Area artists win at fair

DEL MAR — Seventeen local artists entered the San Diego County Fair fine art competition, hanging in the Fine Art Building through July 4. Six won awards.

Topping the list of Fallbrook winners was Jack Ragland, likely the community’s most prolific painter. Ragland won second place in Acrylic-Representational People for “La Cena;” two third place wins in Acrylic-Non-Representational for “Liquid Amber” and in Oil-Non-Representational for “Excitation;” and an Honorable Mention for “Dangerous Grass” in Acrylic-Representational, Animals.

Adding to the award winners was Jim Bates with a third place...