his artwork Banbridge Bonsai, with Alice Swatton of the Pump Room gallery and Cllr Stephen Cross.

Artist Lawrence Molloy, who created the piece, was presented with a £500 prize by Warwick District councillor Stephen Cross and gallery publicity officer Alice Swatton.

More than 1,000 votes were cast during the exhibition, during which people were asked to vote for their favourite artwork.

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Lawrence said: “I was really surprised and pleased to win the People’s Choice Award because it was such a strong show.”

All works included in the show, which was open to artists from around the West Midlands, were selected by a panel of judges earlier this year.

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