2025 Major Award & Prize WINNERS

The 2025 Plein Air Down Under Painting Festival had over $13,000 in prizes and awards spread over multiple categories.

2025 Major Awards WINNERS

$3,000 Ray White Mandurah Acquisitional Award : Merv Lindsay

$2,500 Open Category presented by the City of Mandurah : Andy Dolphin

$500 Open Category Runner-up presented by Seashells Mandurah : John Bullock

$1,000 Non-professional Category presented by Mandurah Holiday Rentals : Michael Craig

$350 in products, Non-Professional Category Runner-up presented by Senior Art Supplies : Nola Ellis

Highly Commended Award x 2 presented by Senior Art Supplies : Deb Zibah & Bob Saxon

Highly Commended Award x 2 presented by Michael Harding Paints : Ann Evans & Jos Coufreur

$500 People’s Choice Award Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition presented by Community Bank Halls Head : Leon Holmes

$500 People’s Choice Award Festival Art Exhibition presented by Community Bank Halls Head : Harlow Paton

$500 PADU Experience Peel Award : Gordon Alexander

$1,500 Pinjarra Acquisitional Award presented by the Shire of Murray : Andy Dolphin

$50 Youth Award under 13 presented by Community Bank Halls Head : Charlee O’Connell

$100 Youth Award aged 13 – 18 presented by Community Bank Halls Head : Rebecca Stubbs

$150 Gillian-Kaye Peebles Youth Award for Excellence presented by Gillian-Kaye Peebles : Harlow Paton

$500 Best in Show presented by Mandurah Caravan & Tourist Park : Andy Conlin

$350 in products, Best Oil Painting presented by Michael Harding Paints : Ashley Hay

$350 in products, Best Watercolour Painting presented by Michael Harding Paints : John Bullock

$350 in products, Best Pastel Painting presented by Senior Art Supplies : Keryn Channing

$350 in products, Best Painting (other mediums) presented by Senior Art Supplies : Frances Sullivan-Rhodes

$50 in products, Youth Award under 13 presented by Art & Craft World : Indi Alexander

$100 in products, Youth Award aged 13 – 18 presented by Art & Craft World : Rebecca Stubbs