2025 Major Awards & Prizes
The 2025 Plein Air Down Under Painting Festival will have over $12000 in prizes and awards spread over multiple categories.
The provisional list of Awards is as follows:
Major Awards
$3,000 Ray White Mandurah Acquisitional Award
$2,500 Open Category presented by the City of Mandurah
$500 Open Category Runner-up presented by Seashells Hospitality Group
$1,000 Non-professional Category presented by Mandurah Holiday Rentals
$350 in products, Non-Professional Category Runner-up presented by Senior Art Supplies
$500 People’s Choice Award Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition presented by Community Bank Halls Head
$500 People’s Choice Award Festival Art Exhibition presented by Community Bank Halls Head
$500 PADU Experience Peel Award
$1,500 Pinjarra Acquisitional Award presented by the Shire of Murray
$50 Youth Award under 13 presented by Community Bank Halls Head
$100 Youth Award aged 13 – 18 presented by Community Bank Halls Head
$150 Gillian-Kaye Peebles Youth Award for Excellence presented by Gillian-Kaye Peebles
Quick Draw Awards
$500 Best in Show presented by Mandurah Caravan & Tourist Park
$350 in products, Best Oil Painting presented by Michael Harding Paints
$350 in products, Best Watercolour Painting presented by Michael Harding Paints
$350 in products, Best Pastel Painting presented by Senior Art Supplies
$350 in products, Best Painting (other mediums) presented by Senior Art Supplies
$50 in products, Youth Award under 13 presented by Art & Craft World
$100 in products, Youth Award aged 13 – 18 presented by Art & Craft World