City of Wanneroo Art Awards winners

City of Wanneroo Open Award (acquisitive) $7,500

Artist: Chen He
Title: Cheerful Yanchep Lagoon
Media: Handmade brush, ink and wash on mulberry hemp paper
Judges' comments: The artist has employed an accomplished technique to give a sensibility to a favourite local site. This is an intimate, humble piece of work that speaks louder than its scale.

Best City of Wanneroo Resident - $2,000

Artist: Judy Rogers
Title: 6064
Media: Mixed media on board
Judges' comments: This well resolved meditation upon the artist’s neighbourhood captures the complex, intertwined and thorny set of relationships that make up a community.

Highly Commended City of Wanneroo Resident - $1,000

Artist: David Hall
Title: Shhhhh.....
Media: Watercolour
Judges' comments: An atmospheric, evocative use of the watercolour medium to convey a big weather event.

Painting Winner - $1,400

Artist: Umberto Pardini
Title: Barga in Snow Tuscany Italy
Media: Acrylic on canvas
Judges' comments: This excellent painting appears like it comes from a different world, evocative of presumably the intimate memories of the artist, and the timelessness of the Italian regions.

Painting Highly Commended - $500

Artist: Sarah Grange
Title: Just A Minute
Media: Oil paint and resin
Judges' comments: Through a distinct, original use of resin with a high range of colours, the artist shows a marvellous confidence and clear vision of her dynamic subject.

Sculpture Winner - $1,400

Artist: Sam Bruce
Title: Copper Sky Vessel
Media: Raku fired ceramic
Judges' comments: It is difficult not to touch and smell the incredible, soft texture of this large iconic form.

Sculpture Highly Commended - $500

Artist: Michelle Gauntlett
Title: Holding Hope
Media: Fine silver sheet
Judges' comments: The technique behind this form reveals the underwater landscape that informs its surface detail, the shimmer of silver revealing the reflections of light in water.

Works on Paper Winner - $1,400

Artist: Janice Oliver
Title: Out of the Ruins: New Life
Media: Eco etch and stone lithograph print making (unique state)
Judges' comments: The flattening effect of the lithograph squashes the layers into a moment in time. The child speaks to the new life of its title.

Works on Paper Highly Commended - $500

Artist: Luke Lewis
Title: Floating
Media: Coloured pencil on paper
Judges' comments: This turtle appears alive, captured in motion, as the artist creates three dimensionality through shading and surface detail.

Photo, Film and Digital Media Winner - $1,400

Artist: Mei Swan Lim
Title: Ruffs in Lagoon
Media: Video
Judges' comments: The textures and watery movements in this video work have a beautiful ambience and offer the viewer a sense of inspiration from place.

Photo, Film and Digital Highly Commended - $500

Artist: Audra de Pina
Title: TLC
Media: Photograph
Judges' comments: The picture of trees and vines taking over an old cottage speaks to the movement of time and nature, the ephemerality of all spaces we occupy.