EGAG WRAP 2017 was judged by Simon Gregg, Acting Director and Curator, Gippsland Art Gallery Sale.

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Thankyou Gippsland! You gave us your art, all 190 works and on Friday night, when EGAG WRAP 2017 opened, you came in droves and you bought art - over $2500 worth!! 100% of this goes straight back to the artists and stays in the community. Big thanks go to Simon Anderson Consultants for jumping on board with our vision and sponsoring the prize. A huge thankyou from all of us here at East Gippsland Art Gallery and from Gippsland artists.

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The winner was 17 year old Emma Hearnes for her delicate drawing titled, Erase. Simon said of Emma’s work, that art should not only be aesthetically pleasing and technically good, but have something important to say and Erase has achieved all those things. Emma shows great technical ability and her drawings although photo realistic, show things a photo couldn’t. There is a psychological depth to this work and once seen it will not be easily forgotten. Simply beautiful.

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Simon thoroughly enjoyed viewing all the works and wanted to commend all the artists on their efforts.

There were several pieces he thought deserved to be acknowledged. We have included Honourable Mentions for the following artists:

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Deirdre Jack for her work Studio with Yellow Chair. Simon said that Deidre's work was very clever and had a profound colour sensibility.

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Shannon Woodcock, Raymond Island Conversation by for it’s strength in delivering a message and challenging the viewer.

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Kate Shone’s, Molluscus  for clever use of materials and surface finish to create volume.

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Peter Johnstone for his work Lidded Oviform Box. Peter’s organic forms are beautiful. Made with amazing skill and finished beautifully.

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The People's Choice Award was won by Christopher Miller for Still Life with Chicken Skin

 

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