Johnny Huang gained his bachelor of fine arts in Shanghai in 1982. He has been in many art exhibitions throughout Shanghai since then.
Since he came to Australia, Johnny participated in several fine arts exhibitions in Sydney and Adelaide. In 1995, he studied post graduate of visual arts and education in Adelaide University.
He worked as a special artist for T. Bach Art’s gallery in Las Vegas throughout the year 2000.
In 2003, he held art exhibition in Tokyo.
These years, Johnny has travelled between Australia and China to adventure and explore his own artistic type and style.
The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate the winners of the 131st Members Annual,
judged by Roger Clarke and Karl de Waal.
Exhibition continues in Petrie Terrace Gallery until Saturday 3rd July.
Overall Winner – Best Artwork
Crookneck
by David Ladley
Oil
Judges Comments:
The perfect landscape painting. Delightful composition, use of light, freedom, brushwork and tone. Enough lightness to take the work to the next level.
Young Artist Award
Arthur
by Lucy Andrews
Judges Comments:
Superb technique. Lucy is a very talented artist and well deserving of the Young Artist Award.
SECTION 1: Painting – Oils & Acrylics
First Prize
The Magic Forest
by Rod Cassidy
Acrylic
Judges Comments:
Freedom of brushwork. Joyous, expressionist, colourful, open and inexplicably right.
Second Prize
Kalbar
by Nigel Gillespie
Oil
Judges Comments:
Brilliant composition and form, and freedom of expression, colour, looseness and confidence in stroke.
Highly Commended
Toys
by David Fenoglio
Oil on Linen Panel
Judges Comments:
Great technical ability, form and a lovely use of brushwork and light.
Highly Commended
Something Lovely
by Adele Bevacqua
Acrylic
Judges Comments:
A great talent. Lovely composition and technique.
SECTION 2: Painting – Watercolour
First Prize
A Symphony in Green (Waterfalls in Paluma Range)
by Pradeep Pillai
Watercolour
Judges Comments:
Highly skilled tonal rangling difficult composition for watercolour. Great Technique
Highly Commended
Far North
by Tony Walker
Watercolour
Judges Comments:
Technically superb. Great Colourisation.
SECTION 3: Photography, Digital Painting & Digital Manipulation
First Prize
Hocus Sulcus
by Anna Gonzalez
Archival Inkjet Print
Judges Comments:
Draws you in. You search for the answer amongst the clues.
Highly Commended
Ripples
by Chris Seymour
Photography
Judges Comments:
Excellent cropping, contrasts and detail
SECTION 4: Sculpture – 3D works all media
First Prize
Setter
by Katia Strounina
Bronze
Judges Comments:
Exceptional fluidity & movement that captures the subject, Rawness vulnerability & immediacy. Love for the animal.
Highly Commended
A Big Problem Needs a Great Big Silver Bullet
by Bill Gale
Steel, Apoxie, Wood
Judges Comments:
Nice concept. Contrast free form against the harshness of the bullet.
SECTION 5: Drawing – All Media
First Prize
Untitled II
by Scunge Princess
Ink on cotton rag
Judges Comments:
That certain unquantifiable rightness that makes it stand alone.
Second Prize
Truth is Beautfy – Fig Tree (Sandgate Road)
by Robyn Bauer
Charcoal
Judges Comments:
Great skill. Movement in the still.
Highly Commended
Artist At Work
by Lucy Andrews
Pastel & Charcoal
Judges Comments:
Excellent work, particularly around the face.
Highly Commended
Where the Vines Grow, There Sip I
by Dr Susan Turner
Pastel
Judges Comments:
Great technique and light.
SECTION 6: 2D Artworks – Any Other Media
First Prize
Lunchtime in the Bottle-Tree Scrub
by Owen Hutchison
Judges Comments:
Beautifully worked trees. Surprises, technical ability and purpose.
Second Prize
Nude on a Chair
by Glenise Clelland
Mixed Media
Judges Comments:
Great colourisation. Brilliantly structed freeform. Organic in nature.
Highly Commended
Who Am I?
by Grace Mijin Yeon
Mixed Media
Judges Comments:
Whimsy and technique. Humorous and interesting. Lovely painting detail.
Congratulations to the winner of the People’s Choice award in the RQAS recent Light and Dark exhibition. This beautiful artwork was also sold during the exhibition.
Simon lives in Manly Qld, has retaken an interest in painting after a lifetime career in electrical engineering and family raising break. He paints mainly in Acrylic with some water colour and pastel. To date paintings are mainly as result of personal request.
The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate the winners of the 2021 Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing prize. Judged by Bill Platz. This prize celebrates the practice of Drawing.
First Prize
Working From Home
by Paul Renals
Wood, Epoxy
Judges Comments:
In the tradition of Van Gogh’s shoes, this drawing brings concerns about the nature of work and the lives of workers into the COVID era with humility, poignancy and beauty. The laborious texture, graphic impact and subtle asymmetry of the shoes set this drawing apart as the winner of the 2021 HARD Prize.
Second Prize
Study for a Painting
by Anton Piche
Mixed Media – Crayon, Walnut Ink & Watercolour
Judges Comments:
Although there are a number of outstanding figures in the exhibition, this study distinguishes itself through atmosphere, mood and the dramatic play between transparency and opacity. The tension between the walnut ink, crayon and body colour contrast beautifully with the melancholic model.
Third Prize
Lee in Isolation 27.04.2021
by Claire Grant
Coloured Pencil & Cyanotype
Judges Comments:
This little portrait makes scale and materiality integral to the intimacy of the work. The lovely gestural marks in emulsion don’t just provide a ground for the contour drawing, they foreground the play between light, time and observation that perfectly align with the content.
Highly Commended
Draco Ligno
by Brittany Blackie
Ink & Tea on Paper
Judges Comments:
A clever portrait with outstanding graphic dexterity.
Male Gesture Study
by Scott Breton
Pencil on Toned Paper
Judges Comments:
The interplay between the aleatory effects of the stained paper and the gesture of the body heightens the drama and tension in the work.
Banyan Tree
by Kay Kane
Brush & Ink on Cartridge
Judges Comments:
Beautifully rendered with mastery between tone and contour — this is a deeply fascinating little landscape.
Angophora 2
by Glenda Orr
Sap Soaked Paper, Etching, Gesso Wash and Pencil
Judges Comments:
The anthropomorphism of the tree grabs attention, but the subtlety of the graphic treatment encourages sustained study.
The Goat Track
by Jennifer Redmond
Charcoal
Judges Comments:
A bold charcoal drawing loaded with mystery and narrative potential.
Window of Reflecting Cultures in Venice
by Cees Sliedrecht
Pen & Watercolour
Judges Comments:
This drawing achieves the difficult balance between playful montage and compositional structure while maintaining immediacy and exuberance.
The Royal Queensland Art Society would like to congratulate the winners of the 2021 Abstraction Exhibition, judged by Cees Sleidrecht.
First Prize
You should Come Down And See This
by Casey Charles
Oil on Canvas
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Tellecomunications in person as well as the world in front. Artist is very skilled painter.
Second Prize
The Essence of Matter
by Lee Wilkes
Oil on Dibond
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Beautiful texture, with great depth. Exquisite colouring. from every angle you read a different image. Well balanced and lovely texure, reads of any landscape, constructed or natural.
Third Prize
Sydney Harbour and The Rocks
by Sue Mansill
Watercolour
JUDGES COMMENTS:
Exclusive presentation, good composition, interesting line work, unusual choice of watercolour, proportioned well with beautiful harmony. Feeling of sitting flashing and coming out of nothing to meet me
Highly Commended
Forever Blue, by Marijke Lambregtse
After the Rains, by Beverley Tainton
Horace Trenerry and Moon, by Nigel Gillespie
Journey to Tomorrow, by Rose Hewartson
Commended
Fragile / Bare (diptych) from the Paperskin Series, by Genevieve Memory
But Never Doubt I love, by Lisa Becker
The Fractured Sky, by Paul Anthony
PEOPLES CHOICE: Winner
To be announced
Previous Abstraction Winners
Click on the links below to view previous winners of Abstract Exhibitions held at the Petrie Terrace Gallery
The Royal Queensland Art Society’s Christmas Exhibition, ‘The Gift of Art’ is on show now at Petrie Terrace Gallery until 17th December or online below. Come visit us and find a beautiful and unique gift for your loved ones this Christmas.
If you would like to purchase a painting please contact the Petrie Terrace Gallery on 3367 1977 Tuesday-Saturday 10:00-3:30pm.
Exhibition Entries
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Wild Blue
by Steven Wells
Pastel $750
The Mariners Dream
by Steven Wells
Pastel $1500
The Sentinel
by Steven Wells
Pastel $750
Remember Last Summer?
By Ekaterina Strounina
Oil $650
Dawn Reflections at Birdsville
by Jocelyn Elliott
Oil $400
Punktverschiebung (Point Shift)
by Ryan Daffurn
Oil & Wax on Linen $6000
Forceful #2 _ ED 4/50
by Alan Innes
Digitally Assembled Drawing $390
Lou Lou on the Left ED4/50
by Alan Innes
Digitally Assembled Drawing $390
Late Again ED 4/50
by Alan Innes
Digitally Assembled Drawing $390
Globe Trotter
by Marijke Lambregste
Mixed media on canvas $690
The Temple is Open
by Marijke Lambregste
Mixed media on canvas $450
Deep in the Forest of my Mind
by Marijke Lambregste
Mixed media on canvas $450
Rainforest Frog
by Keaton Prickett
*SOLD*
White Phalaenopsis
by Katia Strounina
Oil $400
Shapes and Shadows
by Boyd Craig
Acrylic on Paper $125
Going Home
by Anna Gonzalez
Tempera $500
Paperbark Grove III by Abramo PappAcrylic on Stretched Canvas $390
Sinking
by Tanika Cooper
Oil Painting $550
The Isle
by Tanika Cooper
Oil Painting $300
Wheatfields
by Tanika Cooper
Oil Painting $300
Sirenby Trudy Tathem Acrylic on Board $650
Golden Plains by Karen CollinsOil on Canvas $1500
A Time to Reflect
by Karen Collins
Oil on Canvas $800
Sleepytime
by Robyn Carr
Pen & Wash $250
Amazing Grace
by Robyn Carr
Mixed Media $120
Rebirth
by Robyn Carr
Mixed Media $250
Alan!
by Robyn Carr
Acrylic $250
Etherial Maiden by Robyn Carr
Mixed Media $180
The Muster
by Pradeep Pillai
Watercolour $650
By Norman Creek #1
by Peter Hubbard
Oil on Board $400
By Norman Creek #2
by Peter Hubbard
Oil on Board $400
By Norman Creek #3
by Peter Hubbard
Oil on Board $400
Mooring Buoy
by Abramo Papp
Oil on Stretched Linen $450
More Pud Anyone?
by Susan Turner
Pastel $175
It’s a Good Day No. 2
by Kathleen Rhee
My Country 473
by Max Butler
Oil on Canvas $800
My Country 477
by Max Butler
Oil on Canvas $800
Memories of Girraween
by Beverley Tainton
Acrylic on Canvas $2500
They’re Off
by Rod Cassidy
Acrylic on Canvas $
Bookie Man
by Rod Cassidy
Glass Vase with Proteas
by Paul Anthony
Acrylic *SOLD*
Elizabeth I – Jeans
by Mel Hayton
Acrylic $240
Elizabeth II – Hat
by Mel Hayton
Oil & Acrylic $220
Elizabeth III – Shoes
by Mel Hayton
Oil & Acrylic *SOLD*
Kiki II – Interior with Kiki of Montpanasse Painting
by Mel Hayton
Oil & Acrylic $280
Hellebores in Clarice Cliff Vase I
by Mel Hayton
Oil & Acrylic *SOLD*
Hellebores in Clarice Cliff Vase II
by Mel Hayton
Oil & Acrylic *SOLD*
Interior celebrating Hedy Lamarr & Ada Lovelace
by Mel Hayton
Oil & Acrylic $280
One Small Step
by Zygmunt Libucha
Marble & Bluestone Sculpture *SOLD*
Good Omen
by Zygmunt Libucha
Marble & Granite Scultpure $650
Fantasia
by Zygmunt Libucha
Marble & Basalt Sculpture *SOLD*
