40th Annual Exhibition 2025 – results

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 1Pastel – 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, 

39th Annual Exhibition -2023

Many thanks to our sponsors and exhibitors for making this such a great event. The Exhibition opened on 22nd December 2023.

BEST IN EXHIBITION Debra Smith – Slipstream

ACRYLIC- 1st prize – Dale Barnes for Thinking of Margaret, 2nd prize – Sheryl Miller for River Tranquility, Highly Commended – Julie Driscoll for Flying Kites

OIL – 1st prize – David Ramsland for New Growth, 2nd prize – Camelle Denny for Beyond Spoon Bay to Terrigal, Highly Commended – Garry Kemp for Along Hawdons Road

PASTEL -1st prize – Lyn Woolridge for Turmoil, 2nd prize – Shirley Butler for Endless Summer, -Highly Commended – Marilyn Himmelberger for Grasstrees at Night

DRAWING/PENCIL-Highly Commended – Julie Driscoll for Wimbie Beach Morning

WATERCOLOUR AND GOUACHE -1st prize – Suzanna Hay for Flood Plains, 2nd prize – Eraine McArthur for Lorikeet Love, Highly Commended – Miriam Shilling for What the Water Showed me

MIXED MEDIA/OTHER – 1st prize – Portia Dunn for Coral Spawning, 2nd prize – Cathy O’Neill-Harding for Ocean View, Highly Commended – Pam Edwards for Natures Simplicity Diptych

PRINTMAKING AND SCRATCHBOARDING- 1st prize – Deborah Ellis for Delight, 2nd prize – Aileen Maloney for Next 1/50, Highly Commended – Bill Griffin for South Coast Headland

SCULPTURE – 1st prize – Richard Barrett for Etheral Bowl, 2nd prize – Garry Kemp for Ocean View, Highly Commended – Nick Hopkins for Three Arm Spiral Mandala

CRAFT -1st prize – Barbara Stewart for Craft Table C12, 2nd prize – Noeline Gibbs for Craft Table C3, Highly Commended – Eraine McArthur for Craft Table C8

PHOTOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL MEDIA – Highly Commended – Joanna Love for Pastel Tree

38th Annual Exhibition

Our Annual Exhibition officially opened on December 23rd at 6pm. Exhibition closed on 8 January 2023.

Winners:

Ken Taber Award for “Best in Show” – Dave Ramsland, “Among the Mountain Ash”

Peoples Choice Award – Debra Smith, “Iconic Australians”

1st prizes: Acrylic: Hans Van Halen – “Shadows, Oil: Camelle Denny – “Guerilla Bay at Peace”, Pastels: Debra Smith – “Iconic Australians”, Mixed Media: Carleta Delac – “Snowy River”, Watercolour: Jan Carr – “Still Life in Red”, Sculpture – Julie Lark, “The Greeting”, Craft: Anne Bruce – Whales.

2nd prizes: Acrylic: Sue Barr – “Flinders Ranges”, Oil: Margaret Allen – “Rainforest Beauty”, Pastels – Grace Paleg, “Seagulls Shindig”, Mixed Media: Heidi Weber – “Banksia”, Watercolour: Jane Elek – “Gums in the Mist”, Sculpture – Nick Hopkins – “Balancing Act”, Craft: Robyn Green – Gnomes and Resin Work.

Highly Commended: Acrylic: Kirsten Aaryet – “Hunter via Scone”, Pastels: Marliyn Himmelberger – “Distant Aurora”, Mixed Media: Ursula Straub – “My Garden No.3”, Watercolour: Denise Luke – “Golden Sunset”, Craft – David John- Woodwork

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Past Exhibitions

_{37th Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition}

Judges: Margaret Ainscow, Mirabel Fitzgerald

Margaret Ainscow. Curator. Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer. Lecturer 1981-1989 Tasmanian State Institute of Technology, Launceston, Tas.

Mirabel Fitzgerald. Educated at the Byam Shaw School of Art (NDD), London, 1965 and MFA (research) COFA, University of NSW, 1997. Appointed as lecturer at Sydney College of the Arts, the Visual Arts faculty of The University of Sydney, in 1979 taught and coordinated the Printmedia Studio until her retirement as Associate Professor in 2006.

Prize Winners

Best Art in Show: Malua Sunrise. Dave Ramsland, sponsored by A. C. Lawyers

Best Sculpture in Show: Balancing Act. Nick Hopkins, sponsored by My Agent Christine Ewin

2nd Prize Sculpture: Winter Coastline ceramic bowl. Suzanne Shelley, sponsored by Priors Bus Service

1st Prize Mixed Media/Inks: Buanji 1/2020. Bill Griffin, sponsored by Raine & Horne

2nd Prize Mixed Media/Inks: Maggies. Sheryl Miller, sponsored by Raine & Horne

3rd Prize Mixed Media/Inks: Sea Palette. Robyn Green, sponsored by Raine & Horne

1st Prize Drawing: Murramarrang National Park. Marie Lund, sponsored by Raine & Horne

1st Prize Acrylic: Walking Home. Jan Carr, sponsored by Joss Group

2nd Prize Acrylic: The Creek. Kristen Arrayet, sponsored by Joss Group

3rd Prize Acrylic: Historic Tree Tilba.Susann Barr, sponsored by Joss Group

1st Prize Oil: Malua Sunrise. Dave Ramsland, sponsored by Batehaven Capital Chemist

2nd Prize Oil: Gums in the Folds. Dave Ramsland, sponsored by Amanda’s of Mogo

3rd Prize Oil: The Beginning. Robert Picknell, sponsored by Batehaven Capital Chemist

1st Prize Watercolour: High Country NSW. Fiona Parke, sponsored by Mogo Framers

2nd Prize Watercolour: Kengal Country.y Sheryl Miller, sponsored by Mogo Framers

1st Prize Pastel: Transparent Wave. Lyn Woolridge, sponsored by Clyde Auto

2nd Prize Pastel: My Sister’s Vase. Megan Dixon-Dawes, sponsored by Clyde Auto

1st Prize Fine art/Photography: radioactive. Suzanne Shelley, sponsored by Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

2nd Prize Fine art/Photography: the banquet. Suzanne Shelley, sponsored by Batemans Bay Soldiers Club

1st Prize Craft: Table of Whales. Anne Bruce, sponsored by Club Catalina

2nd Prize Craft: Textiles. Noelene Gibbs, sponsored by Club Catalina

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36th Annual Exhibition 2020 – Awards

2D Fine Art Painting: Grace Paleg –Sponsor Mogo Day Surgery

3D Fine Art Sculpture: Suzanne Shelley-Sponsor My Agent Christine Ewin

Craft: Robyn Green – Sponsor-Anonymous

THE AC LAWYERS YOUNG ARTIST AWARD:

1^st Place 15-17 years Raphaella Burton

2^nd Place 15-17 years Callum More

1^st Place 11-14 years Braiden Walsh Bartley

2^nd Place 11-14 years Lachlan Britt

People’s Choice Award: Callum Moore

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