2023 ART PRIZE FINALISTS

Title: This is how I feel Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 54h x 54w x 5d Medium: Acrylic On Wood Statement: A different path each morning led me on an exploration of landscape. Awaiting with anticipation each new composition, this […]

Title: Popeyes Ark Prize Status: Judges Commendation Prize Winner Category: General Dimensions (cm): 19h x 37w x 22d Medium: Ceramic Statement: The historic Popeye pleasure cruiser has been a feature on the Torrens since 1935. The birds and animals who […]

Title: Appreciation – Victoria Park Wetlands Adelaide Category: Emerging Artist, First Nations Artist Dimensions (cm): 160h x 160w x 3d Medium: Acrylic With Texture Medium Statement: “The aim of this painting is to demonstrate the Wow factor of the Adelaide […]

Title: Shrouded Monument, Tarntanyangga 2022 Prize Status: Judges Commendation Prize Winner Category: General Dimensions (cm): 76h x 61w x 8d Medium: Oil On Board Statement: This artwork is from an ongoing series of urban imagery that I have been working […]

Title: Strange days and nights Category: General Dimensions (cm): 30h x 42w x 5d Medium: Acrylic On Yupo Statement: Walk in and around the Park Lands often. The Park Lands helps me to stay human. Represented By: BMG Gallery

Title: Ngapaṟi Tjukurpa Prize Status: First Nations Artist Prize Winner Category: Emerging Artist, First Nations Artist Dimensions (cm): 137h x 180w Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Statement: Barbara Milpati Baker is painting her grandmother’s Tjukurpa from a place to the west […]

Title: Lighting Tower Category: Emerging Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 46h x 36w Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Statement: I created this work with the intention of bringing forth memories of time spent in the Adelaide Park Lands. While the painting […]

Title: Autumn dapples – Botanic Gardens Category: General Dimensions (cm): 120h x 90w x 3d Medium: Oil On Linen Statement: Dappled sunlight is a wonderful fact of life in Adelaide. Whether we think of the Plane trees in the city […]

Title: Greener Grass Category: General Dimensions (cm): 153h x 123w x 5d Medium: Acrylic On Linen Statement: Greener Grass – With the words of John Butler Trio’s Song – Better Than, a song about things coming and going, the grass […]

Title: Crossing Category: Digital Dimensions (cm): 50h x 40w Medium: Digital Drawing Printed On Fine Art Paper Available for: $560 Statement: “‘Crossing’ captures a moment of inspiration being found within the natural world. It depicts an unknown figure utilising a […]

Title: Tree Lines, Pale Green with Dark Green Prize Status: Judges Commendation Prize Winner Category: General Dimensions (cm): 50h x 33w x 16d Medium: Glass Statement: The majestic eucalypts of the Park Lands never cease to make an impression on […]

Title: Home Prize Status: School Student Prize Winner Category: Emerging Artist, School Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 35h x 42w Medium: Mixed Media – Framed Statement: “In 2020 my island was devastated by fire; lives taken, and many left homeless. […]

Title: Hyperobject (Kadaltilla) Prize Status: Digital Category Prize Winner Category: Digital Dimensions (cm): 87h x 122w Medium: Digital Collage Print- 3D Model Render + Photograph (Framed) Statement: “Positioned amongst a Heysenesque site in the south eastern corner of the Adelaide […]

Title: Storm Approaching Carriageway Park Tuthangga Category: General Dimensions (cm): 65h x 108w Medium: Pen Drawing Statement: “The Southern Park Lands is a living testament to the foresight of William Christie Buik who was the Mayor of Adelaide between 1878-1879. […]

Title: Prismatic Spring Category: Digital, Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 70h x 50w Medium: Digital, A.I. Generated Statement: Where the metaverse meets the natural world. A 21st century vision, a spring riot of digital colour that reminds us of the importance […]

Title: Sunken garden Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 84h x 59w Medium: Coloured Pencil And Felt Tip Pen On CA Grain Statement: My drawing ‘sunken garden’, 2022 is meticulously gridded with small segments coloured in bright pink, blue, red and […]

Title: chillin’ down under Category: Digital, Emerging Artist, School Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 40h x 64w Medium: Digital Art Statement: This piece was inspired by the root formations that are found around plane tree drive.  

Title: Bark Mothers Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 5h x 15w x 5d Medium: Sterling Silver Rings (Set Of 5) Statement: “Bark Mothers” are a series of rings inspired by the beauty and presence of the eucalypts in the Adelaide […]

Title: Colours of Place: Adelaide’s Forty Parks Category: Digital, Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 33h x 84w x 3d Medium: Inkjet On Canvas. Statement: “The city of Adelaide has forty parks, gardens and squares. All but two have three identifiers: a […]

Title: Looking West Prize Status: Emerging Artist Prize Winner Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 91h x 122w Medium: Oil On Canvas Statement: This work depicts the main asphalt path that divides Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi, down its centre. The view […]

Title: Looking East Prize Status: Emerging Artist Prize Winner Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 91h x 122w Medium: Oil On Canvas Statement: This work depicts the main asphalt path that divides Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi, down its centre. The view […]

Title: Was Here Category: General Dimensions (cm): 90h x 60w x 3d Medium: Encaustic And Oil On Panel Statement: Arborglyphs – the deliberate marking of trees is practiced across many cultures and traditions. People use these marks to commemorate important […]

Title: The Secrets of Rymill Park Lake Category: Digital, Photography Dimensions (cm): 72h x 103w x 4d Medium: Digital Photo Statement: The Adelaide Park Lands contains many waterways – and secrets.Could the the existence of mythical aquatic creatures be one […]

Title: Ghosts and Gums Prize Status: Judges Commendation Prize Winner Category: Digital, Photography Dimensions (cm): 72h x 103w Medium: Digital Photo Statement: Ghost gums and ghostly figures … on a cemetery tour in GS Kingston Park / Wirrarninthi (Park 23).Despite […]

Title: Study For a Landscape Category: General Dimensions (cm): 29h x 71w x 40d Medium: Cast Lead Crystal Statement: Our unique Park Lands blend the natural with the human made. The essential qualities of landscape/ cityscape – form, light, colour […]

Title: Plant Carers of Park 17 – Tuthangga Category: General Dimensions (cm): 160h x 120w x 5d Medium: Ink On Paper Statement: “Plant Carers is inspired by the work of the volunteers that care for native plants in the Adelaide […]

Title: Nightwalk Prize Status: Young Artist (u25) Prize Winner Category: Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 61h x 61w x 4d Medium: Oil, Acrylic And Aerosol Paint On Canvas Statement: A piece rich in detail and depicts a standard Adelaide Park Lands’ […]

Title: Family Gathering Prize Status: People’s Choice Prize Winner Category: Emerging Artist, First Nations Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 80h x 80w Medium: Paint Statement: Outside circles represent the men and women gathering kangaroo and honey ants for the family […]

Title: The nobility of rocks and sticks. Life on the ground Prize Status: Overall Prize Winner Category: General Dimensions (cm): 81h x 122w Medium: Oil Paint On Marine Plywood

Title: Close Orbit Prize Status: Photography Prize Winner Category: Photography Dimensions (cm): 100h x 100w Medium: Inket Print On Archival Paper Statement: In this photograph, sunlight reaches across craters and outcrops formed long ago on a Eucalypt in Park 13. […]

Title: Shadow-bent Tree Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 41h x 41w Medium: Oil On Panel Statement: “My landscape of the Adelaide Park Lands is a tribute to time spent with my late sister-in-law in the rugged beauty of the park. […]

Title: Rabid Eradication (Persistent Pestilence) Prize Status: Judges Commendation Prize Winner Category: General Dimensions (cm): 40h x 90w x 4d Medium: Wool Died With Eucalyptus Statement: “Rabid Eradication considers the layered histories of the Adelaide Park Lands. It takes the […]

Title: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos of the Parklands Category: Emerging Artist, School Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 70h x 52w Medium: Coloured Pencils And Paint Pens Statement: My artwork was inspired by my weekly walks through Victoria Park. I always admire the […]

Title: Three Trees & One Canopy Category: Emerging Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 90h x 107w x 5d Medium: Oil Paint, Oil Stick On Board Statement: “Three Trees, One Canopy” is an abstracted imagining of a group of Red Cedar […]

Title: Iparrityi Category: General Dimensions (cm): 51h x 43w Medium: Hand-Coloured Linoprint Statement: “Local Icons – Park Lands Women seriesSince becoming a city dweller a few years ago, I have spent a lot of time walking in and around the […]

Title: A Space For You Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 70h x 60w x 2d Medium: Collage Statement: “Parklands reach out to you.They provide a place to escape the everyday issues of the world. A space to immerse yourself in […]

Title: Tree of Memories Category: Emerging Artist, School Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 180h x 58w x 58d Medium: Repurposed Metal, Repurposed Cyprus Timber Notes: Delivery Available (within 40 – 50km of CBD) Statement: “I have been visiting the Adelaide […]

Title: Past and Future Category: School Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 51h x 41w Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Statement: Before settlement, Fairy-wrens thrived on the land that is now the Adelaide Park Lands. These tiny birds disappeared after ground cover […]

Title: The Three Graces Category: Photography Dimensions (cm): 42h x 30w Medium: Photography Statement: The Three Graces – I’m interested in taking micro elements from nature and rearranging them so that the viewer can see them in a new context […]

Title: Labyrinthine Category: General Dimensions (cm): 158h x 50w x 40d Medium: Patinated Copper, Mdf, Paint Statement: “Inspired by Fungi this piece represents the connection we have to nature and other organisms.Underground is a labyrinth of interconnecting cells and threads […]

Title: Mark Kimber – Eventide 9 Category: Photography Dimensions (cm): 50h x 70w x 4d Medium: Pigment Print Statement: I feel that the most effective method for conveying the emotional resonance of places may just be to obscure vision and […]

Title: 700 Hectares In Motion Category: General Dimensions (cm): 180h x 180w x 20d Medium: Australian Stoneware Statement: “This work is comprised of 25 individually hand-built ceramic sculptures glazed in various shades and textures of green, and assembled to map […]

Title: Life Category: General Dimensions (cm): 71h x 65w Medium: Hand-Coloured Linocut Notes: In addition, there are editions of 9 that can be purchased unframed for $790 each. /**/ Statement: What would a city be without trees? From the very […]

Title: Morton Bay Fig, Botanic Gardens Category: General Dimensions (cm): 150h x 100w x 3d Medium: Oils On Canvas Statement: I focus in paint on the enormous scale of the tree, through this work I explore the glossy green surface […]

Title: Impressions of The Riverbank Precinct – Adelaide, SA Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 77h x 102w x 4d Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Statement: This painting represents the Artist’s impression of the Adelaide Riverbank Precinct from an aerial viewpoint.

Title: Sentient Beings Category: General Dimensions (cm): 120h x 180w x 6d Medium: Oil On Linen Statement: “The Adelaide Park Lands is unique to this city. What makes it stand out is the way each park is bordered by our […]

Title: Precious Preservation Prize Status: Judges Commendation Prize Winner Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 35h x 17w x 17d Medium: Ceramic Statement: Lived experiences and memories inform peoples’ beliefs and ideologies. I am interested in how the experiences of daily […]

Title: Grasslands Prize Status: Judges Commendation Prize Winner Category: General Dimensions (cm): 36h x 54w x 27d Medium: Ceramics, Wooden Plinth Notes: Can be purchased with the Custom Acrylic Box for additional $400 /**/ Statement: As I walk through the […]

Title: Sisters Seasons Apart Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 16h x 30w x 25d Medium: Blown Glass, Sand Carved And Engraved Statement: “Sisters seasons apart”, was inspired by the Himeji Gardens in the southern Adelaide Park Lands. Gifted by Adelaide’s […]

Title: Tuthangga (Park 17) Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 90h x 60w x 4d Medium: Acrylic Paint On Canvas Statement: “The Park Lands are a rare and precious treasure. Against the bustle of the city we have a green island […]

Title: After Rain Category: General Dimensions (cm): 76h x 91w x 3d Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Statement: After rain, fragments of crockery in old dump sites in the south-western corner of the Park Lands rise to the surface and whisper […]

Title: Park 27: Trees, bunting, agapanthus plants, and view of Karrawirra Parri Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 41h x 51w x 3d Medium: Acrylic, Gouache, Ink And Watercolour On Board Statement: This painting represents visual details of natural and built […]

Title: Natural Exuberance – Coral tree Bark, Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Park 11 Category: General Dimensions (cm): 152h x 102w x 4d Medium: Oil On Canvas Statement: This is a close-up ‘portrait’ of the bark patterns in the trunk of a […]

Title: Parklands River Red Gum (Eucalyptus Camaldulensis) Category: General Dimensions (cm): 66h x 46w Medium: Contemporary Bobbin Lace Worked With Hand Dyed Linen Thread Statement: The River Red Gum (Eucalyptus Camaldulensis) is a favourite tree of mine and whenever I […]

Title: Park Lands, Possums and Periwinkle Sky Category: General Dimensions (cm): 150h x 100w x 5d Medium: Oil On Canvas Statement: “Hidden in the darkness of the night and yet firmly engraved onto the Australian landscape, possums are a big […]

Title: Ruby Red Saltbush Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 96h x 67w Medium: Cyanotype On Canvas Statement: “Possingham starts with a branch, flower, twig. They are scanned with 3D software, then manipulated, cutting them in the computer, playing with light, […]

Title: Herding Caterpillars – VR – The lifecycle of the Chequered Copper butterfly, in extended reality Category: Digital, Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 0h x 0w Medium: Virtual Reality Performance – To Be Experienced Through Oculus Quest 2 Headset. 360 Video […]

Title: Dear Life Prize Status: Judges Commendation Prize Winner Category: First Nations Artist Dimensions (cm): 110h x 78w x 5d Medium: Graphite On Paper Statement: “Finding the Australian ring neck deceased on the road side. I was compelled to capture […]

Title: Parklands Olive Branch Category: General Dimensions (cm): 15h x 50w x 50d Medium: Bronze, Emu Eggs Statement: The beauty lies in the formation of an olive branch with the olives being represented by emu eggs. The bronze branch is […]

Title: Tarndanya Category: Emerging Artist, First Nations Artist Dimensions (cm): 71h x 71w Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Statement: Tarndanya inspires with its endless possibilities.The Kaurna people, their culture and history have inspired many generations. Colonel William Light and his unique […]

Title: Whispering Grandmother Category: General Dimensions (cm): 65h x 65w Medium: Sculpture Statement: The murmuring movement of the foliage captures the wind creating delightful mystical music in the breeze. The cascading strings whisper softly to offer a sense of calm […]

Title: We Are So Very Small Category: Emerging Artist, Under 25 Dimensions (cm): 52h x 42w x 4d Medium: Watercolour Statement: “We are so very small’ explores humans relationship to nature, in particular the Adelaide Park Lands.This work harnesses magical […]

Title: Super Nature Category: General Dimensions (cm): 122h x 102w x 4d Medium: Oil On Canvas Statement: “With a connection to nature, I am constantly inspired by the seasonal changes in Adelaide, watching our city turn to shades of amber, […]

Title: The Golden Wattle hybrid (Acacia Pycnantha) Category: General Dimensions (cm): 45h x 60w x 4d Medium: Oil On Linen Statement: Tiff’s paintings boldly use self created characters as the main figurative element, as an extension of her identity. The […]

Title: Uncle Mickey O’Brien Welcome to Country Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 102h x 150w x 3d Medium: Oil Statement: “I was inspired by Senior Kaurna man, Uncle Michael Kumatpi Marrutya O’Brien, at the Walk for Justice 2022 when he […]

Title: Ponder Category: General Dimensions (cm): 63h x 69w x 4d Medium: Acrylic On Wood Veneer Panel (Found Furniture Part) Statement: The idea of healing and inspiration from Nature are central ideas for this painting. I focused on Helen Mayo […]

Title: A Hopeful Future Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 25h x 65w x 3d Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Statement: “A Hopeful Future” is a reproduction of an early colonial painting of the Adelaide Park Lands (1886) but with a monster […]

Title: Protective Layer Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 42h x 30w Medium: Watercolour On 300gsm Paper Statement: “Trees play an important role in a complex and biologically diverse ecosystem in both the built and natural environments. Trees inspire humans in […]

Title: The strength of Small Things Category: General Dimensions (cm): 37h x 30w x 2d Medium: Spray Paint On Wood With Metal Chainmaile Statement: This work is a statement about our relationship with nature and the changes we need to […]

Title: Native Oppression Category: General Dimensions (cm): 110h x 41w x 11d Medium: Bronze Statement: “For over 26years, every one of my sculptures was inspired directly from nature. My sculptures of abstract human figures are magnified replications of delicate twigs […]

Title: Winter in the Veale Gardens on walyu yarta root ground Category: General Dimensions (cm): 29h x 47w Medium: Graphite Pencil On Acid Free Cartridge Paper Statement: Walyu Yarta {root} ground is the Kaurna name for the Veale Gardens site.Built […]

Title: Bonython Park, Tulya Wardli Category: General Dimensions (cm): 104h x 104w x 5d Medium: Acrylic On Canvas Statement: In my painting I endeavour to capture the beauty of things around me. Landscape has always been part of my practice […]

Title: Into the woods 1 Category: General Dimensions (cm): 100h x 200w x 4d Medium: Ink, Fine Linear, Acrylic On Hand Made Amate Paper Statement: I evoke nature, it is my biggest and finest inspiration. Nature enables me to be […]

Title: See me in a new light Category: Emerging Artist, Photography Dimensions (cm): 58h x 43w Medium: Photography Statement: During the Illuminate festival, I took joy in seeing my favourite trees in the Botanical Gardens in a new light. As […]

Title: Woodland Echo (Wirrarninthi) 2023 Category: General Dimensions (cm): 70h x 85w Medium: Monotype, Lithography, Watercolour, Redgum Botanical Ink, Graphite On Paper Statement: “This work pays homage to the enduring remnant Mallee Box Woodland that emerges from Park 23, also […]

Title: Corner of the Cemetery / Park 23 Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 23h x 23w x 3d Medium: Acrylic On Pine Board With Resin Layering Statement: An aerial view of a quiet corner the West Terrace Cemetery where it […]

Title: Lightning Bridge / Karntu Waadlakatha Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 23h x 23w x 3d Medium: Acrylic On Pine Board With Resin Layering Statement: An aerial view of the Lightening bridge incorporating the river and the nearby golf course. […]

Title: Narnungga Urban Forest Category: Emerging Artist Dimensions (cm): 23h x 23w x 3d Medium: Acrylic On Pine Board Overlayed With Layers Of Resin Overlayed Statement: This is an aerial view of the Narnungga Urban Forest which is quietly located […]

Title: Ghosts and Nests Category: General Dimensions (cm): 61h x 46w Medium: Acrylic Paint, Inktense Pencil, Printed Paper Collage Statement: “In February 2022, my home and studio suffered a massive landslide during the devastating flooding, which affected most people where […]

Title: West Tce Prickly Pears Category: General Dimensions (cm): 25h x 35w x 20d Medium: Blown And Sculpted Glass Statement: “The Adelaide Park Lands Association (APA) is a non-profit community based organisation focused on advocating exploration and restoration of open […]