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Leongatha Art and 
Photography Show 2024


Entry for the 2024 Show is now open. Click on the link below to the Art Show Web Site for full details

Leongatha Art & Photography Show Dates

13 January 2024 to 3 February 2024

$9,200.00 in Awards/Prizes
14 Entry Categories

Over more than 47 years, the Rotary Club of Leongatha Art & Photography Show has  become one of the major events and art  shows in Gippsland.

 

Over 500 high quality entries come from all over the region, Victoria and interstate to compete in various award categories including a large youth section,  3D,  and All Abilities

 

This major show attracts many visitors, who come to view the works, all of which are for sale.

The  venue is the Leongatha Memorial Hall, at the corner of McCartin Street and Michael Place in Leongatha.

Entries for 2024 Art Show are open from 2 October 2023 and close on 8 December 2023.
The 2024 Art & Photography Show will be held over three weeks from Saturday 13th January to Saturday 3th February at the Leongatha Memorial Hall.
 
The Memorial Hall is located at the corner of McCartin Street and Michael Place, Leongatha, Victoria, 3953.

The show will be open to the public from 10:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Sunday.

Entry to the exhibition was $5.00 per person. Young people and exhibiting artists were able to enter the exhibition free of charge.

 
The Official Opening  and announcement of the 2024 awards and prizes will take place on Friday 12th January at 7:45pm, with a gathering of artists, guests, Rotarians and our judge for 2024 from 7:15pm.
 













Artist Meg Viney with her 2023 Leongatha Art & Photography Show 'Best in Show' work, 'Water, Water Everywhere' 

 2023 AWARD & PRIZE GALLERY

(Click on image to enlarge)

2023 PHIL RISELEY PEOPLE'S CHOICE

Monika Bardian was awarded the 2023 Phil Risley People's Choice Award for her work 'African Princess'. This award is determined by votes submitted by visitors to the exhibition.

2024 JUDGE BIOGRAPHY

David K Taylor (A.W.I. F.V.A.S.) 

Born in Melbourne in 1941, David currently lives on Phillip Island. He is recognised worldwide for his Art and Teaching.

 

David’s early career began in etching and a 6-year apprenticeship at the North Melbourne Printing School of Graphic Arts. Colour etching assisted in his future career as an artist painter.

                                                                 

David’s painting career expands on many years of studying the art of watercolour painting and he has been involved in teaching his great love of this medium to painters both in Australia and overseas since the late sixties.

He is a fellow member of the Victorian Artist Society Australia (F.V.A.S), Honoury Life Member Watercolour Society of Victoria Australia, Member of the Australian Watercolour Institute (A.W.I), Member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc and Australian Guild of realist Artists (AGRA).

 

His work is represented in numerous public and private collections. His paintings have been exhibited widely, including the Channel Islands, Sweden, England, China, and Australia and many other countries.

 

His many major awards include:

Victorian Artist of the Year Medallion 1976, 1980, 1989.

Camberwell Rotary Silver medal 1976

Camberwell overseas Study Grant Scholarship 1979

Camberwell Rotary Silver Award 2007

Camberwell Rotary Gold Medal 2011, 2013, 2015

Silver Award Online International Watercolour Society Izmir Turkey 2015

City of Victor Harbour Platinum Award 2018

Camberwell Rotary Best Work on Paper 2019

 

David Taylor has also Judged many National and international Exhibitions. He is currently teaching online and judging in countries throughout the world.

 

David Taylor Continues to hold the flag for Watercolour and share his Knowledge and love for this art so it can be shared and enjoyed in our creative lives. This he does regularly each year sharing the magic of Watercolour across the world. His First Solo Exhibition was in 1975 and since then has held solo Exhibitions and Joint Exhibitions worldwide to this present Day.

 

“Our eyes see the magic, our minds create it, and our hearts feel it”.

The 2023 AWARDS  & PRIZES

BEST IN SHOW. $1500​ 

'Water, Water Everywhere' - Meg Viney

 

PAT WEST BEST OIL. $500​ 

'Glorious Seaside' - Do Noble

 

RICHARD PEGLER MEMORIAL  BEST WATERCOLOUR $300​ 

'In for Maintenance' - Ken Downs

RON & JOY STANLEY AWARD FOR FLORA & FAUNA $500​ 

'2 Black Cockatoos' - Ling Wang

BEST ACRYLIC $300​ 

'Rock & Trees Form 3 - Harcourt' - Geoff Paynter

BEST PASTEL $300​ 

'Summer Smoke' - Heidi Schwandt Garner

 

BEST MIXED MEDIA $300​ 

'It was a Dark and Stormy Night' - Carolyn Marrone

BEST CONTEMPORARY $300 

'Soldiers on a Hill' - Julie Lundgren-Coulter

DAVID JOHN MEMORIAL BEST INK, PENCIL, CHARCOAL OR OTHER MEDIUM $300​

'Hermits' - Linda Weil

 

SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE RESIDENT AWARD (Any subject, any category)  $300​ 

'Golden Lights' - Irene McConville

BEST MONOCHROME PHOTO $300​ 

'Half Past Midnight' - Jack Gargasz

 

BEST COLOUR PHOTO $300​ 

'Swirling Channel' - Frank Flynn

 

BEST DIGITALLY MODIFIED PHOTO $300​ 

'Being Human - Addiction' - Gary Beresford

 

BEST 3D $300​

'On the Shoulders of Giants' - Deb Watson

SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE COUNCIL YOUTH 

AWARD UNDER 13 YEARS $150​ 

'Power Lines' - Danni Amor

SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE COUNCIL YOUTH

AWARD 13 TO 18 YEARS $150​ 

'Mary' - Alexandra Lawry

 

ALL ABILITIES AWARD UNDER 18 $150 

'The Sleeper' - Zeke Williams​

ALL ABILITIES AWARD OVER 18 $150 

'Dragon Eyes' - Lachlan Stewart

HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARDS (6) $50 each

'Out of the Midday Sun' - Mary Hennekam

'Fragile Rose' - Steve Dunlop

'Stop' - Amanda Gray

'One Goat' - Tessa Hubble

'Summer Bouquet' - Be Goslar

'Wild Seas' - Maree Blore

FIONA BILBROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD 

'Mary' - Alexandra Lawry

FIONA BILBROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD HIGHLY COMMENDED 

'Reflections of Me' - Eden Robertso

FIONA BILBROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD COMMENDED

'Forever Young' - Meg Stokes

FIONA BILBROUGH ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD COMMENDED

'Untitled' - D'Lyla Courtier

PHIL RISELEY PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD $300 

'Aftican Princess' - Monika Bardian

AUSTRALIAN DAY COUNCIL/ROTARY DISTRICT 9820 SOUTH GIPPSLAND CLUSTER AUSTRALIA DAY LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPH AWARD $500

'Lotje McDonald - Dancing Trees'

AUSTRALIAN DAY COUNCIL/ROTARY DISTRICT 9820 SOUTH GIPPSLAND CLUSTER AUSTRALIA DAY LANDSCAPE PAINTING AWARD $500

'Maureen Harris Smith - Road to the Hills'

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