The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate all the winners in the RQAS 135th Members Annual, A Mix of Media exhibition for 2025.
Thank you also to our judges David Wells and Szczepan Urbanowicz. Please scroll down to view the winning artworks and judges’ comments.
Section 2 – Watercolour Painting
First Prize
End of Day
by Tony Walker
A wood filled composition with rich, vibrant shadows and misty depth. Lively brushstrokes and adjusted perspective lends the viewer to be drawn into this painting. Great balance and control of colour range. Less is more – well done.
Second Prize
Misty Morning Kangaroo Point
by Helen Caldwell
Clarity of thought with clear intention to develop a complexity of mid-tones to tell the story of an urban fabric with hinted edges and light points. The warmth of an early morning sunrise gives weight to the coldness of the fog filled morning river’s edge.
Highly Commended
The Love Chamber 1
by Umihee Kim
Exquisitely crafted composition. Highly personal collection of objects reflecting a moment in time. Organisation of composition to the left opens a dialogue about another space and another moment.
Section 3 – Photography, Digital Painting and Digital Manipulation
First Prize
Organic CPU
by Luella Price
Visually engaging and a strangely confronting subject.
Second Prize
Waiting 4EVA
by Robyn Carr
Great example of a work which has a strong sense of ongoing and unknown storyline.
Section 5 – Drawing, all media
First Prize
Broken Mast
by Naomi Hatt
Deeper narrative illuminates a delicate balance between the koala and the leaves/galleon suggested to the left of composition. The interplay becomes more powerful than the detail. Control of tones, pencil strokes and composition is exquisite.
Second Prize
Beneath the Watch of Knitted Boughs
by Robyn Bauer
A calligraphic approach with repetitive dynamic contrasts gives this image a power and weight that elevates the composition beyond the static to a flood of complexity and detail.
Section 6 – 2D Works, all other media
First Prize
Riomaggiore, A Patchwork of Colour, Cinque Terre, Italy
by Jan Hutchinson
Very considered work. Painstakingly executed while retaining a sense of life and colour.
Second Prize
Singing Bowl
by Richard Blundell
A highly intricate, multi-layered work that we both kept coming back to over and over again.
Section 7 – Pastels
First Prize
La Sylph
by Teresa Durie
Visually striking work that we found both eerie and intriguing.
Second Prize
Siblings
by Belinda Stokes
Very technical execution of a difficult subject with an endearing quality.
Young Artist Award – RQAS Members Annual, A Mix of Media
Self Portrait
by Lilah McMahon
Strongly rendered, considered work. An excellent use of colour, and an engaging subject matter.
