2017 Mission To Seafarers Maritime Art Prize Bluethumb

ANL Marintime Art Award

SOLD

WORKHORSE ON THE ORWELL

By Ted Dansey

150cm (W) x 105cm (H)

Watercolour

A$4,100

Nevile & Co Runners Up Award

ASP Best in Traditional Maritime Art Award Runner Up

DP World Emerging Artist Award

SOLD

GUARDIANS OF AN UNKNOWN PORT 2017

By Chris Rowe

70cm (W) x 50cm (H)

Mixed Media

A$2,100

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TELEGRAPH

By Robert J Williams

55cm (W) x 60cm (H)

Watercolour

A$2,630

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SELF PORTRAIT AS THE BLIND CAPTAIN

By Jamie Preisz

90cm (W) x 90cm (H)

Oil

A$9,500

// JUDGING PANEL

Graeme H Williams CIMAM

Graeme is a Scholar in Cultural Heritage and Art History, and is well established as a collector of Australian art and promoter of emerging Australian artists.

Ashley Lumb

Ashley Lumb is an American curator and art historian and has an M.Litt in the History of Photography from the University of St. Andrews. She has worked as a Curatorial Assistant for the British Museum and as a Research Affiliate at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University. Since 2012 she has been independently curating photography exhibitions in the US, UK, Europe, and Australia with her curatorial collective Hemera. She is also the founder of the London and New York Photography Diaries.

David Milne

From studying painting in 1966 at the National Art College, Sydney Tech., Milne moved to London as Art Restorer for the London Galleries before returning to Melbourne in 1971. A passionate painter with a deep social conscience, Milne’s vivid insights have been represented at over 27 major solo exhibitions, 20 group exhibitions, including a 2 man show with John Perceval, an Australia-wide touring exhibition with Museum Victoria (1993-1996), two solo shows at Spoletto, Italy, and the Australian Embassy, Tokyo.

Julie Collins

Julie is a sculptor who just wants to see good things happen. She has curated over 60 exhibitions incuding the Lorne Sculpture Biennale between 2010 - 2016. She has been an art educator at Victorian College of the Arts and RMIT, founded and chaired the Contemporary Sculptors Association, the Yarra Sculpture Gallery in Melbourne and has been on numerous advisory boards. <br><br> Julie was also the Public Art Coordinator for the City of Ballarat on a part time basis between 2011- 2016, bringing Ballarat innovative projects such as ContainART, Unicorn Lane Gallery and the commissioning of 10 new permanent public art. Her sculptural practice, run with her husband has been exhibiting Nationally & Internationally for over 30 years.