The diversity of entries this year was notable!
There was something for everyone….
Judged by Barry McCann
 
                  
                    
                ACQUISITIVE WINNER: 5025 DAN MOULTON “ENCOUNTER”
 
                  
                    
                CONTEMPORARY 2ND: 3086 SIMON MCCULLOUGH “ELEVEN HOUR POWER NAP”
 
                  
                    
                CONTEMPORARY HIGHLY COMMENDED: 3088 KAY MCFARLANE-SMITH “THE COLOUR OF MY MEMORIES”
 
                  
                    
                CONTEMPORARY 1ST: 3076 KAREN MALMGREN "BENEATH”
 
                  
                    
                FLOWERS 2ND: 6016 VIVIEN DWYER “FAREWELL FLOWERS”
 
                  
                    
                FLOWERS HIGHLY COMMENDED: 6033 KAY LOVIE “GUM BLOSSOMS”
 
                  
                    
                FLOWERS 1ST: 6032 DANNI LIU “NATIVE WONDERS”
 
                  
                    
                LOCAL 2ND: 8026 HEIDI STEYN “AFRICAN WILD DOGS- TUG OF WAR”
 
                  
                    
                LOCAL HIGHLY COMMENDED: 8035 DEBRA SPENCE “MUSK LORIKEET”
 
                  
                    
                LOCAL 1ST: 8025 DEBRA SPENCE “THE POTTER”
 
                  
                    
                MINIATURE 2ND: 7049 CAROL TOOGOOD “GREEN TEA”
 
                  
                    
                MINIATURE HIGHLY COMMENDED: 7005 REGINA BREWSTER “PATHWAY”
 
                  
                    
                MINIATURE 1ST: 7048 MADELEINE SZYMANSKI “ON THE TRACK”
 
                  
                    
                2025 OVERALL WINNER: 1072 DAN MOULTON “BY THE BEACH AT SUNSET”
 
                  
                    
                PACKERS PRIZE: 9021 SHARON MORONEY “THIEF OF WISDOM”
 
                  
                    
                PENCIL PEN AND INK 2ND: 5037 LORNA WALL “GIRAFFE’S RITUAL”
 
                  
                    
                PENCIL PEN AND INK HIGHLY COMMENDED: 5020 MATILDA MICHELL “THE FATES”
 
                  
                    
                PENCIL PEN AND INK 1ST: 5024 DAN MOULTON “AT HOME ON THE SEA”
 
                  
                    
                PORTRAIT 2ND: 9017 HAYLEY MCLACHLAN “HAPPY AS”
 
                  
                    
                PORTRAIT HIGHLY COMMENDED: 9004 CAROL AVERY “EVOCATIVE”
 
                  
                    
                PORTRAIT 1ST: 9006 ELENA CHURILOVA “MEMORIES”
 
                  
                    
                STILL LIFE 2ND: 4005 ELENA CHURILOVA “KEEP IT SIMPLE”
 
                  
                    
                STILL LIFE 1ST: 4003 DONNA BOKODY “IT’S CITRUS TIME”
 
                  
                    
                TRADITIONAL 2ND: 1056 KAREN MALMGREN “BEACH BREAK”
 
                  
                    
                TRADITIONAL COMMENDED: 1063 JAMES MCKINNON “SAND JEWELS”
 
                  
                    
                TRADITIONAL HIGHLY COMMENDED: 1060 KAY MCFARLANE-SMITH “BREAKING THE SILENCE”
 
                  
                    
                TRADITIONAL 1ST: 1101 MADELEINE SZYMANSKI “TIME OUT”
 
                  
                    
                WATERCOLOUR 2ND: 2003 CAROL AVERY "SURFACING"
 
                  
                    
                WATERCOLOUR COMMENDED: 2034 ROSS KURTZ “WILLOWVALE MORNING”
 
                  
                    
                WATERCOLOUR HIGHLY COMMENDED: 2028 TANYA HOOLIHAN "TIPPLERS BANE"
 
                  
                    
                WATERCOLOUR 1ST: 2039 DANNI LIU "HAVING A BALL"
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 8-12 YEARS 2ND: 12005 SOPHIA CRAM “DISCO THE DRAGON”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 8-12 YEARS 3RD: 12017 EVELYN SANSON “SUGAR GLIDERS”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 8-12 YEARS HIGHLY COMMENDED: 12004 SOPHIA CRAM “FIRE BIRD”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 8-12 YEARS 1ST: 12018 HARPER SOUTHALL “WONDER”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 13-15 YEARS 2ND: 11013 ELISABETH O’BRIEN “CATTLE WITH RAINBOW”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 13-15 YEARS 3RD: 11017 SUMMER TAYLOR “A SHEPHERD’S GAZE”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 13-15 YEARS HIGHLY COMMENDED: 11003 AMBER BROWN “TOADALLY INTO YOU”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 13-15 YEARS 1ST: 11016 LACEY POHLE “I CALL HER JESS”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 16-18 YEARS 2ND: 10003 RACHEL BOCK “SELF PORTRAIT”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 16-18 YEARS 3RD: 10002 HOLLY BARRETT “STILL LIFE”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 16-18 YEARS COMMENDED: 10008 ABIGAIL SEE “STILL LIFE”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 16-18 YEARS HIGHLY COMMENDED: 10005 TEAGAN RUNDLE “STILL LIFE”
 
                  
                    
                YOUTH 16-18 YEARS 1ST: 10007 ALISHA SAWATSKE “FOCUS”
 
                  
                    
                PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNER: 1087 RENEE SANSON "RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO"
