Winners of a competition run by the North Otago Art Society as part of the bi-annual exhibition in honour of the late artist Colin Wheeler have been announced. The theme for the seventh iteration of the "Colin Wheeler Art Exhibition" was North Otago, with entrants urged to find something which resonated with the region. Wheeler was a life member and patron of the society, and following his death in 2012 members decided to turn a drafting board, riddled with pin marks made by the artist himself, donated by his family, into a trophy for the competition. The three judges for this year’s competition were multidisciplinary artist Ferne Smyth, jeweller Iain Clark and photographer Lucy Gardner. The trio told those gathered at the Customs House Gallery, at 29 Tyne St, for the opening night of the exhibition that it had been a privilege to judge the artworks and that everyone should be proud of themselves. When judging, they said they had to bear in mind the question of which works spoke to the theme.…