MAJOR PRIZES AND AWARDS ANNOUNCED
IMAGE RESOURCES MAJOR OVERALL AWARD $3500
Winner: Don't judge a book by its cover, JORDEE SIMMONS
SHIRE OF DANDARAGAN PURCHASE PRIZE $1500
Winner: Spliced - Wongonderrah Nature Reserve to Wilbinga,
TIGES MORTON
BENDIGO BANK LOCAL RESIDENT AWARD $1000
Winner: Spliced - Wongonderrah Nature Reserve to Wilbinga,
TIGES MORTON
TRONOX PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD $500
Winner: To be announced at conclusion of festival
ReachingOut Counselling Service CHILDREN’S ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD $150
Winner: Jetty, MICHAEL THOMPSON
apa sponsored Primary School Art Prize $100
Winner: Living on a Rainbow, LEITA MURRAY
FEATURE SECTION
Welded Sculpture from Recycled Metal $1000
Winner: Lil Red Fin', SPENCER MANNING
Highly Commended: Spring bark hound, MURRAY FORD
Highly Commended: Fly me to the Moon, SPENCER MANNING
Highly Commended: "SID" SPENCER MANNING
ART SECTION
A. Oil/Acrylic - Landscape, seascape, street-scape, townscape, dreamscape $1000
Winner: Creating Conway reef - A Tribute, KIERA
Highly Commended: Paddle Out, DEBORAH STOREY
Highly Commended: Going on COuntry Learning our Kids our Culture, ALICE WARREL
Highly Commended: The Wave, SUZANNE LOGUE
Highly Commended: Love is a colour only some can see, JANE GRAHAM
B. Oil/Acrylic - People, portraits, pets, still life, flora/fauna/fish, the imaginative/ abstract $1000
Winner: "In The Spotlight", SHIREEN MANNING
Highly Commended: Moort Danjoo, BUFFIE CORUNNA
C. Watercolour - any subject $1000
Winner: Australian Red Wattlebird on Callistemon, ROBYN EDWARDS
Highly Commended: Little Secrets, LADDAWAN WONG
Highly Commended: Walk Amongst The Trees, STEPHANIE ANNE BOYLE
D. Other Media/Mixed media including pastel, pencil, crayon, ink, collage etc. $1000
Winner: Martu Man - Central Desert, CHELINAY GATES
Highly Commended: Lighthouse, Point Moore Geraldton, CAM FITZGERALD
Highly Commended: The Jetty, TRUDI BIOCICH
Highly Commended: Sudio Still Life with Silver Princess Gum Nuts, WILLEMINA FOEKEN
E. Sculpture - any medium $1000
Winner: As Cunning As, BRIAN PLANK
Highly Commended: Birds in Flight, GREEN HEAD MEN'S SHED
F. Art by a High school student $100
Winner: River Side, CHANTELLE PRIES
G. Art by a Primary school student $50 GIFT VOUCHER Sponsored by Art and Craft World
Winner: Space Craft, JACK TURBETT
Highly Commended: "The sea", HAYDEN WOODFORD
Highly Commended: "The Heart of Street Art", JORJA HARPER
Highly Commended: "Sacrifice the Jaw", LUCUS WRIGHT
CRAFT SECTION
H. 3-dimensional objects / jewellery, wood, metals, ceramic, leather, glass, plastics, found materials $1000
Winner: Drought, WILLIAM UPCHURCH
Highly Commended: Jarrah burl bowl, IAN MCGILLIVRAY
Highly Commended: Kumiko Panel Box, JOHN ASTILL
I. Textiles/Fashion/Quilts $1000
Winner: Not immune to Nature, MEGAN BYRNE
K. Craft by a Primary school student $50 GIFT VOUCHER Sponsored by Art and Craft World
Winner: Solar System, HAYDEN WOODFORD and JAMES SAKETKARN
WRITTEN BUSH POETRY
L. Adult Bush Poetry $250
Winner: In Their Footsteps, TERRENCE E PIGGOT
Highly Commended: Custodians, CATHERINE LEE
Highly Commended: This Land of Ours, SHELLEY HANSEN
PHOTOGRAPHY SECTION
M. Portraiture $250
Winner: Winter Joy, JUSTINE EACOTT
Highly Commended: Come on, JASON HARRIS
N. Landscape / Seascape $250
Winner: Misty Pinnacles, TREVOR WALLEY
Highly Commended: Insignificant, JASON HARRIS
O. Flora / Fauna $250
Winner: Ghost Tree, PAUL GAZELEY
Highly Commended: Deep in Thought, DANIEL ANDERSON
Highly Commended: The Wonder of Nature, PATSY BRIOTTI
Highly Commended: Dancing Soldier Crabs, WENDY HENRIQUES