Top Art on Show award goes to Mackay artist
Art on Show judge says winning work stood out due to the artist's technical ability.
Mackay
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DESPITE being worried that his taste in artwork has become more conservative into his old age, Art on Show judge Robert Heather said while his choice leaned to a more traditional style, the winning work stood out to him due to the technical ability of the artist.
The winning work, Old Girl Resting, painted by Mackay artist Bradley Short, depicts the a moody and isolated scene on the easily recognisable Town Beach. The viewer's attention is drawn to the middle ground of the painting where the abandoned yacht that has sat on Town Beach since April lies beached on a sand bank.
Coordinator of the Art on Show awards, Melissa Broadhurst, said she was very happy to see the top prize, the Woollam Constructions Art on Show Award, go to the Mackay-based artist whose work represents the local community.
"I am so thrilled for him. His work has just come along greatly... it is very good to see,” she said.
Mr Heather, who selected Mr Short's painting from more than 260 entries submitted from as far as Cairns and Tasmania, said the work stood out from other entries.
"Brad's work has such technical prowess and it is a fantastic capturing of a site and a place in time,” he said.
"Just the sheer skill in that work is very apparent, so it is something that just stands out in the exhibition.”
Art on Show chose Mr Heather to judge the competition due to his ties to the region's art community.
When Mackay's first gallery, Artspace Mackay, opened in 2003 Mr Heather was the gallery's first director and launched programs including the Libris Awards and the Focus on Artists' Books event.
"It is the first time I have been back in Mackay for just over 10 years so it is good to come back, it has been a long time,” he said.
"It is nice to see things like Artspace Mackay still going strong, there is a lot of growth that has happened in the last 10 years.
Mr Short's artwork, alongside other works entered in Art on Show, will be on display and for sale during the Mackay Show, which starts today.
RESULTS:
$3000 Overall Winner - Woollam Constructions Art on Show Award 2018
Artist: Bradley Short
Title of Work: Old Girl Resting
Section 1 - Riot Art & Craft Easel Painting Award
1st Place $1000
Artist: Jo Mitchell
Title of Work: At the Table
Highly Commended $350
Artist: Elizabeth Gair Palmer
Title of Work: Tropical Garden
Commended $150
Artist: Jenni Hanna
Title of Work: A Beautiful Soul
Special Mention:
Artist: Ainslie McMahon Title of Work: Drought in the Lucky Country
Artist: Jack Martin Title of Work: Ellen
Artist: Joanne Kerr Title of Work: Lyrical Grasses
Artist: Carol Bell Title of Work: Showtime
Artist: Emma Ward Title of Work: Nest, string & stone: my family portrait
Artist: Linda Danvers Title of Work: Landscape
Artist: Janet Ambrose Title of Work: Summertime Rains
Section 2 - Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Works on Paper Award
1st Place $1000
Artist: Jet James
Title of Work: Moon Whispers
Highly Commended $350
Artist: Kaye Green
Title of Work: The Nomad
Commended $150
Artist: Traci Lietzke
Title of Work: Midsummer dreaming
Special Mention:
Artist: Janet Ambrose Title of Work: Muller
Artist: Leonie Wood Title of Work: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Artist: Kerry Williams Title of Work: Foam
Artist: Kaye Green Title of Work: Tree with mellow spirit
Section 3 - 7 Mackay Local News Miniature Award
1st Place $1000
Artist: Lindsay J. Conroy
Title of Work: Reflective Waters
Highly Commended $350
Artist: Christine Porter
Title of Work: Magpie XXIV
Commended $150
Artist: Jennifer O'Young
Title of Work: Mahal Intimacy
Special Mention:
Artist: Bernhardine Mueller Title of Work: Fishy Tales
Artist: Glenis Gray Title of Work: Kangaroo Country
Artist: Catherine McQuoid-Mason Title of Work: Sunday Afternoon
Section 4 - North Jacklin Emergent Artist Award
1st Place $500
Artist: Jaimie Allen
Title of Work: The diverse layers of migration
Highly Commended $250
Artist: Troy Bajamundi
Title of Work: Fading
Commended $150
Artist: Hanah Tibbles
Title of Work: The Media's Society
Included in Section 4 - Riot Art & Craft Emergent Artists Arts Practice Award
Prize $500
Artist: Jamie Allen
Title of Work: The diverse layers of migration
Special Mention:
Artist: Sophie Bridge Title of Work: Painting of a Girl
Artist: Nicola Grobler Title of Work: Self-care
Artist: Babita Khatri Title of Work: Now You See Me
Artist: Niamh Lowe Title of Work: Womanhood
Section 5 - Ray White Mackay City Artists Book Award
1st Place $1,000
Artist: Avril Makula
Title of Work: Green
Highly Commended $350
Artist: Mandy Gunn
Title of Work: Book of Books and Scroll of Scrolls
Commended $150
Artist: Printbank Mackay
Title of Work: The Exquisite Corps
Special Mention:
Artist: Barbara Davidson Title of Work: The Sound of Colour
Artist: Jamian Stayt Title of Work: Innocence. Irreverence. Negligence. Repentance.
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