2024 major Awards & Prizes
The 2024 Plein Air Down Under Painting Festival had over $12000 in prizes and awards spread over multiple categories. Congratulations to our 2024 Award Winners:
Major Awards
$3,000 Ray White Mandurah Acquisitional Award – Merv Lindsay
$2,500 Open Category presented by the City of Mandurah – Leanne Pearson
$600 in Accommodation, Open Category Runner-up presented by Seashells Hospitality Group – Andy Dolphin
$1,000 Non-professional Category presented by Mandurah Holiday Rentals – Bob Saxon
$350 in products, Non-Professional Category Runner-up presented by Senior Art Supplies – Vicki Lee
$500 People’s Choice Award Spirit of the Landscape Exhibition – Leon Holmes
$500 People’s Choice Award Festival Art Exhibition – Leon Holmes
$500 PADU Experience Peel Award presented by Peel Development Commission – Linda MacAuley
$1,500 Pinjarra Acquisitional Award presented by the Shire of Murray & Pinjarra Connect – Sam Swadling
$50 Youth Award under 13 presented by Community Bank Halls Head – Khloe Benbow
$100 Youth Award aged 13 – 18 presented by Community Bank Halls Head – Harlow Paton
$150 Gillian-Kaye Peebles Youth Award for Excellence presented by Gillian-Kaye Peebles – Ella Newland
Quick Draw Awards
$500 Best in Show presented by Mandurah Caravan & Tourist Park – Gordon Alexander
$350 in products, Best Oil Painting presented by Michael Harding Paints & Leon Holmes Products – Jo Wesley
$350 in products, Best Watercolour Painting presented by Senior Art Supplies – John Bullock
$350 in products, Best Pastel presented by Senior Art Supplies – Val Brooks
$350 in products, Best Painting (other mediums) presented by Senior Art Supplies – Deb Zibah
$50 Youth Award under 13 – India Alexander
$100 Youth Award aged 13 – 18 – Ella Newland