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45th CURRABUBULA RED CROSS ART EXHIBITION
PRIZE WINNERS 2008


President – Prue Hartigan
Judge – Eris Fleming
Champion Picture - 'The Edge of Lake Argyle' – David Milliss – Concord

Section 1 OIL OR ACRYLIC
1st Prize 'River & Gorge Country' Charles Moodie - Geelong
2nd Prize 'The Feral Cat with Stickybeaks'  Phillip Pomroy
Highly Commended 'Painting Things'  Irene Crosley - Springwood
Highly Commended 'Journey 2' Elizabeth Priestley – Tamworth
Highly Commended 'Dawn on the Gold Coast' – Gloria Pullman Tamworth
Highly Commended 'Loomberah Valley'  Graham B Woodley - Tamworth
Encouragement Award 'Grass Country' Maree Kelly - Curlewis

Section 2 WATERCOLOUR
1st Prize 'Sofala Evening' Joe Cartwright Werrington
2nd Prize 'Near Bathurst' Joseph Zbukvic
Highly Commended 'The Morning After' Brian Harris – Currumbin QLD
Highly Commended 'Bunya Pines -Morpeth' Noeline Millar – Norah Head
Highly Commended 'Winter Morning' Yvonne Overton – Tamworth
Highly Commended 'View From Yellomundi' Julie Simmons - Castlereagh

Section 3 ANY OTHER MEDIUM
1st Prize 'White Bowl' Marnie Gippel
2nd Prize 'Musica Viva' Stephanie Forsyth – Putney
Highly Commended 'Mullenroo Gresford' Michael Bligh - Tamworth
Highly Commended 'Coloured Sails' Brian Harris – Currumbin
Highly Commended 'Wiradjiri Woman' Myree Maloney – Mudgee
Highly Commended 'Flowers for Summer' Alison Taylor – Asquith
Encouragement Award 'Something in the Air' Yvette Hugill - Gunnedah

Section 4 – MINIATURE
1st Prize 'Autumn' Angela Wise – Mullaley
2nd Prize 'Morte D’Arthur' Madeleine Szymanski – Springwood
Highly Commended 'To the Track' Wendy Davison
Highly Commended 'Sand Strip 2' David Milliss – Concord
Highly Commended 'Having a Yarn' Bernhardine Mueller
Highly Commended 'Winter Showers' Suzanne Sommer – Carlingford
Encouragement Award 'Untitled 1' Helen Stanley – Gunnedah

2007
President - Prue Hartigan
Judge - Peter Gill Muswellbrook
Champion Picture 'Quiet Reflections' Freda Surgenor

Section 1 - Oil or Acrylic
1st 'Whyalla SA' by Graham Smith
2nd 'Sanctuary' by Lea Kannar
Highly Commended 'The Sirius' by Roslyn Psakis
Highly Commended 'Winter Sun' by Roslyn Psakis

Section 2 - Watercolour
1st 'Backyards' by Sandra Hendy
2nd  'Teapot and Lace Delight' by Elizabeth Krause
Highly Commended 'Landscape' by Jackie Deane
Highly Commended 'Tanami Trek' by Sandra Hendy

Section 3 - Any Other Medium
1st  'In The Bush' by Val Egan
2nd 'Bikes Parked In The Dark' by Julie Fleming Shea
Highly Commended 'Grenfell Heritage' by Sandra Hendy
Highly Commended 'His Favourite Magazine' by Keith Rixon
Encouragement Award  'Untitled' by Michael Bligh

Section 4 - Miniature
1st  'Late Light Cobar'  by David Lake
2nd 'Deep in the Huon' by Jean Davies
Highly Commended 'Cloudy Day Lord Howe Island' by Norman Forrester
Highly Commended 'Opan Country White Cliffs' by David Lake

2006
President Prue Hartigan
Judge Patrick Carroll
Champion Picture 'Gerberas' - Greg Hansell

Section 1 - Oil or Acrylic
1st - 'Shadows and Light Venice' Scott McDougall
2nd - 'Billabong' Jennifer Lavender

Section 2 - Watercolour
1st - 'Fleuieu Shoreline' Brian Stratton
2nd - 'Palm Beach In Winter' Dianna Richardson

Section 3 - Any Other Medium
1st - 'Afternoon With a  Low Cut Tree' Robyn Gosbell
2nd - 'Lotus Set of Three' Katie Stewart

Section 4 - Miniature
1st - 'A Moment In Time' Patricia Howell
2nd - 'Tea Ladies' Berhardine Bueller

2005       
President  Jill Coleman
Judge  Michael Reid

Champion Picture  Erin's Home  - Elizabeth Cogley
Oil or Acrylic  It's Apples - Robyn Gosbell       
Watercolour  Stamp Series ­ Goodooga - James White
Any Other Medium  Legally Binding - Stephanie Forsyth
Miniature   Coastal -Doreen Shaw

2004       
President  Judy Williams
Judge  Brian Langer       

Champion Picture  Cobar - Gary Laird   
Oil or Acrylic  Nature's Beauty ­ Susan Warwick
Watercolour  Rocks at Garie - Brian Stratton
Landscape -   Rupert Richardson
Any Other Medium  Plantation - Vera Zulumouski
Miniature   Suburban Bride - Berhardine Mueller

2003       
President  Kay Pittman
Judge  Peter Powditch

Champion Picture   Wooden Shed - Christine Porter
Oil & Acrylic  Fishermen's Lies - Phillip Pomroy
Watercolour  From Olegas... -Bernice Underwood
Any Other Medium  Geoffrey Norris
Miniature   The Still Lifes - Bernardine Mueller

2002
President  Kay Pittman
Judge  Michael Kempson

Champion picture  Batchelor Flat - Phillip Pomroy
                           In the Gallery ­ Phillip Pomroy
Oil & Acrylic  Table of Midas - John Layland
Watercolour  Estuary Driftwood - Brian Stratton
Any Other Medium  You've Got to be Taught - Jackie Deane
Miniature   The Good Life - Angela Gill

2001       
President  Kay Pittman
Judge  Dr Ben Gennocchio

Champion Picture  Bye Brians - Robert Robertson
Oil & Acrylic  Amid the Mystic Shadows - John Shields
Watercolour  From the Cahill ­ Sydney - Sandra Hendy
Any Other Medium  Manhood - Joseph Bella
Miniature   Untitled - Kim McCarthy

2000
President  Gwen Duncan   
Judge  Suzanne Sommer

Champion Picture  Southport Tasmania - Colina Grant
Oil & Acrylic   Willows & Oaks - Alan Fizzell
Watercolour  Sunny Days - Elizabeth Krause
Any Other Medium  Spring Pastel - Tony Duarte
Miniature   Bear Market - Norman Forrester

1999
President  Gwen Duncan               
Judge  Allan Waite

Champion Picture  Painting 5 - Rupert Richardson
Oil & Acrylic  Into The Light ­ Crudine - Alan Fizzell
Watercolour  Shoalhaven     Shoreline - Brian Stratton
Any Other Medium  All Bark & Feathers - Harry Frost
Miniature   Copper Smelting - Norman Forrester

1998
President  Judy Williams
Judge  Rupert Richardson

Champion Picture  Landscape Haze - Graham Austin
Oil & Acrylic  Children on Mykonos - Phillip Pomroy                          
Watercolour   Waters Edge - Brian Stratton
Any Other Medium  Saltpans - Simpson Desert - Pat Rowley
Miniature   The Aunts - Bernardine Mueller

1997
President  Judy Williams
Judge  Digby Hyles

Champion Picture  Historic Braidwood - Sandra Hendy
Open ­ Any Medium Morning Sunlight - Judy Pennefather
Watercolour  Any One for a Swim - James White
Mixed Media  The Gold Paddock - Chris Doolan
Miniature   New England Landscape - Kate Smith   

1996
President  Judy Williams
Judge  Joseph Eisenberg

Champion Picture  Early Spring - Alan Inkster
Open   Country Celebrations - Ann Crosby
Watercolour  Nightfall ­ Broken Hill - Charles Moodie
Mixed Media  View from a Room - James White
Miniature    Cherries - Gaylene Jenner

1995
President  Gwen Duncan   
Judge  Mardi Martin

Champion Picture  Millthorpe - Pamela Thalben-Ball
Open   Beyond the Gorge - Sarah Aylward
Watercolour  Venetian View - James White
House & Garden  Untitled - Margaret Bendit
Miniature   Kilmeny Niland

1994
President  Gwen Duncan       
Judge  Jean Isherwood

Champion Picture  National Park Foreshore - Brian Stratton
Open   Ritter's Walk - Edith Cowlinshaw
Watercolour  Blue & White - Mardi Martin
House & Garden  I Love it in the Garden - James White
Miniature   Landscape 11 - Pat Chaffey

1993
President  Gwen Duncan
Judge  Cameron Sparkes

Champion Picture  Headland Images ­ Brian Stratton
Open   In a Country Town ­ Margaret Bendit
Watercolour  Headland Images ­ Brian Stratton
Still Life & Interiors  A Summer Table ­ Jean Isherwood
Drawings   Banksia Pods ­ Cynthia Ingall
Print Making  Sydney Harbour Bridge ­ Paul du Moulin
Miniature   Outback at Dusk ­ Patricia Moy
Open Novice  Tasmanian Pastures ­ Molly Kiely

1992
President  Margaret Dowe
Judge  Brian Stratton

Champion Picture  Still Life & Landscape ­ Jean Isherwood
Open   Camping Sofala -     Kasey Sealy       
Still Life & Interiors  Still Life & Landscape - Jean Isherwood   
Watercolour  Bushfire Series ­ Patrick Carroll
                   Afternoon Light - John Parkinson
Print Making  Presbytery Dog - Eileen Luton
Miniature    Fox in the Thistles - Phillip Pomroy
Drawings   Profile ­ Audrey Addison   

1991
President  Margaret Dowe
Judge  Jo Eisenberg

Champion Picture  Landscape ­ William Spencer
Open   Landscape ­ William Spencer
Still Life & Interiors  Untitles ­ Hilary Pollock
Watercolour  Crookhaven Driftwood ­ Brian Stratton
Print Making/Drawing The Dunny    - Marion Purvis
Miniature   These Boots... ­ Myrle King
Aboriginal Paint/Drawing Hunting Trip ­ Kymble Freeman

1990
President  Prue Hartigan
Judge  Fred Bates

Champion Picture  Landscape ll ­ William Spencer
Open   Landscape ll - William Spencer
Aust Birds/Flowers  Ossie Squack - James White
Watercolour  Rupert Richardson
Print Making  Phoenix - Madeleine Szymanski
Miniature   Minki Grant   

1989
President  Prue Hartigan
Judge  Margaret Meagher

Champion Picture  Camels at the Campsite ­ Phillip Pomroy                      
Open    Camels at the Campsite ­ Phillip Pomroy
Aust Flora/Fauna   Desert Identification - James White
Watercolour  A Road to Killarney - Jean Isherwood
Print Making  Rainforest - Edith Cowlinshaw
Drawing   Allecto - Bettina McMahon
Miniature   Harry Frost

1988
President  Wendy Davison
Judge   Patrick Carroll

Champion Picture  Evening Parramatta River - Geoff Rigby
Oil & Acrylic  Fisherman's Camp ­ Phillip Pomroy
Watercolour  Boatshed ­ Rupert Richardson
Any Medium  Fallen Warrior - Karen Wynn-Moylan
Miniature   Mooloolaba ­ Marion O¹Brien

1987
President  Wendy Davison
Judge  Eric Minchin

Champion Picture  Roslyn - Harry Frost
Oils   Thunderbolts Country - Phillip Pomroy
Watercolour  Hawkesbury Near Windsor ­ Allan Waite
Still Life   Colonial Kitchen ­ Ronald Hodges
Any Medium  Forest Mist ­ Pat Chaffey
Miniature   Empire Day ­ Phillip Pomroy

1986
President  Kay Britten
Judge  Harold Scott

Champion Picture  Berrara Cliffs - John Sharman
Oil or Acrylic  Coastal Storm ­ Patrick Carroll
Watercolour  Landscape    - Rupert Richardson
Still Life   By Candle light ­ Dorothy Davies
Any Subject/Medium Pride of the Murray ­ Harry Frost
Miniature   Saint Tropez - Allison Taylor

1985       
President  Kay Britten
Judge  Greg Turner

Champion Picture  McCarr's Creek - Pamela Thalben Ball
Oil or Acrylic  Palm Beach -  Pamela Thalben Ball       
Watercolour  Banksia ­ Gloria Muddle
Still Life   Roses ­ Dorothy Davies
Picture any Subject  Bush Study with Rock ­ Patrick Carroll
Miniature   Northern Boundary ­ John Caldwell

1984       
President  Kay Britten
Judge  Robert Colligan

Champion Picture  South of the Hwy ­ John Caldwell
Oil or Acrylic  Carcoar Landscape ­ William Spencer
Watercolour  The Old Boatshed ­ John Parkinson
Still Life   Still Life 1 ­ Jacqueline Dabron
Any Subject  Rock Formation ­ Harry Frost
Miniature   Tuesday ­ John Caldwell

1983
President  Kay Britten
Judge   John Caldwell

Champion Picture  Cloud Burst Sofala ­ Patrick Carroll
Oil or Acrylic  The Mill ­ Nundle ­ Phillip Pomroy
Watercolour  The Boat Shed ­ Rupert Richardson
Still Life   Still Life ­ Harry Frost
Picture ­ any subject Sirens ­ Hilary Pollock
Miniature   Treasured Moments ll ­ Trisha Petersen

1982       
President  Kay Britten
Judge  Graeme Inson

Champion Picture  Back Scrub ­ Phillip Pomroy
Oil or Acrylic  Floods ­ Dalby ­ Rhonda March
Watercolour  Variegated Shadows ­ James White
Still Life   Autumn Collection ­ Yvonne Perrin
Picture ­ any subject River Scene ­ Harry Frost
Miniature    Treasured Moments ­ Trisha Petersen
Curra District (Aquisitive) Curra School Days ­ Phillip Pomroy

1981
President  Kay Britten
Judge  Bill Bowmore

Traditional   Roofs Siena ­ Pamela Thalben-Ball
Watercolour  Beach Beauty ­ Val Fitzpatrick
Still Life   Still Life ­ Winifred Jensen                                                            
Figure Painting  Self Portrait ­ Sheila Cooke
Any Medium  Morning Landscape ­ Val Fitzpatrick
Miniature   The Feathered Hat ­ Eileen Mack

1980       
President  Kay Britten
Judge  John Kilgour

Traditional  Gums ­ Pamela Thalben-Ball
Abstract   Parting Shot - Cameron Sparks
Watercolour  Gums of Marshall¹s Pond - Helen Mettam
Still Life   Ronald Revitt
Still Life -Anne Thompson
Portrait/Figure  Stewart Halbisch
Any Subject  Margaret Dowe
Miniatures  Captain Cook - Yvonne Perrin

1979
President  Kay Britten
Judge  Cameron Sparks

Traditional  Bushlands Oxford Falls ­ Patrick Carroll
Contemporary  Through Woods... Robert Robertson
Watercolour  Untitled ­ Jean Isherwood
Still Life   Pomegranates ­ Jean Isherwood
Open Novice  Australian Scene ­ Margaret Ellice-Flint
Rural Activity  Road Home ­ Marie Matthews
Miniatures  Captain Cook ­ Yvonne Perrin

1978       
President  Winsome Busby   
Judge  Pamela Thalben-Ball

Traditional  The Fox ­ Phillip Pomroy
Contemporary  Looking Through ­Vija Spogis-Erdmanis
Watercolour  Landscape ­ Rupert Richardson
Still Life   ...with grapefruit ­ Dorothy Davies
Open Novice  Old Duke of Cornwell ­ Florence Wills
Rural Landscape  Manilla Landscape ­ Marie Matthews

1977       
President  Winsome Busby
Judge  Richard Ashton

Traditional  Cane Cutting ­ Dora Toovey
Contemporary  With the Rains ­ Rupert Richardson
Water Colour  Landscape ­ Rupert Richardson
Still Life   Pimply Pumpkin - Jacqueline Dabron
Open Novice  Looking West ­ Mary Dowe
Rural Landscape  Old Cottage Curra ­ Phillip Pomroy

1976       
President  Winsome Busby
Judge  Victor O'Connor

Traditional  Munday's Entrance ­ Rhonda March
Contemporary  Suburbia Composite ­ John Attwood
Watercolour  Welsh Valley ­ Melissa Lomas
Still Life   ..with bottles ­ Edwa Owan
Open Novice  The Children ­ Sheila Cooke
Rural Landscape  Muster ­ Murray Core

1975       
President  Winsome Busby
Judge  Frederick Bates

Traditional   Landscape ­ Rupert Richardson
Contemporary  - Dale Franks
Watercolour   - Rupert Richardson
Still Life   - Sheila White
Open Novice  Lapping Waters ­ Meredith White
Rural Landscape   - Stewart Halbisch

1974       
President  Winsome Busby
Judge  David Dryden

Traditional  Hill End - Gerald Krygsman
Contemporary   Le Corchant Vert - Nellie Oldham
Watercolour  Sirius Cove 1974 - Alison Faulkner
Still Life   Zinnias - John Proudfoot
Open Novice  Sails - T.N. Stephens
Rural Landscapes  Epacsdnal - Geoff Kiely
Junior (under 15)  Galloping Freely - Lewis Knight
Junior (under 18)  200 - Karen Stephenson

1973       
President  Judy MacDougall
Judge  Joshua Smith

Traditional   Scarred Landscapes ­ Harry Frost
Contemporary  Sunflowers ll ­ Rupert Richardson
Watercolour  Landscape ­ William Spencer
Still Life   Spanish Wine Pot ­ John Proudfoot
Still Life    ­ Iain  Campbell
Local   Davas & Gillian - Iain Campbell
                    Pollution ­ Dawn Clark
Open Novice  Bluff Road ­ Margaret Dowe
Under 18   Untitled ­ Fiona Cullen

1972       
President  Judy MacDougall       
Judge  Tom Thompson

Traditional  Picton Landscape ­ Guilio Gentile
Contemporary  The Tomb of the God Car - Harry Frost   
Watercolour  Mudgee Morning - Cameron Sparks
Still Life   Sassifern - M Clark   
Local (any medium) E Carter
Local Novice
Under 18    Geraldine Capel
Under 15   Rob MacDougall                                       

1971      
President  Winsome Busby
Judge  Douglas Dundas

Traditional  Hill End ­ Guilio Gentile
Contemporary   Come Live With Me ­ Diane Keraitis
Painting/Drawing  Landscape ­ Rupert Richardson
Still Life   Still Life ­ Kay Blaxland
Print    Decisions & Revisions ­ Ruth Faerber
Local    Quinces/Teapot ­ Anna Kurschner
Local Novice   Gums & Granite ­ William Green
Under 18   Lady in Blue ­ Anne Emery
Under 15   Still Life ­ Robert MacDougall

1970       
President  Judy MacDougall
Judge  Reinis Zusters

Traditional   Landscape - Rupert Richardson
   Pittwater Southerlies - Strom Gould
Contemporary  Flowers of Innocence - Ronald Hogan
    Robert Robertson
Painting/Drawing  Mountain Landscape - Ania Nicnanis
Still Life   Fruit ­ 2 pieces - Cameron Sparks
Print    Yvonne Gooding
Local                              Peter Lafevre

1969       
President   Winsome Busby       
Judge   James Gleeson

Traditional   The Laird of Cliffdale... Strom Gould
Contemporary  Painting - Henry Salkauskas
Painting/Drawing  The Day After - Joe Rose
Still Life   Lunch ­ Clive Wilbow
Print   White Christmas ­ Ruth Faerber
Local   Summer Scene - Joyce Storey

1968       
President         Winsome Busby
Judges         Kim Bonython
  Molly Johnson


Traditional  Near Patterson ­ Colin Parker
Contemporary  Yellow Garden ­ Ross Davis
Drawing    Old Timer - Gerald Krygsman                              
   David ­ Arthur Boothroyd
Still Life   Bottle Brush ­ Margaret Holmes
Genre    Aborigines in Camp ­ Betty Stevens
Print/Lithograph  Commedia Dek. Arte ­ Elaine Haxton
Local   Summer Haze ­ John Shields
Under 18   The Dancers ­ Anne Emery
Under 15   Bruce Keys
Local School Infant  Melanie Pearson
Primary   Jenny Deeks

1967       
President  Winsome Busby
Judges  Elaine Haxton
  Strom Gould

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1966       
President  Winsome Busby
Judge  Justin O¹Brien

Traditional  Evening ­ Dorothy Clemens 
Contemporary  Through Glass Windows ­ Harry Frost
Painting/Drawing  Still Life ­ Harry Frost
Local   Untitled - Alex Gray
Still Life   Teapot & Oranges ­ Cameron Sparks
Bark Picture  Sunset - Dulcie Careless           
Religious Painting  Disturbing Vision ­ Roland Grupp

1965       
President  Winsome Busby
Judge  Barry Stern

Traditional  Bushfire Series - George Frost
Contemporary  No Man's Land - Arch Cuthbertson
Any Medium (not oil) Narrabeen - Lin Litchfield
Portrait   The Doctor - Philippa Perry
Still Life   Bottle Brushes - Mary Maslin
Drawing   Figure Drawing ­ Janette Baker
Junior (under 18)  Still Life ­ Susan Peattie
Junior Drawing  Skaters - Susan Peattie
Junior (under 15)  The Mice Family ­ Janette MacIntosh
Primary (10 ­12)  Leon Farr
Primary (8 ­ 10)  Valerie Quale
Primary ( - 8)   Wendy Murray

1964       
President  Winsome Busby
Judges  Susanne Nehl
Bernard J F James

Traditional               
Contemporary  Raymond Hilan       
Any Medium (not oil)
Portrait   Self Portrait - Peter Lafebre
Drawing   View from Studio ­ Diana White
Most Popular Work  Heh ­ Ouida Wilkins

 

 

 

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