2015 Muswellbrook Local Art Award

The 2015 Muswellbrook Local Art Award entries were judged on Saturday 07 November 2015 by guest adjudicator Christine Pike - Associate Member of the Royal Art Society of NSW. Over 150 entries were received from residents of the Upper Hunter region of NSW.

The winning entries for each of the six categories were:

Viola Bromley Painting Prize

• First Prize - Holly Whitelaw, Goldfish In Space (Cat. #32)
• Second Prize - Janice Hanicar, 50 Zone (Cat. #11)
• Hunter Valley Printing Encouragement Prize - Charlotte Drake-Brockman, Iris (Cat. #6)
• Commended - Sebastian Sadgrove, Four Seasons Of Uluru (cat. #23)

Garry Philp Works on Paper Prize

• First Prize - Roberta Wiseman, Nature’s Dance (Cat. #76)
• Second Prize - Teresa Byrne, Wardrobe Malfunction (Cat. #38)
• Elks Enterprises Pty Ltd Encouragement Prize - Sue Beiboer, Dissolve II (Cat. #36)
• Commended - Mitchell O’Mahoney, Old Soul (Cat. #66)
• Commended - Naomi Norris, Mother And Child (Cat. #65)

Local 3D Prize

• First Prize – Charlotte Drake-Brockman, Dry Swamp (Cat. #81)
• Second Prize - Lyn Nash, Leaves III (Cat. #88)
• Max Watters Encouragement Prize - Sue Lawson, Still I (Cat. #90)
• Commended - Joanne Van Hees, Angelic Bliss (Cat. #85)
• Commended - Scott Cooper, Urn (Cat. #79)

Drayton South Photography Prize

• First Prize - Janice Hanicar, Terra Firma (Cat. #107)
• Second Prize - Holly Whitelaw, Pop Apples (Cat. #128)
• Hunter Valley Hydraulink Encouragement Prize - Karen Davis, Whispers Of The Forest (Cat. #99)
• Highly Commended - John Hodges, Blue Fountains, Cockle Bay (Cat. #108)
• Commended - Anna Gipps, Sunrise On The Ganges (Cat. #104)

Local Aboriginal Art Prize

• First Prize -  Fiona Murray, West Of The Hills (Cat. #139)
  
• Second Prize - Michael Stair, Beginning - Baiame And Rainbow Serpent (Cat. #140)
• Berry & French Pharmacy Encouragement Prize - Christine Howden, Long Days (Cat. #138)
• Highly Commended - Debbie Becker, Bush Potato (Cat. #137)

Esther Bellis Youth Prize

• First Prize – Tamara Kendall, Mr Cummings (Cat. #159)
• Second Prize – Indya Howden, Milk N Two (Cat. #155)
• Framing Good Encouragement Prize - Indya Howden, Franciss (Cat. #156)
• Highly Commended -  Dylan Edwards, Like Vincent Did (Cat. #151) 
• Commended - Lara Collins, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (Cat. #146)
• Commended - Annabelle Farnworth, Ballet Shoes (Cat. #152)

Congratulations and thank you to all who entered the Muswellbrook Local Art Awards 2015.

Thank you to all the sponsors of this year’s Awards:

• Berry & French Pharmacy
• Drayton South
  
• Elks Enterprises Pty Ltd
• Framing Good
• Hunter Valley Hydraulink
• Hunter Valley Printing
• The Estate of Isabel Esther Bellis
• Max Watters OAM
• The Viola Bromley Bequest