2023 major Awards & Prizes
The 2023 Plein Air Down Under Painting Festival had over $12000 in prizes and awards spread over multiple categories.
Major Awards
$3,000 Ray White Mandurah Acquisitional Award:
Andy Conlin, The Brighton
$2,500 Open Category presented by the City of Mandurah:
Leanne Pearson, Pinjarra Paint Out
$1,000 Non-professional Category presented by Mandurah Holiday Rentals:
Susan Penfold, Under the Bridge
$500 People’s Choice Award Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition
$500 People’s Choice Award Festival Art Exhibition
$500 Experience Peel Paint Out Award presented by the Peel Development Commission:
Tiffany Forster, Coodanup Backwater
$1,500 Pinjarra Acquisitional Award presented by the Shire of Murray & Pinjarra Connect:
Jos Coufreur, Old School House
$200 Highly Commended Award presented by Community Bank Halls Head:
Samuel Swadling, Murphy’s
$200 Highly Commended Award presented by Community Bank Halls Head:
Susan Sheppard, Lane Pool
$50 Youth Award under 13 presented by Community Bank Halls Head:
Khloe Benbow, Lest we Forget
$150 Gillian-Kaye Peebles Youth Award for Excellence:
Paige Preston, The Smiling Cows
Quick Draw Awards
$500 Best in Show presented by Mandurah Caravan & Tourist Park:
Tiffany Forster, Sebel View
$350 in products, Best Oil Painting presented by Michael Harding Paints & Leon Holmes Products:
Peter Studley, Kid’s Day Out
$350 in products, Best Watercolour Painting presented by Senior Art Supplies:
Amit Kapoor, Simmo’s
$350 in products, Best Pastel presented by Senior Art Supplies:
Keryn Channing, Springtime in Mandurah
$350 in products, Best Painting (other mediums) presented by Senior Art Supplies:
Deb Zibah, Mandjar Curve
$350 in products, Best Sketch Book presented by Senior Art Supplies:
Ashley Hay, Festival Day
$50 Youth Award under 13:
Khloe Benbow, Mandjar Monday
$50 Youth Award under 13:
Jordyn Gray, Nature’s Dance
