$50,000 Stanthorpe Art Prize ‘26 Winners

WINNER 2D Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026 Award of $20,000

KHR Stewart Dollface, Oil on linen

“A striking dream-like image, both meticulous and mysterious. We found ourselves returning to it over again.”

— Wendy Sharpe, Judge

WINNER 3D Stanthorpe Art Prize 2026 Award of $20,000

Keith Burt Inquiet, Plaster, enamel, acrylic, oil paint

“This work expertly combines the solid form of sculpture with gesture of painting, making an uneasy but compelling object”

— Julie Fragar, Judge

WINNER Local Artist Award of $3,000

Karen Johns The Tree and Me, Watercolour

“We were impressed by the psychological quality of this work, of an artist subject using painting to quite literally picture herself as part of nature”

— Julie Fragar, Judge

WINNER The Ted and Daph Reeves Memorial Prize for Young Artists of $2,000

Sayuni Wickramasinghe Commute, Acrylic on canvas

“An intriguing psychological image. Sensitive and evocative. Extraordinary for someone so young.”

— Wendy Sharpe, Judge

The people have made their choice!

Huge congratulations to the Stanthorpe Regional Art Prize People’s Choice winner!

Congratulations to Michael Morgan, whose work Bush Psychiatry was voted the overall People’s Choice winner by hundreds of visitors. Michael’s artwork Bush Psychiatry captured the hearts of so many visitors to Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery.

People’s Choice Winner:

Michael Morgan

Bush Psychiatry

Oil on Belgian Linen

I sat around the fire with embers now aglow, with Tom and Rob beside me, merely shadows from long ago. As the day has turned to night I look back once again, where once a band of brothers sat, the bush we loved is now my only friend.