Pre-Selection Panel
- Each year the Organisers will appoint a Pre-Selection panel to review entries.
- The Panel will initially review and assess all submissions received, and will decide which works will be invited to exhibit at the Art Show.
- The Show Judge/s may or may not be part of the Pre-Selection Pane panel.
- All decisions on acceptances are final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
- Artists will be notified which of their works have been accepted to be exhibited prior to the opening of the Show.
Show Judging
- Each year the Organisers appoint an external Art Show Judge/s for the Show
- Judging takes place after the Art Show installation is complete
Judge for 2025
- Our judge for 2025 is Peter Smales
- Born in London, UK in 1958.
STUDIES
- Art studies with Ron Crawford, Alan Martin and Sir William Dargie
- Bachelor of Education, Painting (Visual Arts) at Melbourne University.
- European study tour, 1982
- EXHIBITIONS
- Leveson Gallery, Carlton in 1983 and 1984
- The Elgin Gallery, Carlton from 1985 to 1994
- Guest artist, Camberwell Rotary Art Show in 1992 and 1996
- Victorian Artists’ Society Galleries, 1995 - 2004
- Kew Gallery, 1997, 1999, 2001
- Without Pier Gallery, Sandringham, 2000, 2001, 2002
- Jenny Pihan Fine Art Gallery, annually 2003 – 2019
- Eaglesnest Gallery, Aireys Inlet 2019 and 2020
- Peter has also participated in numerous group exhibitions
ACTIVITIES
- Member of the Victorian Artists' Society.
- Member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc.
- Camberwell Rotary Art Show Judging Panel, 2002
- Victor Harbour Art Show, Judge, 2010
- Mount Waverley Art Show, Judge, 2010
- Hamilton Rotary Art Show, Judge, 2013
- Bayside Art Show, Brighton Rotary, Judge, 2014
- Currently teaches from home studio and at Doncaster-Templestowe Art Society as well as conducting workshops and plein air paint-aways
REPRESENTED
- Private and corporate collections in Australia, England, America, Japan and Europe.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- “90 Years of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society” 2008 TMPS
- “Mavericks and Masters” Centenary of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society 1918 - 2018 TMPS.
AWARDS
- Norwich Award (Camberwell Rotary Art Show), 1992, 1994 and 1995
- Kew Rotary Art Show, 1982
- Box Hill Rotary Art Show, 1996
- Mount Waverley Art Show, 1998
- Inaugural Streeton “Longacres” Award, 1999
- Mildura Art Show, 2001
- Victorian Artists Society – Maritime Exhibition Award, 2010
- Sir Arthur Streeton Award, Sherbrooke Art Society, 2010 and 2012
- Arthur Streeton & Tom Roberts Awards, Sherbrooke Art Society, 2016
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