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Winners – Young Artist Award 2022

The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate all the winners in the 2022 Young Artist Award, part of the RQAS Biennial.

Thanks also to our Judge Ben Smith.

Please scroll down to view the winning artworks and judges comments.

Section 1: 18-30yrs

First Prize

Cactus Hour

by Olivia Dean-Jones

JUDGES COMMENTS

A beautiful portrait with an energetic bold feeling.

Second Prize

Is There Still Life Here

by Isabella Paxton

JUDGES COMMENTS

Looks to be lovingly render from life! A skill to be encouraged. And witty title.

Section 2: 17yrs and under

First Prize

Disparity

by Ava Merolla

JUDGES COMMENTS

Beautifully drawn with mood and character. Well constructed and subtlety distorted for feeling. Interesting use of the digital media.

Highly Commended

Life

by Dorothy Huang

JUDGES COMMENTS

One of the most imaginative works in the room. A great talent for the future.

Peoples Choice

To be announced at the conclusion of the exhibition

Winners – 132nd Members Annual 2022

The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate the winners of the 132nd Members Annual,

judged by María Saurí, Julie Fay Brims and Julie Manning .

Exhibition continues in Petrie Terrace Gallery until Sunday 3rd July.

Overall Winner – Best Artwork

Vista #11

by Laura Phillips

Oil on Board

Judges Comments:

This painting has an intentional two-dimensional feel in its composition and presentation which is quite beautiful in its effect. The palette used is subtle and evocative. Although the work is a rendition of a traditional subject, i.e., a still life, there is no hint here of antiquity. The artist in this case has made it their own, creating a work which seems timeless.

SECTION 1: Painting – Oils & Acrylics

First Prize

Tim Page. War Photographer

by Joanne Brooker

Acrylic on Panel

Judges Comments:

This work is bold and alive, painted in eye-catching colour. It is well-rounded as a painting: the elements of a war photographers’ life surrounding the subject give his character authenticity. The figure of Tim Page is commanding from the centre of the composition and painted with genuine expression. It is technically accomplished.

Second Prize

Encounter at Coochie

by Peter Hubbard

Oil on Board

Judges Comments:

This painting emanates light and warmth. It is very successful in telling its story around an encounter at Coochie. The composition is appealing and very natural. The artist has been skilled in depicting the figures and their interaction within the landscape. Overall, this is an enticing and atmospheric work.

Highly Commended

My Country 465

by Max Butler

Oil

Judges Comments:

This work shows very skilled use of a bold colour palette, set out in a clever composition. The bands of foreground, middle and background reveal their details slowly on continued examination of the painting – it invites looking and re-looking to discover the elements in each part of its striking landscape.

SECTION 2: Painting – Watercolour

First Prize

Carnarvons Forever

by Tony Walker

Watercolour

Judges Comments:

This work shows excellent use of a limited palette and expressive line work. The use of watercolour as a medium has been harnessed to its full extent in skilfully depicting the landscape. Overall, this is an evocative work which is infused with light.

Second Prize

Duck and Lilly under the Milky Way

by Wilna TenCate

Watercolour

Judges Comments:

This painting shows good balance between the watercolour use on the figure and the duck and an illustrative approach to the background. The figure, face and animal are sensitively and expressively depicted, with good technical skill. The overall composition is very well balanced.

SECTION 3: Photography, Digital Painting & Digital Manipulation

First Prize

Bend It

by Di Cox

Digital

Judges Comments:

There is a very effective two-dimensional presence to this work. The composition is balanced, and the inclusion of chairs on the open space in the foreground gives the work a light-hearted summery feel.

Second Prize

Colour in the Fog

by Richard McLaren

Photography

Judges Comments:

The photographer here has captured a mystical and ethereal quality to the subject matter of a landscape in fog, which translates well as a larger presentation.

SECTION 4: Sculpture – 3D works all media

First Prize

Maggie

by Kathy Sullivan

Wirework

Judges Comments:

This wirework sculpture is delicately constructed. When it is hung and diffused with light, it creates an evocative shadow of a magpie, bringing the bird to life in the room. This is skillfully devised and when hung, a fluidly mobile sculpture.

SECTION 5: Drawing – All Media

First Prize

Ngoanga – Place of Figs Petrie

by Robyn Bauer

Charcoal

Judges Comments:

This charcoal drawing achieves excellent tonal difference and has an overall compositional balance. The fig trees are gracefully drawn, with depth and strength.

SECTION 6: 2D Artworks – Any Other Media

First Prize

“Flavigny 3, Ed1/6”

by Katia Strounina

Wood Engraving

Judges Comments:

This wood engraving achieves a wonderful chiaroscuro in its depiction of the town gates of Flavigny. The work exhibits excellent technical artistry, and the lines which create the texture of buildings, foreground and sky are beautifully rendered. There is much movement and light in the sky to balance the darker foreground and buildings. The scene appears ancient but timeless, with great depth.

Second Prize

Blue and Yellow

by Alan Fletcher

Watercolour, Acrylic and Pen

Judges Comments:

This work exhibits excellent skill in composition, and very effective use of the different media used. The delicate nest of lines in the middle are texturally and sensitively rendered, and the blue bar at the top provides requisite balance. Each of the three elements contrasts with the others in shape, media and texture, but successfully integrates into a very balanced and intriguing whole.

Highly Commended

Going About Living

by Wayne Singleton

Hand Coloured Linocut Print

Judges Comments:

This linocut print displays immense skill in the detail of the scene and in the delicate hand colouring of the birds. The eye of the viewer is drawn again and again to explore the intricacies of the scene. The work encourages full immersion into the forest that is depicted and the living elements within it.

People’s Choice

Gap Creek

by Qi Liu

Oil

Marie Adams

Banksia Man.1
Jessica greening buildings
Riparian Zone

My focus is on portraiture, life drawing and the Australian landscape. I am fascinated by the dilemma of portraying people; of how to capture an aspect of each person’s unique image and tell something of their story in a way that they are comfortable with, but retains integrity.

I enjoy the challenge of life drawing; of trying to portray the person in front of me in a limited amount of time and the moment when you feel that your eye and hand are working in unison.

Currently I am trying to combine figurative work with landscape, and in particular, the Australian bush. I am always inspired by places that I visit and the people I meet and I try and recreate these experiences in my work. I am interested in exploring environmental and social justice issues in my art practice.

I am drawn by the visual, tactile, compulsive nature of making art. I work with charcoal, ink, watercolour, pastels, acrylic and gouache on paper and oil paint on canvas. I like working with clay and I would like to experiment more with sculpture and mixed media.

Winners – Different Dimensions 2022

The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate all the winners in the Different Dimensions 2022 Exhibition.

Thanks also to our Judge Catherine Reason Macauley, and Fellows Selector Frances McKennariey. Please scroll down to view the winning artworks and judges comments.

First Prize

 

Patchwork Totem

by Jennifer Long

JUDGES COMMENTS

Lovely subtle shapes and softness.

Second Prize

Hunting Dog

by Dr Ekaterina Strounina

JUDGES COMMENTS

There is a strength in the pose that is quite compelling I keep walking back to this piece to tell me more.. the intensity is there but it doesn’t quite tell a story.

 

Third Prize

In Praise of Women

by Glenise Clelland

JUDGES COMMENTS

A modest Appraisal of the female figure, charcoal outline with the subtle blushes of colour. the cylindrical shape doesn’t give a focal point.

Fellows Selection

Open to eligible RQAS Members. Selected by Frances McKennariey FRQAS

4 Lace Monitors

by Claudje Lecompte

SELECTORS COMMENTS

“I truly enjoyed discovering this elegantly realised creation inspired by the natural form and movement. The artist’s resolution of opposing elements into solid form are deeply satisfying.

Peoples Choice

Announced at the end of the exhibition.

Winners – Abstraction 2022

The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate all the winners in the Abstraction 2022 Exhibition.

Thanks also to our Judge Joe Furlonger, and Fellows Selector Frances McKennariey. Please scroll down to view the winning artworks and judges comments.

First Prize

 

Wind

by Johnny Huang

JUDGES COMMENTS

“Gesture attempting to explain an infinite by really letting fly.”

Second Prize

Untitled

by Joanne heath

JUDGES COMMENTS

The colours “bounce: and therefore lively, circle could hang without the coloured square.

 

Third Prize

Shadows

by Karen Knight

JUDGES COMMENTS

Strong drawing with good contrast.

Highly Commended

Doorway to Sunlight

by Lee Tainui

JUDGES COMMENTS

A good direction would work on bigger scale, the black is dramatic.

War Fear

by Helia Smith

JUDGES COMMENTS

Like the (technique of) drawing with paint.

Beauty; More Than The Immediately Obvious

by Dr Kay Kane

JUDGES COMMENTS

The pencil and wash is a beautiful & subtle medium.

Fellows Selection

Open to eligible RQAS Members. Selected by Frances McKennariey FRQAS

Circle Squared

by Joanne heath

SELECTORS COMMENTS

The work shows a deep sense of visual engagement. The dialogue between artist and work – equalibrium sought. A sense of time has evolved out of the optical play of layers by the use of direct & indirect painting.

Peoples Choice

Got to Move On

by Marijke Lambregtse

Winners – Brisbane: Landmarks, Landscapes & Personalities 2022

The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate all the winners in the Brisbane: Landmarks, Landscapes and Personalities 2022 Exhibition.

Thanks also to our Judge Maureen Hansen, and Fellows Selector Dr Kay Kane. Please scroll down to view the winning artworks and judges comments.

First Prize

 

“Two Bridges, View from the 28th Floor Riparian Plaza”

by Paul Drought

JUDGES COMMENTS

This work impressed me because of the style of the detail. It looks gestural and finely observed. I liked the peach side of the building. Ironically as soon as I saw it I recognised the view having painted it for the Tattersalls prize winning in 2007. The overall harmony of the work draws you in although I would have preferred more cerulean to the greens. The careful observation of the landscape wins the prize for me.

Second Prize

Bribie Bathers

by Peter Hubbard

JUDGES COMMENTS

 

This picture is a little gem. I especially like the figures in the sea and the variety of greens that depict the shoreline. It draws in all the way back to the ranges in the back – well done.

 

Third Prize

The Drive Home

by Garry Dolan

JUDGES COMMENTS

This composition is a winner. I have also been here in Brisbane and thought it would make a fine picture. I like the way the XXXX brewery is quelled down especially the simplification of Eddy Fourex. The phosphorous nature of the traffic lights, dusk reflections create mood. I dig it!

Highly Commended

Floressence

by Sue Smith

JUDGES COMMENTS

I loved the skill and composition of this work. I just found the flat white background doesn’t allow me to sink in past the surface. It reminded me of Matisse and the complex patterns were excellent from a painterly perspective.

“From Rations, to Wages, to Treaty”

by Colin Bushell

JUDGES COMMENTS

Excellent image that captures the 3 colours of the First Nations Flag. Crisp image of his face – love the light circle in top right.

Lovers’ Walk…Low Tide

by Owen Hutchison

JUDGES COMMENTS

I really enjoy the mark making in this work. The rhythm of the trees and the beauty of the composition. Technical dexterity is impressive.

Impermanence

by Alice Tsou

JUDGES COMMENTS

Really loved this work – would like to see more variety of colour in the water. Beautiful subtlety in the sky of rainbows. Some exquisite painting but shows an over reliance on photography.

Fellows Selection

Open to eligible RQAS Members. Selected by Dr Kay Kane FRQAS

Overlooking the Bay

by Dr Ekaterina Strounina

SELECTORS COMMENTS

I cannot pretend other than I loved this image immediately. The colours of the Poinciana blossoms – so Brisbane- literally dances across the upper third of the painting while the triangular structure of the trees branches lead your eye down to what is a typical QLD home. The eye naturally picks up the bright light to the left of the composition, taking your eye back up to the marvellous vibrant red of the Poinciana blossoms. This work is well structured and unified.

Peoples Choice

Announced at the end of the exhibition.

Robert John Burton

287-Panspermia Humanoid
donkeee farms final
365-Final Countdown++

Robert John Burton Profile

Robert John Burton trained as a painter at the Queensland College of Fine Arts from which he graduated with Honours in 1987 under Dr Pat Hoffie. This was built on previous involvement with several small art groups. After graduation, Burton moved to Townsville and established a career in ceramics and painting. His artwork is idiosyncratic resulting in an eclectic and fast-paced style which has been noted through many articles, collections, and past regular exhibitions. In 1999, he was presented with the TCC Visual Arts Award because of his extensive community involvement including various TCC projects as a sponsored artist, and participation in World Expo 88, the Australian Bicentennial Travelling Exhibition, and contribution to Out of the North Travelling Exhibition, (1989 to 1991) reaching 17 Regional Art Galleries in Eastern Australia including Tasmania, curated by the ANG. In 2011, he was a RADF Grant recipient to create art workshops for disadvantaged adults. Training as a secondary humanities teacher enabled him to move on from the northern flood event of 2019 which inundated his studio. After teaching, Burton returned to fulltime painting and uses his YouTube channel for advocacy on Autism Spectrum Disorder and uploads daily fast-painting demonstrations. Nature is his art school now and considers whether art is challenging or interesting. The beauty of nature is threatened and therefore an insistent reminder of our common universal being.

ART ON YOUTUBE:

Channel link: https://youtube.com/channel/UC9X7JoomLBRjQ_fWrwk7qaQ

YouTube Year-Long Daily Painting Challenge

Robert John Burton ARTIST BLOG: https://robertjohnburton.com

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Salon des Refuses – Petrie Terrace Gallery Award Winners

Congratulations to all the recipients of the Petrie Terrace Gallery Awards. Each Selector for the Salon des Refuses has chosen a work to receive this award.

Click here to view the awards presentation and official opening of the Salon des Refuses, or scroll down to view the winners and selectors comments.

Selected by Lewis Miller

Wrapped in Plastic

by Charlotte England

SELECTORS COMMENTS by Andrew Bonneau

A solid sense of form and use of colour, especially in the face. There is a beauty of shape within the folds of the plastic, an innovative composition and a very effective mood, referring to Twin Peaks but not relying on it.

Selected by Andrew Bonneau

Flaneur

by Purple Chang

SELECTORS COMMENTS

Wonderful use of a mid toned imprimatura, with solidly painted lights and transparent shadows. A variety of textural application of paint, and subtle, optical colour contribute to its effect, which is clearly an honesty painted self portrait, done from observation.

Selected by Dr Christine Kirkegard

The Owl of Minerva Flies at Dusk

by Dr Kay Kane

SELECTORS COMMENTS

Subject matter and abstract design considerations are given equal weight in this complex and powerful composition which may compel the viewer to consider the psychological and metaphysical elements of pictorial construction.

Visual relationships and directional rhythms across the canvas explore and synthesize the artist’s encounter with the image of self over time in veiled and overt appearances from the implacable gaze of a central recent self to the cyclic shape punctuations and space interludes of her past reflections.

The gestation of this painting is rooted in the act of many paintings each with its own dynamism of lines shapes and values here striving for a new compositional equilibrium and perhaps ultimately an aesthetic reconciliation.

Peoples Choice

Portrait of Luigi Casagrande

by Dr Qi Liu

Karen Collins

A Time to Reflect by Karen Collins Oil on Canvas $800
Golden Plains by Karen CollinsOil on Canvas $1500

As a keen hiker, I have been able to study more remote areas and translate them in oil paint. I hope to provide those who are unable to experience these beautiful vistas first hand a taste of the serenity experienced whilst in these areas. With the fast progression of global warming I fear these beautiful areas and the wildlife that lives within, will significantly change during my lifetime. My mission is to leave painted images of our world pre-climate change to remind mankind of their careless neglect.

 

Born and bred in Brisbane, I have also lived in London, Sydney and Melbourne. Whenever I am travelling overseas, I feel the pull of my beautiful Australia and am always grateful to be living in such a wonderful city and country!

 

When I’m not painting, I run ART ST (www.artst.com.au @artstbrisbane), an online art gallery that helps to promote Brisbane’s Emerging Artists and their art.

 

 

Accepts commissions | Free delivery for most locations within Australia

 

www.karencollinsartist.com

@karencollinsartist

 

Ph: 0413 852 774