38th Annual Competitive Art Exhibition - Hervey Bay Art Society

The 38th Annual Competitive art exhibition is an open competition with seven Award categories with styles ranging from traditional to contemporary.

It always attracts excellent artists, both from the Fraser Coast and beyond.

Image: “A Walk in the Bush” (cropped) by Ann Beach – winner open section 37th Annual Regional Competitive Art Exhibition (2021).

Award Recipients

Open Section

First: ($2,000 acquisitive) - Kevin Rogers - Curiosity
Second: Bruce Daniel - Snowy River Source
Highly Commended: Genevieve Neale - Colours of Dusk, Woolooga
Commended: Robin Hines - Transition

Landscapes
First: Robin Hines - Dry
Second: Violetta Sandry - The Great Outdoors
Highly Commended: Lynn Munn - Seascapes, Burrum Heads
Commended: Kevin Rogers - On the Murray at Mannum, SA

Seascapes
First: Chris Bake - A Deserted Tassie Beach
Second: Genevieve Neale - Sea Through Grass
Highly Commended: Lynn Munn - Seascapes, Burrum Heads
Commended: Kevin Rogers, On the Murray at Mannum, SA

Australian Flora & Fauna
First: Paul Neale - Nankeen Night Heron
Second: Will Hazzard - Jak-kul-yak-kul
Highly Commended: Elizabeth (Ann) Beach - Preening Time
Commended: Michelle Evans - It's Swooping Time

Figurative/Portraiture
First: Carole Rowe - Allen Mac
Second: Michelle Evans - George & His Many Shirts
Highly Commended: Warwick Lambert - Gurrumul
Commended: Sue Draney - Lily

Abstract
First: Rosemary Anderson - Crescendo
Second: Colin Hutchinson - Complex Notions
Highly Commended: Kaye Higginson - Yellow Hibiscus
Commended: Koni Knight - Nirvana

Miniatures
First: Maggie Spenceley - Cold Morning
Second: Rolf Sieber - Daybreak at the Fishery
Highly Commended: Carmel Birchley - For You
Commended: Colleen Helmore - Full Moon Over Oake

Thanks to the following sponsors:

Fraser Coast Regional Council, Hervey Bay RSL, Adrain Tantari - State Member for Hervey Bay, George Seymour - Fraser Coast Mayor, Latitude 25, Wide Bay Gallery, Out of the Square Picture Framing, Rolf Sieber, Pam Price.