14/08/2025
📣 2025 WINNERS
Thank you to everyone who supported our 2025 event.
The hard task of judging went to Dr Samantha Happé - Hamilton Gallery Curator and Kiri Handreck - Kiri’s Images, thank you to you both.
Congratulations to all our winners, and every single person who entered our show.
BEST WORK OF SHOW
ART WORK
Meagan Lonsdale – “Behind the Silk Screen”
PHOTOGRAPHY, SENIOR : Simone Stevenson: “Tethered Passage”
PHOTOGRAPHY, JUNIOR : Michaela Tonissen: “Darkside”
People’s Choice : Nina Volk – “Alpine Village Mt Buller”
🖼️ ART CATEGORY Winners
WATER COLOUR
Winner : Wynetha Vogel – “Walk the Grampians”
Honourable Mention : Nina Volk – “Coleraine Tourist and Exhibition Building”
PASTEL
Winner : Ricky Schembri – “Burwood Road Hawthorn”
Honourable Mention : Gayle Newcombe – “Highland Fling”
OIL
Winner : Amy Robinson – “August in the Valley”
Honourable Mention : Gayle Newcombe – “Waiting for the Boss”
ACRYLIC
Winner: Ron Penrose – “Essential Oil”
Honourable Mention : Tayla Williams – “Fish”
DRAWING
Winner :David Hoyt – “El Nino Spring, Gariwerd” (The Guardian)
Honourable Mention : Jane McClure – “Helping Dad”
MIXED MEDIUM
Winner : Emma Brown – “Owl be Watching You”
Honourable Mention : Gayle Adams – “Tempest”
YOUNG ARTIST AWARD 25 Years & Under
Winner :Taylah Fenwick – “Spotted”
Honourable Mention : Olivia Hardy – “Mt Sturgeon”
SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT
Winner : Olivia Hardy – “Grampians’ View”
Honourable Mention : Liv Keilar –“Rhino”
PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENT Winner :AlintaMargetts – “Moonlight on a Lake”
Honourable Mention : Olivia Pearson – “Blush Cottage”
📸 PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY
BLACK & WHITE SENIOR
Winner : Samantha Kaspers – “Road to Mt Abrupt”
Honourable Mention :Simone Stevenson – “Whispers of Spring”
BLACK & WHITE JUNIOR
Winner : Michaela Tonissen – “Moon”
Honourable Mention : Georgia Abrahamson – “Cats Eyes”
MOVEMENT or ACTION SENIOR
Winner : Lyn McConnell – “Take Off”
Honourable Mention : Lyn McConnell – “Landing”
MOVEMENT or ACTION JUNIOR Winner :Michaela Tonissen – “ Racing on Red Dirt” (Trio)
Honourable Mention : Libby Wishart – “Seagull”
PORTRAITURE - SENIOR
Winner : Lyn McConnell– “Sitting Pretty”
Honourable Mention : Rob Drummond – “Say Cheese”
PORTRAITURE - JUNIOR
Winner : Michaela Tonissen – “Scotch”
Honourable Mention : Finlay MacAlister – “Waterfalls”
LANDSCAPE /SCENERY – SENIOR
Winner : Simone Stevenson – “Mirror of the Mountain”
Honourable Mention : Kerryanne Ledwidge – “The Banyan Tree”
LANDSCAPE /SCENERY – JUNIOR Winner :Michaela Tonissen – “Goldmine”
Honourable Mention : Georgia Abrahamson – “Western Sunset”
