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
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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'