78th Annual Art Competition - Maryborough Regional Art Society

2024 MRAS Open Section Winner Wendy Talbot - Farmer and Fence - Mixed Media

The 78th Annual Art Exhibition and Competition celebrated the creativity of local and regional artists, showcasing an impressive range of mediums across seven categories, along with a People’s Choice award.

The Maryborough Regional Art Society was first formed as the Maryborough Art Group in 1947 by a small group of people with a common interest in art.

*Image: 2024 Open Section winner MRAS competition 'Farmer and Fence' by local artist Wendy Talbot


Award Recipients

Open

  • Winner: Allen Watson - 8.47pm
  • Second Place: Jo Williams - K'gari Muse
  • Highly commended: Kerri Dixon - Rise Above
  • Commended: Satu Catanzariti - Tangles in Time

 Landscape/Seascape

  • First place: Kevin Rogers - Knaresborough Arches
  • Second place: Rolf Sieber - Snowy River Near Mt Kosciusko
  • Highly commended: Carmel Birchley - Blue Mountains Trail 
  • Commended: Kings Canyon 1

Portraits/People

  • First place: Lynn Munn, Who's Your Mate?
  • Second place: Lynn Munn, Survivor
  • Highly commended: David Weare - Our Jack (A tribute to Jack Vettriano)
  • Commended: Jodi Wogandt - Please Don't See Me

Flora & Fauna

  • First place: Gary Weare - Swallows
  • Second place: Rolf Siber - Rain Forest Fascination 
  • Highly commended: Kevin Rogers - Standing Proud
  • Commended: Satu Catanzariti - Highland Field

Still Life

  • First place: Ameur Fouad - Lily Flower
  • Second place: Wendy Talbot - Compare the Pear
  • Highly commended: Ruthie Purnell - Tranquil
  • Commended: Brian Lucas - Touch of Brass

Abstract

  • First place:  Wendy Talbot - Know No Boundaries
  • Second place: Wendy Talbot - Just Like Summer
  • Highly commended: Andrea Deeley - Dance to Extinction
  • Commended: Bronte Nicols - A Sea of Land in the Bungle Bungles

3D / Sculpture 

  • First place: Rosemary Anderson - Fire, Rain then Renewal
  • Second place: Tania Gilby - Moths Matter
  • Highly commended: Kym Cunningham - On Ravens Wings | Found Home
  • Commended: Nora Hanasy - Junkyard Citadel 

People's Choice Award - Danelle Finckh, 'Daughter One', Scratchboard entered in Portraits and People Section.

 

When

  • Saturday, 07 June 2025 | 12:00 AM - Sunday, 27 July 2025 | 12:00 AM

Location

Gatakers Artspace, 311 Kent Street,, Maryborough, 4650, View Map

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