LiTTLE THiNGS

AR T PR I Z E

29 August - 9 September 2018

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”

- William Arthur Ward

The Little Things Art Prize focuses on the little things that make us

happy or the little things for which we’re grateful.

But don’t forget about the little things you can do for others!

Happiness is not just feeling good it’s also doing good;

and there are so many little things we can do for others that will

bring happiness to them and in turn, to ourselves as well.

- Dr Tim Sharp, CHO The Happiness Institute

Thank you...

to all the artists who submitted entries, to all our generous supporters and to our judges Stephen Bird and Damian Moss

Left to right starting from top rowBulahdelah School of Arts - Luanne Mitchelmore / Window - Melinda Marshman / Sunny Tunes - Hanna Bauer / Golden Light - Linda Olstein / Evie - Margaret Ackland / Its Not About You - Chanel Tobler / Just Beneath the Surface - Karen O’Connor / Red Horse- Bronwen Bassett / Rock Platform - Sandra Williams

The profound beauty of the vast spaces and smaller fragments of Australian landscape, and the fleeting experience of atmospheric and seasonal

shifts, both inspires and calms.

Road to country depicts the view from the car window as I finally reach the country and all that it encompasses. The promise of things to come, little things

that bring me joy...peacefulness, beauty and the comfort of being home.

Promised LandSusan Jacobsen

Road to CountryKristen Lethem

Left to right starting from top rowThe Old Broken Road - Taz Miller / Larapinta Dreaming - Fiona Verity / Bell-fruited Mallee - Emma Fuss / Flannel - Colleen Southell / On the Table - Jamie Derkenne / Purpose - Paula do Prado / Jungle Circuit - Meredith Cooper / Rhythm - Jane Gerrish

My weekends with the family are really special time, and we have enjoyed going out on rowboats together. I love the simplicity of sitting in a boat propelled

by wooden oars sliding through the water and being surrounded by nature.

Sunday on the RiverCeilia Mok

Little Black ShackIngrid Kwong

Our little fishermans shack is both a home and a haven, a place where you can feel the wind in your hair, sand between your toes and the rhythm of the

ocean tides - a simple life by the sea.

Plates and PotsAlice Dunkley

Left to right starting from top rowSets of Seven - Natalie Penn / Barbara’s Things - Stacey McCall / Pink Motel - Eliza Gosse / Cactus in a Can - Vanessa Encarnacao / Saturated - Deena Chaffey / Equanimity - Margaret Ackland / Retro Collectibles - Rebecca Moss / What Remains - Samantha Mackie

My work is a celebration of the simple and mundane things in our lives that we make beautiful, finding serenity in the clutter.

Left to right starting from top rowSunday Fun - Fiona Verdouw / And Gather Me into the Artifice of Eternity - Michael Henderson / Blushed Noon - Leslie Celis / Interior Dawn - Jo Nolan / Surf Lifesavers - Gina Fishman / Colour is Everything - Mary Shackman / Walk on the Ridge - Amy Wright / With you - Isabella Edwards

Left to right starting from top rowMon Petit Boneur - Tania Alexander / Morning Ritual - Vicki Ratcliff / Freddy the Fish - Chloe Shaw / Colours Are All I Feel - Marisa Mu / Sentry - Sue MacLeod-Beere / Tea Towels - Mary Stack / The Dragon Stirs - Jennifer O’Young / Tenderness - Gabbi Lancaster

Little ValleyJenie Fawckner

Left to right starting from top rowLittle Painting 1 - Lesley Kendall / A Little Light - Peta Morris / Ode to Tarkovsky - Michaela James / The Long Way Home - ILeigh Hellier / Zebra Finches - Johanna Hildebrandt / Vignettes of the Mundane - Eleanor Amiradaki

Standing high up from my vantage point the valley appears small and contained but in reality I know the unparalleled size and

effect mother nature is capable of. The illusion of “Little”

Heart on FirePaula do Prado

A reflection on giving oneself permission to follow a creative passion and the happiness that comes from

not only igniting fire in one’s own heart but lighting the spark in others.

Left to right starting from top rowA Night Out - Molly Kamenz / In the Moment - Alexandra Plim / Stolen Moments - Margaret French-Wollen / Sea Urchin - Tracey Deep / Words of Wisdom Written in these Maritime Flags - Alexandra Connelley / Beach Holidays, Cornwall - Shauna Seccombe

I love watching light play upon our world. There is a magic in time spent this way. This work shows moonlight reflecting on small ripples of water, completely and

peacefully absorbing my attention.

When I’m working on a painting, often late into the night, Rosemary Smith naps on the daybed behind me, keeping me company and keeping herself comfortable

- it’s a little thing that makes us both happy.

The Harbour at MidnightKim Flatman

Rosemary SmithSam Paine

Left to right starting from top rowSuperb Parrot Ornament and Shadow - Jane Guthleben / In My Place - Courtney Cook / Little Painting 2 - Lesley Kendall

Left to right starting from top rowBanksia - Isobel Woodcock / The Happy Chook - Sarella Symonds / Nanette - Hugo Gibson / Riding in the Flowers - Jacana Symonds / VPS - Alma Bachar-Adler / Yabby in the Deep - Iris Hastings / Wishing Well - Dilara Ozcan / Small Intervals - Camryn Mackie

Young Artist Finalists

Left to right starting from top rowMy Friends Make Me Happy - Nikita Lyandvert / Pattern Abstraction - Liam Danon / Music and Love by the Sea - Romy Cowan / Feathers of Nature - Kiani Braund / Music Makes Me Happy and Calm - Asher Lyandvert / Returning to the Fold - Ross Richardson

Tiny TankSonya Moyle

Happiness lies in the seemingly mundane beauty of the Australian rural landscape

Left to right starting from top rowTea Cup - Hyeyoun Shin / Barnacular - Ursula Burgoyne / Transient Cameo - Cita Daidone / Blossom - Melissa Gabelle / Pot of Possibility - Nina Field / Treasure Keeper - Ruth Williams / Hati - Lai Imm / Entwined - Liz Sofield / Idyll - Rachael Rigg

Left to right starting from top rowMoon Rock - Britt Neech / Natural - Kit Fong Wong / Fossick Vase - Chrystie Longworth / Flower Bone - Sarah Rayner / Looking In - Larissa Warren / Born - Annette Bukovinsky / Sake-to-me - Ruth Byrne / Structure - Kaz Davis / Aussie Netsuke - Dana Lundmark

ParticleSuzanne Davey

A personal talisman to remind us that we are a tiny part of a greater whole, and to being expansive: to focus

outwards, be open, go forth, grow and engage as we journey through the universe.

Birthday cakes with ballerinas and cupcakes decorated with intricate swirls of icing make me happy. These delicate and impermanent confectionary delights

are recreated in porcelain to last forever.

Piped Dream (Tiny Dancer)Ebony Russell

Left to right starting from top rowWarehouses - Simone Madigan / The Birth of Vino - Joseph Turrin / Simple Expresso - Kim Seckold / Sugar and Spice Jar - Denise McDonald / Small Green Pot with Lid - Oliver Carney / In Loving Memory - Renuka Fernando

Left to right starting from top rowTea Tree Pot - Creina Moore / Pods - Melissa Gabelle / Guardian Chicken - Carys Martin / Tiny Steps - Minaal Lawn / Reclining Woman - Soraya Nematollahi / Little Pinch Pot - Laura Jankelson / Marble Cup - Yegana Jafarova / Embedded - Fran Romano

XeniaJennifer Everett

The open, relaxed hand is all at once Offering, Receiving and Holding; hope, nourishment, trust, love, benevolence.

Little Things Art Prize was developed by Marnie Ross

and is supported through the Woollahra Council Community & Cultural Grants Program.