12 Years Old

by Leo Liu

JUDGES COMMENTS

The work by Chuck Close and Philip Pearlstein has given us an understanding of scale in large figurative works. This drawing provides a “reporting” that continues in this tradition that gives intimacy to the drawing itself. In this sense, the drawing medium itself is a key element of the work.

Forrest Water Cascades

by Dr. Christine Kirkegard

JUDGES COMMENTS

Drawings about landscape have a long history in both western and eastern traditions. Ideas about structure and cosmology provide a silent expression that speaks to seeing and understanding the world around us. This work is about a specific place with a specific structural form informed by the 19th century approaches of the “ Humboldt school” where direct observation is informed by a scientific mind.

Remembering Antonio Bonet

by Alan Innes

JUDGES COMMENTS

This work fits a model of Queensland education at its inception which is “applied” art. We once perceived ourselves as in less need of “Fine Art””, rather art that fits into publication and gives responses to society’s social fabric. This work gives a very grounded outcome with a reductionist aesthetic.

Studio Scene

by Laura McCallion

JUDGES COMMENTS

A passionate & intimate engagement with the subject.

Still Life with Apples

by Olga Kuznetsova

JUDGES COMMENTS

Interesting composition and use of colour pencil as a medium.

Ficus Macrophylla

by Lachie Elliott

JUDGES COMMENTS

Good observational drawing & cropping of the image provides a mature compositional element

Bruno

by Jo Cochrane

SELECTORS COMMENTS:

The line work of the fur is beautiful, and has a very organic feel. One curl flows into the next effortlessly. Very Sensitive.

Visiting Monet

by Amy Bridge