FIRST PRIZE
Artist: James Rogers
Title: Turning Light
Location: Undercliff Winery #115
Artist Statement: Turning Light is a composition of hand cut strips of steel pipe that continues a body of work where space, structure and subject are in arrested movement, seeking to invoke a unified state of fluid grace. The picture is not visible, just the ride.
(Photo courtesy of Nick Glover).
THE GOVERNOR’S PRIZE
Artist: Ron Robertson-Swann OAM
Title: Nijinsky
Location: Laguna Hall #012
Artist Statement: The title tells it all.
(Photo courtesy of Nick Glover).
INDOOR PRIZE
Artist: David Ball
Title: Percussion
Location: Wollombi Community Hall #28
Artist Statement: One of a very few indoor sculptures created by David Ball.
(Photo courtesy of Nick Glover).
HIGHLY COMMENDED PRIZE
Artist: Koichi Ishino
Title: wind – stone
Location: Wollombi Village – Endeavour Museum #100
Artist Statement: Through reflection evoked by sculpture, the environment can be viewed with imagination.
(Photo courtesy of Artist).
EMERGING ARTIST PRIZE
Artist: Elly Buckley
Title: Make your Mark
Location: Wollombi Village – Grays Inn #96
Artist Statement: “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” (Rachel Carson, Silent Spring).
Inspired by these words I wanted to depict the Australian spirit within this work; stoic, solid and always to “give it a go” – MAKE YOUR MARK.
(Photo courtesy of Artist).
2325 LOCALS INDOOR PRIZE
Artist: Paul Selwood
Title: Sifnos Church
Location: Stonehurst Gallery #150
Artist Statement: I don’t start with an idea. I discover the sculpture through the process of improvisation.
(Photo courtesy of Artist).
2325 LOCALS OUTDOOR PRIZE
Artist: Merryn Hull
Title: Solar, 2021
Location: Wollombi Village – Gym Area, Negro Street #97
Artist Statement: The term solar refers to sources of energy from the sun. It also evokes the mythological solar deity depicted as the ‘eye’ of the sun god or goddess. In my work Solar, the sun’s energy converges in the form of a hidden ‘eye’ as a ‘circle of light’.
(Photo courtesy of Nick Glover).
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PRIZE
Artist: Akira Kamada
Title: Birth
Location: Undercliff Winery #112
Artist Statement: The catastrophic Currowan Fire of 2019-2020 destroyed 85% of our local forests. The wildlife may never recover, but the regeneration of the plant life is incredible. Within a year the burnt trees showed epicormic growth and the seeds of many species germinated much faster than usual.
(Photo courtesy of Peter Hamshere).
YOUNG SCULPTOR AWARD
Artist: Jack Lang
Title: Bonnie in the Ball Pit
Location: Wollombi Community Hall #54
Artist Statement: Bonnie in the Ball Pit – Pop culture inspired creation.
(Photo courtesy of Artist).