Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026.

So…the latest exhibition at the Stanthorpe Art Gallery is the Stanthorpe Art Prize which is held every two years. Here are some of the exhibits this year…

Bilyan Milaygins (Them There Water Spirits) by Maria De Vries. This was my favourite and the one I voted for in the visitors prize.

Pine Haven Woolshed by Maureen Harley.

Spring Onions by Conor Knight.

Rondo Number 4 in Yellow Minor by David Woodford.

Bush Psychiatry by Michael Morgan.

Dollface by KHR Stewart. This won the 'Most Outstanding 2D' art prize.

Last Light on the Field by Gordon R Carmichael.

PS2 by Rhonda Pryor.

Jacaranda Dragon by Squirrel Bowald.

Bending by Jane Millington.

The Half Caste Child by Joanna Gentilli.

I always almost never really knew by Lisa Ashcroft...

At summer's end, night choirs of insects serenade the fire-blackened trees by Judith Nangala Crispin.

The Green Room by Emma Ward.

Self Portrait As An Optimist (Ode to Peter Blake) by Angela McHugh.

Portrait of Ruth at Art Camp #17a by Cornelia Selover.

The Red Shoes by Phil Went.

Inquiet by Keith Burt. This won the 'Most Outstanding 3D" art prize.

Commute by Sayuni Wickramasinghe. This won the 'Ted and Daph Reeves Memorial Prize for Young Art'.

Portrait of my Father the Drover by Helen Duley.

Reflection by Rae Wileman.

Kerry's Wildlife by Jane Grealy.

Stitching the Divide by Blair Garland.

The Tree and Me by Karen Johns. This won the 'Local Artist Award'.

Hiding in Plain Sight by Robert Ewing.

For you (self) by David Butterworth.

Holding Ground by Alicia Hart.

Anthropomorphic by Kim Wilson.

Utnapishtim (and wife) by Lucy Vader.