2022 Eltham Art Show Results

Art Prize Winners 2022

TARA STURLEY

Dream a Little Dream of Me – NEIL DOUGLAS AWARD – BEST LANDSCAPE

168 × 138 cm

Oil on linen

JACQUIE HACANSSON

Dance to the Beat of Your Own Drum – PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD – VICTORIAN ARTIST SUPPLIES

60 × 60 cm

Kiln-formed glass

SANDRA KENNEY

Covid Travel – BEST IN SHOW

101 × 76 cm

Collage and oil painting

NELL ERYSTEEN

Winter Lunch at Mussel Cafe – HIGHLY COMMENDED MASTERFUL BRANDS AWARD

61 × 61 cm

Oil on stretched canvas

KYLIE INGLIS

Shifting Shadows – HIGHLY COMMENDED MASTERFUL BRANDS AWARD

35.5 × 45.5 cm

Oil and cold wax on canvas

PETER SWARN

Complex Storm – HIGHLY COMMENDED MASTERFUL BRANDS AWARD

34 × 45 cm

Oil on canvas

KYLIE SIRETT

You Are Enough Just as You Are – HIGHLY COMMENDED MASTERFUL BRANDS AWARD

34 × 34 cm

Oil on linen

LINDA MACAULAY

Chrissie’s Pond – LEO SCOTT PRIZE – BEST OIL OR ACRYLIC

81 × 111 cm

Acrylic on canvas

EV HALES

Hopkins River Flow – GALLERY 765 PRIZE – BEST WATERCOLOUR

83 × 100 cm

Watercolour on HP

CHERYL DAVIS

Lotus and Raindrops – HIGHLY COMMENDED MASTERFUL BRANDS AWARD

40 × 52 cm

Photography

SALLY BOWEN

See Me – HIGHLY COMMENDED MASTERFUL BRANDS AWARD

63 × 63 cm

Oil on stretched canvas (float framed in oak)

KATE HUDSON

Silky Oak & Waratah – BEST PRINTMAKING

46 × 40 cm

Reduction linocut, 11 colours printed from 2 blocks

Caroline Field

Appointed Art Judge 2022

Caroline Field

Art Curator | Biographer | Researcher | Writer | Valuer

Caroline has an extensive knowledge of Australian art, and is directly involved in its artistic assessment, documentation, valuation, and presentation. As Manager/Curator of the Museum of Art, Deakin University (1991-2006), she was responsible for the selection, acquisition, and exhibition of works by significant Australian artists.

She became founding manager of the University’s two galleries: the Stonington Stables Museum of Art, Toorak campus and the ICON Museum of Art, Burwood campus, Melbourne. Caroline commenced at Australian Galleries in 2006, fulfilling many roles including Manager of the Derby & Smith Street galleries and Gallery Biographer, which involved working closely with artists and collectors. To assist with her research on the History of Australian Galleries, she has undertaken a Writer’s Residency at the Bundanon Trust in New South Wales, along with a Creative Fellowship at the State Library of Victoria. This publication, titled: Australian Galleries/The Purves family Business/The first four decades 1956-1999, was published in 2019. In August 2016, Caroline commenced her role as Curator of the Australian Catholic University Art Collection.

Caroline’s reputation, and the success of her work in the promotion of Australian contemporary art is dependent upon the highest level of initiative and service to the visual arts sector. She specializes in collection management, exhibitions, commissioned projects, art museum policy and strategic development, research, and writing.

Caroline has obtained a Master of Arts in Art History and a Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Melbourne, a Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies, Deakin University, a Graduate Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking, and a Bachelor of Arts in Painting at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Her previously held positions include Director of the Horsham Art Gallery and Teacher of Art at the Red Cliffs Secondary College, Victoria.