And the winners are.............
A lively crowd attended the Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum for the official opening and awards presentation of the 2008 Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards.
And the winners are:
Rio Tinto Alcan Martin Hanson Memorial Art Award
It's All Happening!, BERYL WOOD
Wide Bay Australia Ltd. Local Artist Award
The Journey, CAROLYNE THORNTON
South Gladstone Rotary/Multitrade Youth Artist Award
The Extent of Decay is in the Mind of the Beholder, TEGAN KRAHENBRING
Murri Artist Award
Clay Through Me, SHANNON MacCARTHY
Just Frame It Local Photography Award
Rhythm & Blues, TRACEY SMITH
Queensland Energy Resources Ltd Award
Kamikaze, JOSH CLEARY
Christian Thomsen Award
Explaining Eremophila, MARGARET WORTHINGTON
Earth Works Outlined, JULIE POULSEN
SECTION TWO: WORKS ON PAPER
Queensland Alumina Ltd. Award
Warm & Fibrous, LESA HEPBURN
The LauraLou Jay Memorial Award
Interconnection, DAVID NIXON
Gladstone Arts Council & Gladstone Bunbury Players Award
Shadow & Reflection 1, IAN SMITH
SECTION THREE: THREE DIMENSIONAL & FIBRE WORKS
Gladstone Ports Corporation Award
Two Wits, MEREDITH COX
Trevor McMaster Refrigeration Award
Road Less Travelled, KIM-ANH NGUYEN
Gladstone Printing Services Award
Mondrian's Journey, CAROL FORSTER
Inset: 2008 judge Nick Mitzevich with Lesa Hepburn, recipient of the Queensland Alumina Ltd Award for her work Warm & Fibrous.