CABBI 40th Exhibition – January 2025
CABBI has held an annual exhibition at Batemans Bay for the last 40 years. It has become a significant event on the NSW South Coast art and craft calendar. The exhibition was open to the public in early January 2025 to view and purchase quality art and craft items for home or business.
Because the exhibition is judged, it ensures a professional presentation of CABBI members’ very best art and craft works of the year. At the 2025 exhibition, ten categories of art on 100 panels, and handmade crafts on plinths, were displayed under quality gallery lighting.
CABBI was also proud to include an 11th category of “9×5” entry which was not judged but the sales revenue was donated to a local youth charity. This display commemorates the 1889 “9×5” exhibition involving Australian Impressionist artists such as Streeton, Conder and Roberts of the Heidelberg school, Melbourne. They painted on cigar box lids of this dimension.
The 2025 CABBI Exhibition, held within the Batemans Bay High School auditorium, was open from Saturday 4th to Monday 20th January.
Ian Barnes
Exhibition Coordinator
CABBI 2025 Exhibition Winners
Best in Show: Jane Whiting for Wallpaper Room
Acrylic – First Megan Dawes for Mark’s House, Mossy Point
Acrylic – Second Kathy Smith for Where the Kookaburras Call
Acrylic – Highly Commended Corrie Searle for The Rocks
Oil – First Jane Whiting for Wallpaper Room
Oil – Second David Ramsland for Moruya River Morning
Oil – Highly Commended Garry Kemp for Cootamundra Canola Gold 1
Pastel – First Debra Smith for Captivating Carollers
Pastel – Second Natalia Wade for Dawn
Pastel – Highly Commended Grace Paleg for Tree Dahlias on Mirror
Water colour/gouache – First Suzanna Hay for Flying Over Flinders
Water colour/gouache – Second Eric Strachan for Bumbo Road Barn
Water colour/gouache – Highly Commended Han Van Haalen for Cape Arid Dunes, WA
Mixed & other Media – First Lin Barnes for Netted 1
Mixed & other Media – Second Karen Warburton for Cumulus
Mixed & other Media – Highly Commended Sheryl Miller for Rock Pool Treasures
Print Making/Scratch Boarding – First Bill Griffin for Fjord, vest-Norge
Print Making/Scratch Boarding – Second Deborah Ellis for Little Devil
Print Making/Scratch Boarding – Highly Commended Jane Elek for The Chase
Sculpture – First Richard Barrett for Renewed Rings
Sculpture – Second Garry Kemp for Movement Like Clockwork
Sculpture – Highly Commended Clay Sare for Octopus Garden
Craft – First Deborah Ellis
Craft – Second Christina Allen
Craft – Highly Commended Noelene Gibbs
Photography/Digital Media – First Dianne Clark for Under the Water
Photography/Digital Media – Second Marie Lund for Sun Illumination of Flora
Photography/Digital Media – Highly Commended Raquel Lawrence for Awakening
Peoples Choice (916 nominations)
Winner of People choice: Debra Smith for Spirit in the night
Other highly voted artists that were highly voted for in the people choice:
Eric Strachan for Bombala Beauty,
Sheryl Miller for Acheron Ledge, Maloneys Beach,
Joanna Love for The Light Keeper
