Prize Winners, Highly Commended & Commended

2026 PRIZE WINNERS

BEST EXHIBIT (any medium)

WINNER           BRETT PIERCE         1569   SOUTH BEACH, MOUNT MARTHA

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

ANGELO QUABBA                      1579   VIEW FROM MOUNT St PAUL

JENNY JACKSON                       1329   RED CENTRE 3

HUGH FOSTER                           1181   STORM OVER AIREY'S INLET

 

BEST MORNINGTON PENINSULA SCENE

WINNER           ANDREW STEVENS      1658   BLOWHOLE LOW TIDE (Oil)

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

NINA VOLK                                  1698   LIGHT HOUSE MORNINGTON

MALCOLM WEBSTER                 1715   POINT KING BEACH

YIHAN LI                                       1411   BRONZE AND FRUIT                               

JOHN BREDL                               1073   SORRENTO LOWTIDE

MAX WILKS                                  1742   A GREAT SAILING DAY MORNINGTON

HERMANN SCHWAIGER             1620   SUNNY ARVO MORNINGTON

              

COMMENDED

QIAN ZHAD                                  1792   AFTERNOON IN BLOOM

LYN DAVIS                                   1141   BUSH DISCOVERY 2

DAVID IVEY                                  1322   SAILING AT MOUNT MARTHA

CHERRY MANDERS                    1446   AZURE BLUE JUG

 

BEST OIL

WINNER           TALIA APELA                    1009   VENUS MUSE

 

BEST ACRYLIC

WINNER           DONALD BATE                  1036   EAGLE NESTING LOLLIPOP LAND

COMMENDED

TONY WESTON                          1728   SURVIVOR RED TAILED BLACK COCKATOO

CATHERINE HAMILTON             1263   EVENING REFLECTIONS-SHOREHAM

HAYLEY ASHE                            1011   DINGY AT REST

 

BEST WATERCOLOUR

WINNER           LINDSAY Mc DOUGALL         1466   AFTER THE STORM

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

ANNEE KELLY                                      1359   A DAY AT THE BEACH

DONG LIN ZHANG                                1787   St PAULS CATHEDRAL MELBOURNE

JO-ANNE SEBERRY                             1625   GOLDEN LIGHT MORNINGTON

JOHN ORLANDO BIRT                          1055   EVENING LIGHT, Mt BEAUTY VICTORIA

PATRICIA MIRABILE                              1497   SHIRE HALL BEACH, MORNINGTON

 

BEST PASTEL

WINNER           LIZ TURNER                     1679   CONNECTION TO COUNTRY

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED

LYN MELLADY                                            1487   GUNNAMATTA AFTERNOON

 

 

BEST DRAWING AND/OR OTHER MEDIUM

WINNER           DEBRA WINN                      1751   A MOMENT IN TIME  

 

BEST CONTEMPORARY

WINNER           JORDAN RICHARDSON       1586   WESTGARTH THEATRE

 

COMMENDED

JO CUNNINGHAM                   1133   HOT LIPS

              

BEST ABSTRACT

WINNER           MATTHEW PETRUCCI           1563   HIDDEN SECRETS

 

BEST VCE ARTWORK

WINNER           BELLA GARTRELL                      NO TITLE         

 

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

WINNER            ROBERT WENGRITZKY              1720   GALAXIES AND CANOLA

COMMENDED

IRINI MITIN                               1507   EUCALYPTUSES ON DARK

DEBRA COCHRANE                1125   LAND OF THE DRAGON

JULIA KALINKINA                     1345   THE SYMMETRY WITHIN-BANKSIA 3

 

DON GORDON PACKING ROOM PRIZE

WINNER           BEN WINSPEAR          1756    SILVER MORNING-MELBOURNE CBD         

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