Another year of outstanding quality of entries- the overall vibe evolved, as this year saw the highest number of first-time entrants in a single year for the last decade….
Judged by Danni Liu
Nina Volk "Golden Light" Acquisitive Winner
Tammy Briggs "Cluster" 2nd Contemporary
Rita Boyadjian "Overdue Sorrow" Commended Contemporary
Diane Turnbull "Sunset in the Valley" Highly Commended Contemporary
Karen Malmgren "Dancing with Red" Winner Contemporary
Holly Whitelaw "Wilt, Fall, Root, Rise, Bloom" 2nd Flowers
Ros Psakis "Roses" Commended Flowers
Eugenia Dunlevie "Orange-Blue" Highly Commended Flowers
Jo Seoyoung "For You Forever" Winner Flowers
Wendy Mason-Jones "Windswept Greys" 2nd Local
Polina Trost "Painting 1" Commended Local
Patricia Cooke "Iguana" Highly Commended Local
Jo Seoyoung "King" Winner Local
Hayley McLachlan "Spotted Pardalote" 2nd Miniature
Diana Garth "A Country Afternoon" Commended Minature
Susan Joyce "The Golden Hind" Highly Commended Minature
David Lake "Light and Shade" Winner Minature
Kay Lovie "Flooded Gums, Coonamble, NSW" Overall Winner
Cheryl Barrett "There's a Storm Coming, Medow Glen, Cobar" Winner Packers Prize
Therese Hudson "Tigerly Love" 2nd Pencil Pen and Ink
Stewart Hambrett "Olivia" Commended Pencil Pen and Ink
Sarah Spencer "Owl" Highly Commended Pencil Pen and Ink
Lorna Wall "Challenge (Satin Bowerbird)" Winner Pencil Pen and Ink
Geordie Perkins "Changeling" 2nd Portrait
Helene Ruma "Giraffe" Commended Portrait
Marcia Rea "Kaisha" Highly Commended Portrait
Jo Seoyoung "You Know Who I Am" Winner Portrait
Donna Gilbertson "Lost and Found" 2nd Still Life
Hayley McLachlan "Mirror Image" Commended Still Life
Gaye Shields "Pickled Pears" Highly Commended Still Life
John Edge "still Life with Eggs" Winner Still Life
Eugenia Dunlevie "Newcastle-Before" 2nd Watercolour
Carol Avery "Tranquility" Commended Traditional
Elena Churilova "Shipyard" Highly Commended Traditional
Kay McFarlane Smith "Exploring Kalbarri" Winner Traditional
Elena Churilova "Urban Fairy Tale" 2nd Watercolour
Earl Hingston "Negotiating the Corryvreckan Whirlpool" Commended Watercolour
Sarah Spencer "Foreshore Lake Cathie" Highly Commended Watercolour
Nina Volk "Newcastle Baths at Sunset" Winner Watercolour
Ava Meynell "Imagination" 2nd Youth 8-12
Liam Anderson "The Family" 3rd Youth 8-12
Lumi Guimaraes Estansilau "Yummy Yam" Commended Youth 8-12
Evelyn Sanson "Outback Emu" Highly Commended Youth 8-12
Ivy Hogeboom "Jelly Blubbers" Winner Youth 8-12
Mia Hogeboom "Tide" 2nd Youth 13-15
Mia Hogeboom "I See You" 3rd Youth 13-15
Elisabeth O'Brien "Another Winter Burn-Off" Commended Youth 13-15
Lailah Strachan "Underwater Escape" Highly Commended Youth 13-15
Alisha Sawatske "The Gaze" Winner Youth 13-15 and Winner People's Choice Award
Skye Warkotz "Mother's Love" 2nd Youth 16-18
Gabriella Janse Van Rensburg "Newcastle Landscape" 3rd Youth 16-18
Bethany Sanson "Luna Red" Commended Youth 16-18
Skye Warkotz "Hangin' On" Highly Commended Youth 16-18
Gabriella Janse Van Rensburg "Still Life #1 Autumn" Winner Youth 16-18