Judge: Jan Martin
Prize: $500
Paul Margocsy – Australian White Faced Herons
Highly Commended Certificate
Adrian Neill - Socially Isolating
BEST WATERCOLOUR
Judge: Jan Martin
Prize: $200
Julie Goldspink – Early Morning Light
This painting reveals competent handling of watercolour techniques and reveals a freedom of expression and a delight in capturing the atmosphere of the moment.
Highly Commended Certificates
Rod Cross – Ominous Sky , Lake Wellington.
Helene Warne – The Eucalypts
Celia Xaio – The Morning Meadow
BEST OIL OR ACRYLIC
Judge: Jan Martin
Prize: $200
Oria Massa – Pure Love
This is a very competent and strong work full of emotion. The artist shows skill in handling the medium for a powerful effect. The artist is aware of design elements and compositional skills and the work reveals strong drawing skills and use of colour
Highly Commended Certificates
Lynne Bertali – Tears for Minnie
Do Noble – Afternoon Warmth
Agota Varga – Darkness on the Sea
Agnes Szetey – Morning light
BEST MIXED MEDIA
Judge: Jan Martin
Prize: $200
Paul Margocsy – Australian Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
Paul is a master of Wildlife painting. He captures the essence of the spirit his subjects. He has an amazingly keen eye for detailed information in his birds which are juxtaposed against a pale tonal background. His drawing skills and his sense of design and composition all contribute to powerful art works, full of emotion and feeling for his subject matter.
Highly Commended Certificates
Wendy Sinclair – Barn Owl Incognito
Ervin Molnar – A Day in September
BEST DRAWING
Judge: Jan Martin
Prize: $200
Adrian Neill – Socially Isolating
This artist is a highly skilled draftsman. No detail escapes his intense vision. This drawing, so relevant today, highlights the loneliness of isolation. Competence in technique strengthens the power of his emotional message.
BEST SCENE EAST GIPPSLAND
Judge: Jan Martin
Prize: $200
Les Pascoe – Upper Tambo Track
In this oil painting the artist has captured the intimate feel of the landscape from a personal view. The compositional and design skills contribute to a well balance work revealing competent use of technique and colour.
Highly Commended Certificates
Rod Cross – Ominous Sky Lake Wellington
Julie Robinson – Den of Nargen
BEST PASTEL:
Judge: Jan Martin
Prize: $200
Julie Robinson – High Profile
This painting reveals an extremely high level of skill, combined with a gentle sensitivity towards the subject. It is a sound design compositionally, and an emotionally strong work.
Highly Commended Certificate
Linda Robinson – Morning Shadows
BEST PHOTOGRAPH
Judge: Norm Neilson
Prize: $200
Brant Eustice - ROME 2003 2
A beautifully created composition, portraying a powerful visual tension between the two subjects. The young lady is in perfect exposure & focus, the photographer John has captured the potential here, with just that touch of her red shirt, framed by her shiny black jacket. Being in colour and having the formation of these features, make her the dominant focal point of the image, the photographer has used colour brilliantly here to create a powerful leading line into the image. However, as we progress to the other person's face, I see a powerful sense of ongoing tension, the photographer's use of soft grain in this face gives one a strong sense of a disturbing history.
Congratulations Brant, Beautifully captured and in my view a very worthy winner of First Prize.
Highly Commended Certificate
John Callahan - Cobargo Fire
Congratulations to John for composing this beautiful image. The use of Sepia Toning is first class and a very wise choice for the dramatics of this Image. The Photographers choice of sepia gives a sense of peace, instead of what could have been taken as a turbulent frightening reminder of this tragic time. The depth of field is well implemented by the photographer and gives great depth of vision to all of this landscape.
The charred remains of the land scape combined with the last invading plumes of smoke in the back ground and enhanced with the sepia toning have helped to invoke a powerful sense of remembrance, making this Image a time the folk of Cobargo will have indelibly printed in their minds forever. A monumental Image of what will no doubt hold many memories for the folk of Cobargo.
Congratulations John
Highly Commended Certificate
Yvonne Schnelle - The Colour Of Life
Congratulations Yvonne on choosing a very artistic and of the moment subject. This image depicts the wonderful new epicormic leaf growth appearing after the recent bush fires. The focus is pin sharp, and exposure is spot on, in all the necessary areas of new leaf growth and the char blackened trees. The depth of field is excellent, leaving only the extreme background to blur out, with a beautiful bokeh. The negative space in the foreground allows a clear leading space into the subject area. The subject chosen is not only viable for the present-day happenings, It is a magical artistic subject by default of this tragic series of events.
I congratulate you on quality and the composition of your chosen subject.
BEST SCULPTURE
Judge: Kate Shone
Prize: $200
Stitches & Textiles
Judge: Jan Martin
Highly Commended Certificates
Karen Ridley 'No Mud No Lotus'
Julie Webb - Mint Slimline Dress
Lions Club President's Pick
Category: Photograph
Brant Eustice - Rome 2003
Category: Under 16 years of age
Zinnia Weight - Turtle (acrylic)
Vincient Weight - Kangaroo in the trees (acrylic)
