2025 Award Winners and National Finalists
Min-Woo Bang
WINNER - $30,000 ACQUISITIVE PRIZECerebral CloudOil on linen, 105 x 105cm
Robert Bennetts
FOUNDER'S PRIZE - $3,000 NON-ACQUISITIVE Funded and selected by the founder Ms Hoim LeeTermite Mounds in East ArnhemAcrylic, oil stick on Arches 300gsm paper, 77 x 110cmIn the dry season in Arnhem Land the ground is parched and arid, grasses are almost grey and the stunted trees reflect a dirty shade of brown. In amongst this landscape are the ubiquitous termite mounds reflecting and blending with this bleached landscape.
Julie Poulsen
HIGHLY COMMENDED - $1,000 NON-ACQUISITIVESmall Cool DipHouse paint, mixed media on unprimed canvas, 125 x 150cmLandscape is a composite. The broad backdrop anchors place and merges with the changing foreground. Cairns, my home, a slim coastal band of tropical far north Queensland, with its familiar images of reef; of rainforest; of enchanting creeks; and raging waterfalls, is a mesmerising location.In stark contrast are the dry landscapes inland from Cairns. These regions are expansive and unruly with a constancy often misinterpreted as uninteresting. Looping through these harsh northern Australian landscapes there are hidden creeks with sandy bottoms and shady banks. On our road trips to Cooktown, numerous over forty years, we searched for new swimming spots.In Small Cool Dip I included a human element, an outlined prostrate figure centred bottom foreground, underlined in watery blue, an alien scrawl on the inland backdrop.This compelling fusion of breadth and intimacy in the landscape draws me in and is the driving force of my work.
Alice Xu
HIGHLY COMMENDED - $1,000 NON-ACQUISITIVEThe Devil's HostelOil on canvas, 92 x 121cmA place where he freely lives and goes. An entity that visits and haunts us in the studios especially when we have hair-tearing frustrations and blocks in the art making process. The souls we have to sell, the dealings we have to make in pursuit of the mastery in our craft, every handshake is a return for just a passable brushstroke or epiphany.This work is about the struggles all artists face.
Anne-France Fulgence
COMMENDEDBad Luck and TroubleWatercolour and acrylic paint, 122 x 112cmThe hunting dog is a confronting conundrum. Notorious for their fierce power, unyielding courage and the brutality that underpins their “sport”, they are the gladiators of the canine realm – yet still capable of unswerving obedience, profound loyalty, and a confounding calm. The challenge of capturing that seemingly antithetical blend on canvas has fascinated A-F Fulgence.
Sunjoo Heo
COMMENDED9 to 5Oil on canvas, 50 x 61cmI looked back my early stage of my life, and how my life has been shaped to come to this moment. Then, I started revisiting the memory of my first-year birthday ceremony (Dol-jab-i). As part of the first birthday ceremony in Korea, we set up the table and spread various symbolic items representing future careers, and predict their future by one or two of the items they grab.
It is quite fun and also very significantly symbolic because we all consider the job as a very important tool to make money for a living in the society. As we mostly work from 9 am to 5 pm to make a living with paying taxes, I wanted to depict this universal symbolic concept of “9 to 5” as common future for everyone no matter what you do for work for a very long time.
Katka Adams
Banquet
Pastel and pencil on paper, 109 x 73cm
Tim Allen
Becalmed (Glacial Lake)
Mixed media on paper, 92 x 117cm
Andrew Antoniou
Looking South
Oil on canvas, 71 x 92cm
Trevor Armitage
The Art Workshop
Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 61cm
Vilma Bader
Norwegian Wood
Acrylic on calico, cotton thread, hand stitching, 73 x 84cm
Min-Woo Bang
Cerebral Cloud
Oil on linen, 105 x 105cm
Michael Bell
Dinner at High Holborn
Oil and plastic carrot on board,
80 x 120cm
Robert Bennetts
Termite Mounds in East Arnhem
Acrylic, oil stick on Arches 300gsm paper,
77 x 110cm
Stephen Bird
Ralph in the Afternoon
Oil on linen, 65 x 80cm
Helen Brancatisano
Wanderer
Oil on Arches oil paper, 82 x 72cm
Grae Burnished
Alter of Her
Acrylic on paper-mâché clay, glass beads, freshwater pearl beads, amber beads, brass, gold leaf and silk thread,
50 x 43cm
Grant Cain
The Dry - Artist Grant Cain
Acrylic on canvas, 43 x 135cm
Tom Carment
Broccoli
Oil on linen on marine ply, 20 x 25cm
Tom Carment
Purple Cabbage
Oil on linen on marine ply, 20 x 25cm
Janet Cheetham
The Mariachis and the Giant Puppets
Arcylic and ink, 80 x 105cm
Okhee Choi
Full Bloom in Blue
Acrylic on canvas, pigment, animal glue on Hanji, 120 x 90cm
David Collins
Granite Corridor
Oil on canvas, 122 x 102cm
Samuel Condon
Chevaux de Napoléon
Oil on linen, 99 x 123cm
Paul Connor
Duplicity
Gouache, ink, medium, open acrylic on linen, 102 x 102cm
Ryan Daffurn
And The Days Are Not Full Enough
Oil on linen, 73 x 93cm
Van Dahl
Humphrey in Bloom
Acrylic paint and mixed media on canvas, 75 x 60cm
Sinead Davies
By the Light of the Moon
Oil on canvas, 91 x 86cm
Sally Davis
Contemplation
Oil on linen, 52 x 40cm
Amanda Doctor
Iconic Bridge View
Watercolour, 45 x 55cm
Christine Druitt-Preston
Dysis
Unique mixed media lino block print on Clairefontaine watercolour paper,
108 x 118cm
Dongwang Fan
The Beach Echoes
Acrylic on canvas, 90 x 90cm
Jacki Fewtrell Gobert
Interior with Emergent Elephant
Acrylic on canvas, 78 x 62cm
Emma Fielden
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Crucible
Lapis lazuli, oil, silverpoint, manganese and gesso on linen, 63 x 73cm
Felicia Finlayson
Under the Wharf
Acrylic on canvas, 91 x 91cm
Mandy Francis
The. Conversation
Oil on canvas, 94 x 124cm
Anne-France Fulgence
Bad Luck and Trouble
Watercolour and acrylic paint,
122 x 112cm
Joseph Furlonger
Ladie in Her Garden
Pigment and binder, 50 x 45cm
Keith Fyfe
No Beginning No End
Acrylic, gouache on colour chart samples, 62 x 62cm
Junko Hagiwara
Belmore Park, Central
Watercolour on watercolour paper,
80 x 100cm
Craig Handley
KE AWAY
Oil on board, 25 x 30cm
Karan Hayman
Anticipation
Oil on linen, 49 x 64cm
Beric Henderson
Storm over Kogarah Bay (2025)
Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 64cm
Sunjoo Heo
9 to 5
Oil on canvas, 50 x 61cm
Eamonn Jackson
Memory
Graphite, 46 x 91cm
Amanda Johnson
Remnant Yellow: Tailings Dam Takayna
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 127 x 96cm
Linda Joyce
An Aussie Dream - 1972
Acrylic on canvas, 33 x 65cm
Minjung Kang
Between Us, Silence
Korean ink and gouache on Korean traditional paper, 90 x 117cm
Jennifer Keeler-Milne
Mt Wilson Reflection
Oil on linen canvas, 102 x 123cm
Sangmi Kim
Girl in Apple Tree
Mineral pigment, watercolor, 53 x 43cm
Waratah Lahy
New Growth
Watercolour on paper, 44 x 35cm
John Lascelles
Jugs and Oranges
Oil on board, 43 x 45cm
Hyun Hee Lee
Night Prayer
Pencil, ink, silk thread on Korean Hanji paper, 126 x 82cm
Rosemary Lee
Old Man's Beard
Coloured pencil, charcoal, graphite on paper, 111 x 75cm
Anne Leisner
Le Bake Bakery
Oil on canvas, 56 x 71cm
Santiago Mals
Quimera
Oil on canvas, 100 x 100cm
Kevin McKay
Empty Bucket
Oil on handmade paper, 100 x 130cm
Christopher McVinish
The Emerald Lantern
Oil on canvas, 92 x 92cm
Michelle Molinari
Ascending to Hokusai (Flock of Chickens)
Oil on aluminium, 60 x 80cm
Michael Muir
Mountain Side
Oil on linen, 137 x 122cm
Ro Murray
Kabuki Currents
Lino print on two pianola rolls,
152 x 65cm
Ijlal Olguner
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Baby
Charcoal on paper, 57 x 77cm
Renata Pari-Lewis
Lucid Stillness
Acrylic on canvas, 53 x 63cm
Anna Phillips
Happy Cat
Plastic bags, 62 x 52cm
Julie Poulsen
Small Cool Dip
House paint, mixed media on unprimed canvas, 125 x 150cm
Michael Ransom
Emu Swamp Toward Mt Cooroy
Oil pastel on 300gsm watercolour paper, 30 x 42cm
Caitlin Reilly
Nothing to Hold
Oil on wood, 52 x 42cm
Colin Rhodes
Two Women, Late Afternoon
Oil on canvas, 42 x 60cm
Dan Riley
Bird Witnessing Bizarre Phenomena
Mixed media, 40 x 40cm
Marta Romer
Hilly
Archival pigment print, 35 x 35cm
Sandra Routh
Coogee Pool @ King Tide
Acrylic on poly, 68 x 82cm
John A Rowe
A Blustery Peruse on Box Hill
Acrylic on canvas, 62 x 91cm
Marina Rukavishnikova
Psyche
Acrylic, oil pastel on wooden panel,
50 x 50cm
Patrick Shirvington
From the Escarpment
Watercolour/earth on paper, 63 x 76cm
Sandra Tobias
Spiral-Push and Pull
Handcut gouache and watercolour on paper, 70 x 80cm
Matthew Tumbers
Avoiding the Eye Area
Pencil, ink and watercolour on archival paper, 26 x 18cm
Kate Vella
Still Life with Camellias and Orange
Oil on canvas, 54 x 54cm
William Versace
When the Urchin Spawns
Plaster, raw clay, handmade pigments, powdered pigments, ink, sea urchin spine, rabbit skin glue, resin, 62 x 52cm
Nat Ward
Murray River
Oil and wax on canvas, 110 x 133cm
Xinxin Wen
The Cosmos in the Cabinet
Digital and giclee printing on archival paper, 25 x 25cm
Alice Xu
The Devil’s Hostel
Oil on canvas, 92 x 121cm
Ping Lian Yeak
24001 Sydney Opera House
Ink and watercolour on paper, 85 x 105cm
Joon Youn
Come Back! (Take a Sour Candy to Shock Your Nervous System)
Oil on board, 47 x 37cm
Michelle Zuccolo
The Hallway
Oil on Italian canvas, 70 x 80cm
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