‘Caring for our Planet’ runs through this year’s Solar Art Prize.
Climate change, nature and environment; expressed through landscapes, seascapes, wild fauna or flora or environmentally aware people or thought-provoking images.
Winners receive Natural Technology Systems vouchers towards the purchase of Solar Q Cell panels/solar hot water/battery/refrigerator (low power)/composting toilet or solar pool pump. Winners choice – all fully installed. Prizes are transferrable to family or friends in South Australia.
Congratulations to the following artists:
OVERALL PRIZE – WINNER
Mirjana DOBSON, A Whiter Shade, porcelain/slip/lustre, 10 x 60 x 40cm
$9000 voucher for Natural Technology Systems or $500 cash plus 1 year RSASA membership.
2ND OVERALL PRIZE
David BRAUN, A Stream run through it, pen drawing with watercolour, 93 x 65cm
$5000 voucher for Natural Technology Systems*
NATURAL TECHNOLOGY PRIZE
Wild nature. Beauty of the natural environment.
Suzie FEWELL, Disappearing Landscape: Yellow Mountains, digital photograph, 56.5 x 56.5cm
$5000 voucher for Natural Technology Systems*
SECTION PRIZES – $4000 vouchers for Natural Technology Systems
Section 1 – Climate Change
a) results and causes
WINNER
Janet MAKAEV, Land clearing: the death of trees, graphite on paper, 98 x 68cm
b) People who harm the environment (caricatures/satire highlighting social or community irresponsibility)
WINNER
Dan WITHEY, Steering the Environment, acrylic on canvas, 90 x 120cm
Section 2 – People who help the environment
a) People in Action
WINNER
Peter NOBLE, How Dare You (Greta Thunberg), oil, 76 x 61cm
b) Life Portraits – those who take responsible action for combatting climate change
WINNER
Paul WHITEHEAD, The Organic Man (Ian – An organic farmer), oil, 70 x 90cm
Section 3 – Natural Environment – Endangered or threatened fauna or flora (ideally in their natural environment)
Kate LEWIS, Introvert, acrylic on wooden panel, 66.5 x 66.5cm
MATERIAL PRIZES – $3000 vouchers for Natural Technology Systems
a) oil/acrylic
WINNER
Terry MACDERMOT, Blah, Blah, Blah, mixed media, 54 x 103cm
b) encaustic/mixed media
WINNER
Bev BILLS, The Sky is the Limit, encaustic, 40 x 50cm
c) works on paper – watercolour, pastel, print & drawing
WINNER
Diana BRADSHAW, Life Within, watercolour & pastel, 105 x 84cm
d) photography, video & installation
WINNER
Mark STANDERWICK, Progress, photography, 30 x 80cm
e) textiles/3D/recycles books & other
WINNER
Zara ZANNETTINO, Absurd Birds, textile, 53 x 153cm
Aussie Sanctuary Prize
WINNER
Margaret THOMAS, Steve Wright – 1000 Trees, mixed media gum leaf & watercolour, 60 x 47cm and Margaret THOMAS, There’s plenty more plastic in the sea, mixed media, 160 x 67cm
MERIT AWARD – $3000 voucher for Natural Technology Systems
Carol BANN, Dry River Bed, coloured pencil, 69 x 86cm
Tricia ROSS, Vanitas for a Changing World, wet plate collodian photography, 41 x 35.5cm
Hadley JOHNSON, Housing Crisis, clay and found rubbish (on net)
HONORARY MENTIONS
Janet MAKAEV, Down at the Dam: pobble book spawn, Giclee print, 70 x 50cm
Paul WHITEHEAD, Climate Refugees, photography, 40 x 120cm
Judged by: Janet Ayliffe – artist and teacher, Rod Bax – artist and teacher and Megan Roodenrys – artist and teacher.
A catalogue of the Solar Art Prize can be downloaded HERE
*all other prizes have $100 cash alternative.
