Judge's Comments 2024

Award

Best Exhibit Any Medium

John Bredl - Murray Flood - Oil - #1088 - Bay 78

John’s painting is intriguing. Close up this painting almost resembles an abstract work, with its web of impasto lines. But stand back and the image instantly comes into focus and the viewer can appreciate how, what appeared to be a simple construction, is actually a wonderfully rendered image of natural beauty.

Best Mornington Peninsula Scene (Bernie and Susan Taylor Memorial Prize)

Heinz Fickler - Cape Schanck - Oil - #1211 - Bay 41

Heinz has been able to replicate the fabulous drama of a crashing wave against the cliffs at Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula. He has handled this piece with great confidence. 

Best Oil

Rodney Symmons - Cane Country Queensland - Oil - #1643 - Bay 135

In this majestic work, Rodney has brought to life, with a life time of artistic experience, the gritty reality of sugar cane growing.

Best Acrylic

Jayne Henderson - Upper Murray Valley - Acrylic - #1294 - Bay 3

Jayne has created an idyllic scene with an ease of an artist who has comprehensive knowledge of her medium. She has created a lovely landscape.

Best Watercolour

Nina Volk - Mornington Mothers’ Beach - Watercolour - #1696 - Bay 50

This is an artist who is in complete control of her medium. She has created a watercolour with fabulous texture and a unique composition. 

Best Drawing and/or other Medium

Renee Mitchell - Piece of Pie - Ink on Paper - #1479 - Bay 97

Renee has shown that she can express movement with her pen as it dances across her paper.She has rendered a beautiful drawing of a magpie with great detail and artistic flair.

Best Pastel

Lyn Mellady - Flooded Murray River at Sunset -Pastel - #1458 - Bay 86

Lyn has a masterful artistic hand. Her chosen medium of pastel, has enabled her to portray with her beautiful colour pallet, this exquisite watery sunset scene.

Best Contemporary

Lydia Ben Natan - Hillside - Acrylic - #1057 - Bay 148

Lydia has depicted an arresting painting. She has been able to evoke a wonderful atmosphere and say so much without having to overstate. 

Don Gordon Packing Room Prize

Kylie Mackay – To Infinity - Oil - Bay 105

This was chosen by the group of volunteers who helped to hang and curate the exhibition.

Best Photography

Robert Wengritzky - Serenity - Bay 90

Best VCE Artwork

Cassandra Tan - Word 2023 - Procreate - Bay 29

Cassandra shows a very promising future in the use of digital art.

People's Choice Artwork

Not yet awarded.

Highly Commended

Artwork

Kylie Mackay - To Infinity - Oil - #1421 - Bay 105

Sandra Scurrah - Gordes, Hilltop Town Provence - Pen and Wash - #1599 - Bay 19 

Linda Weil - The Grandmother Tree - Pencil - #1708 - Bay 52

Jianqiang Xu - Paris France - Watercolour - #1761 - Bay 13

Pierina Sannia - Abundance - Oil - #1588 - Bay 54

Claude Ciccone - Janine in Studio - Oil - #1118 - Bay 134

Philip Vercoe - The Edge of Shadows - Oil - #1693 - Bay 106

Yesim Gozukara - Sand Patterns Isle of Skye - Watercolour - #1250 - Bay 3 

Gabrielle Young - Sunlit Morning - Ink - #1768 - Bay 76

Best Photography

Patti Green - The Gang Gang Gang Highly Commended - Bay 91

Nathan Hope - Hope Highly Commended - Bay 89