Winners 2025

2025 Winners

Congratulations to all the winners in this year’s show.

Oils/Acrylic Angelo Quabba Still Life Autumn The	Watercolour It Hao Pheh The Sight to Remember, Castlemain	Pastel Rosemary Toddman-Parrant The Cream Rob
Drawing Geoff Sargeant Grevillea Insignis - Cranbourne Gardens	Photography Mario Mirabile Spoken	People’s Choice Natalie Zannoni  Feline
Best Artwork Under $500 Leigh Rust Joker of the Bush
School Years 4-6 Emily Gladman Desert Cactus	School Years 7-9 Willem Hayes Untitled	School Years 10-12 Phoenix Sharp Streets of Home
Highly Commended Claire Jiang Purrfect Serenity	Highly Commended Remus Mortimer Astral Stardust	Commended Billy Badenhop Mystery
Highly Commended Gindell Piniron The Art of Emotion	Commended Libby Witchell Red Brow Trio	Highly Commended Jian Qiang Xu Greenhouse
Commended Imants Niedra Fruit	Commended Qin Zhao Floral Tea Time	Highly Commended Craig Penny Flowers in Red
Highly Commended Grant Gittus What You Lookin' At?	Commended Celeste Vinay Agapanthus	Commended Craig Schmutter The Mountain Range
Highly Commended Lyn Mellady Nocturn 1	Highly Commended Glenn Hoyle Portrait of a Woman	Commended Glenn Hoyle Sand and Sea
Commended Julie Goldspink High Country Beauty	Highly Commended Julie Goldspink Underwater Magic	Commended Helen Feutril Bay of Fires
Commended Deborah Gallant Living in a Fishbowl	Commended Jo-Anne Seberry The Picnic	Commended John Isaakidis Sierra Nevada Rock Portsea Sunset
Highly Commended Max Lane South African Cheetah	Highly Commended Patti Green Doors of India

2026 Art Show Changes

After every show and leading up to the next year's show, the Art Show Committee meets to discuss ways to improve the show for artists and visitors.

The Show receives money from a number of sources: Artist Entry fees, Visitor Entry fees, Sponsorship, Canteen sales and Commission on sale of artwork. It has a number of expenses: Venue hire, Advertising & signage, Equipment hire, Artist prize money, Catalogue printing, to name a few. All the workers at the show are volunteers, and many business donate goods or services to keep the costs to a minimum. ALL proceeds from the Show go to local charities.

The result of this is a continual balancing act. We want to make as much money from the Show as possible, so we can give it straight to the supported Charities. To do that, we need as many artists to enter the show as possible and as many visitors as we can get.

Changes for this year

• We are trying to make out Facebook account more active, to promote both the Art Show and the Club's other activities. We would recommend you follow us on Facebook to get regular updates.
• We are changing the entry and payment system. All entries will now be made online - an invoice will then be issued by the Club and payment will be made online (DETAILS TO COME AS OF 19/2/26)

Art Show donates $10,000 to Pantry 5000

After a successful Chelsea Art Show in 2024, the Club was happy to donate $10,000 to Pantry 5000.

Pantry 5000 provides emergency and ongoing food relief for people in the Southern Kingston and Northern Frankston municipalities. People need to be able to demonstrate financial difficulty to qualify to receive food assistance. Usually people are required to provide a Centrelink Health Care or Pension Card.

For more information about Pantry 5000, see their website.