The announcement of the winners for the ‘John Leslie Art Prize 2014’ which will be made at Wellington Shire Council’s Gippsland Art Gallery by the Hon. Peter Ryan MP, Deputy Premier of Victoria, at the official launch on Friday 19 September at 6pm.
The ‘John Leslie Art Prize’ is one of Australia’s most prestigious non-acquisitive prizes for landscape painting, and consistently attracts the highest calibre of artists working in Australia.
Wellington Shire Council Mayor, Cr Scott Rossetti, says “For the first time since the Prize began in 2000, we invited artists to enter more than one work, with 96 choosing to enter two. This year, the Prize attracted more entries than ever before, with 416 entries received from 320 artists, from which the shortlist of 35 entries from 34 artists was made.”
“The Prize is made possible by the generous ongoing support of Gippsland Art Gallery’s long time Patron, Mr John Leslie OBE. Mr Leslie’s original vision for the Prize was to foster and encourage high quality painting, specifically in the Gippsland region.”
The field of entries was drawn from every state of Australia, in addition to a larger than usual number of entries from Gippsland artists.Here are the 2014 finalists:
The finalists for 2014 are: Douglas Abbott (VIC), Michaye Boulter (TAS), Jason Cordero (SA), Hamish Carr (VIC), Dale Cox (VIC), Chris Delpratt (VIC), Mark Dober (VIC), Emily Ferretti (VIC), Janet Green (VIC), Stephen Haley (VIC), Sarah Hendy (VIC), Sophia Hewson (VIC), Chris Langlois (NSW), Frank Mesaric (VIC), Lynn Miller (VIC), David O’Brien (VIC), Michael Peck (VIC), Hobie Porter (NSW), Annika Romeyn (ACT), Laura Skerlj (VIC), Shannon Smiley (VIC), Fiona Somerville (NSW), Chris Stubbs (VIC), Remnin Alexander Tayco (NSW), A.J. Taylor (QLD), Nathan Taylor (TAS), Sarah Tomasetti (VIC), Amber Wallis (NSW), Kim Wilson (VIC), Catherine Woo (TAS), Alice Wormald (VIC), Chee Yong (TAS), Bill Young (VIC), Alex Zubryn (VIC).
The winner will receive the first prize of $20,000, while the winner of Best Gippsland Artist will receive $1,000. The judging panel comprises Tony Lloyd, artist and winner of the 2012 John Leslie Art Prize, Dr Gerard Vaughan, Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne and former Director, National Gallery of Victoria, and Jane Devery, Curator of Contemporary Art, National Gallery of Victoria.
Gippsland Art Gallery
20 September to 23 November, 2014
Victoria
Janet Green, New Life. South Gippsland, 2014, crylic on canvas, 66 x 130cm
