City of Wanneroo Art Awards winners

City of Wanneroo Open Award (acquisitive)

Artist: Anna Speirs
Title: Moonlight Solitude
Media: Oil on wood panel
Judges' comments: This is a quiet, reflective work. The medium of oil paint has been lovingly applied with subtle gradations of light. Contemplative, this work draws you in to the space and beyond. A moment of stillness and solitude in a busy world. The window, as a devise in art history, is often used as a bridge between two worlds. In this instance the judges sensed the two worlds between the transition between childhood, adolescence into adulthood and this idea of indiscernible transitions.

Best City of Wanneroo Resident

Artist: Jeremy Blank
Title: Trail Walk to Yanchep
Media: iPad drawing, digital print on archival cotton rag
Judges' comments: Skilful use of iPad drawing creates layered composition relating to movement through the local landscape. The use of digital medium creates a fluid, embodied composition. Drawing on digital media to create this image, it has the sense of the haptic tradition of mark marking.

Highly Commended City of Wanneroo Resident

Artist: Veta Holmes
Title: Urban View
Media: Linoprint on paper
Judges' comments: This work appears to come from the graphic novel tradition where the landscape itself holds the drama of the narrative. This is the scene where it’s about to happen. An imminent moment, it has an emotional power. Technically proficient use of lino to create a dramatic scene and compelling image.

Painting Winner

Artist: Lucy Oosterhoff
Title: The Binge
Media: Mixed media
Judges' comments: All kinds of everyday objects, such as a fork or a glass, appear in a state of transformation. One has the feeling that the sitter is undergoing an emotional metamorphosis or change. The use of the light is powerful and skilfully executed. Lucy shows a growing understanding of the painting language, and the judges were highly impressed by her understanding of materials and composition.

Painting Highly Commended

Artist: Charlotte Robinson
Title: Ely
Media: Acrylic on canvas
Judges' comments: Distorted image shifts our point of view pushing the composition towards abstraction. Part of what is interesting is the distortion of the face and the emotional interplay extending and becoming part of the external environment. The direct handling of the media, incorporating charcoal over acrylic, adds to the expressive qualities.

Sculpture Winner

Artist: Angela Delury
Title: Toby
Media: Mixed media
Judges' comments: The clever use of recycled materials manifests in a whimsical cross between robot and toy. Drawing on a cinematic tradition of robots, the corner shop and nostalgia for a not-quite-realised past.

Sculpture Highly Commended

Artist: Laurel Holyoak
Title: Angler Fish
Media: Earthenware clay, underglaze, gold lustre
Judges' comments: Bioluminescence is the key factor to the success of this predator fish. Skilful use of medium and glazing has been used to create a compelling yet repelling form.

Works on Paper Winner

Artist: Amy Marshall
Title: The joy of just watching you sleep
Media: Pencil, charcoal and water-soluble graphite on paper
Judges' comments: Sensitive work. The text reinforces a love of the child by the mother. Here we have a storied landscape of love and great tenderness.

Works on Paper Highly Commended

Artist: Linda Fardoe
Title: Looking up
Media: Graphite pencil on Camson paper
Judges' comments: The artist writes the landscape with this work. The erasure of lines creates a living, pulsating environment.

Photo, Film and Digital Media Winner

Artist: Clinton Price
Title: Facing the day
Media: Film photography
Judges' comments: The artist captures a fleeting moment of a fellow passenger on the daily commute, finding transcendence in the everyday.

Photo, Film and Digital Media Highly Commended

Artist: Audra de Pina
Title: Be still
Media: Photography print on fine art lustre paper
Judges' comments: Range of subtle tones and image of mist, air and deep reflection.

Youth Winner

Artist: Isabella Pitt
Title: Me 3 years ago
Media: Oil on board
Judges' comments: This painting reveals the turbulence of adolescence the close up topography of the artists face. The combination of brush strokes and tonal shift of paint weave together an interesting surface.

Youth Highly Commended

Artist: Allyda Nithasha
Title: Severed
Media: Drawing
Judges' comments: Biro drawing appears to describe the emotional state and inner conflict of the sitter to create a compelling image.

Celebrating Wanneroo Winner

Artist: Ernie Feldmann
Title: Dry Creek Bed, Pilbara
Media: Watercolour
Judges' comments: Lyrical sunrise in the Pilbara with lively gums and patterned earth depicts nature in a state of agitated flux.

Celebrating Wanneroo Highly Commended

 

Artist: Jacqueline Glaser
Title: The Visitor
Media: Acrylic
Judges' comments: Lived experience and memory blend with this honest sense of direct observation which verges on naïve visual poetry.