Finalists 2026
Congratulations to the finalists of Local Contemporary Art Prize 2026

Marvene Ash
Studio furniture (hare hiding) | 2025 | oil on Belgian linen | 108 x 92cm

Graham Bell
Black swans on Lake Doonella | 2024 | relief print on acetate with chine collé and collage | 136 x 96cm

Jean Bennett
The nep of life | 2025 | silk threads | 10 x 25cm (boxed) Sculpture 5 x 18cm

Chris Blake
Evenings quiet reflections | 2026 | oil on canvas | 76 x 61cm

Susan Bradshaw
Unmade in blue | 2026 | cyanotype with mixed media | 60 x 75cm

Lilly Burridge
Celeste | 2026 | oil on canvas | 30 x 30cm

Krissy Carmichael
Violet hour, Glass House Mountains | 2026 | acid-dyed merino wool and acrylic blend yarn, with wooden beads | 97 x 150cm

Prudence Coburn
Room to move, not to grow | 2025 | acrylic on canvas | 102 x 76cm

Erin Conron
Prism study: Innerverse #2 | 2026 | hand-cut and finished mirror glass with painted and hand incised surface | 54 x 67cm

Megan Corrie
Nest | 2025 | aluminium etching print | 42.5 x 42.5cm

Luke Deacon
Tidal calligraphy (First Bay) | 2026 | oil on linen | 120 x 150cm

Catherine Dinkelmann
Held together | 2025 | ceramic sculpture | 20 x 34cm

Nikita Fitzpatrick
City lights and circles | 2025 | mixed media | 120 x 90cm

Carol Forster
Life cycle of plants | 2024 | mid-fire clay, underglaze and glaze | 31 x 46cm

Cilla Gault
Up, up and a cray! | 2025 | gouache on canvas | 121 x 94cm

Terrence Gillespie
Bronwyn Street | 2025 | archival pigment print | 60 x 60cm

Bernardine Hine
Buderim serenity | 2026 | textile, mixed media | 33.5 x 40.5cm

Kyarna Holloway
Aqua aura | 2024 | ink drawing on paper | 107 x 136cm

Petalia Humphreys
EPLC deconstructed | 2025 | low sheen interior/exterior acrylic (Almost Smitten, Mint Pea and Quarter Pearl Lustre) on plywood | two pieces: 30 x 50 x 20cm / 20 x 20 x 20cm

Ketaki Jewson-Brown
Tender love | 2025 | pigment print | 103 x 103cm

Vera Keatley
Succulents and cacti | 2025 | acrylic on canvas | 94 x 124cm

Cheryl Kensett
Courage and grace | 2025 | charcoal and gouache on Arches paper | 148 x 83cm

Brendan Keogh
Aztec bloom | 2026 | oil on canvas | 79 x 79cm

Elisabeth Lawrence
You don't have to win every race | 2025 | oil on canvas | 98 x 143cm

Megan Ruby Lee
Last light | 2025 | linocut, oil-based ink on Japanese Awagami Kitakata, 36 gsm | 102 x 142cm

Wayne Markwort
Cotton Tree sunset | 2026 | spraycan on half a table tennis table | 152 x 137cm

Samantha Mays
Head in the sand | 2025 | sterling silver, 18ct gold, found object (dice), sand from Maroochydore Beach | 12 x 10 x 3cm

Amy Middleton
Relics | 2026 | mid-fire clay | 40 x 40cm

Viki Murray
Suspended in faith | 2026 | mixed media on canvas | 95cm x 125cm

Lynda Page-Bickley
London Bridge on country | 2026 | acrylic on canvas | 122 x 92cm

John Graeme Pearson
Head of steam | 2024 | oil on canvas | 75 x 102cm

Jan Roebuck
Repairs to Bribie Island | 2026 | porcelain clay | 27 x 27 x 15cm

Phillip Roltan
Tasmanian high country | 2024 | watercolour, pen and ink | 65 x 116cm

Susan Schmidt
Wind kissed | 2024 | charcoal, acrylic and oil on canvas | 122 x 122cm

Wayne Smith
In memory of forgotten landscapes | 2026 | acrylic on canvas | 120 x 150cm

Robert Stevens
Love at first sight | 2024 | oil on canvas | 104 x 79cm

Sascha Tillsley
A glimpse of the eternal | 2026 | pigment liner on Arches watercolour paper | 122 x 84cm

Laureen Tkacik
Silent sentinels | 2026 | recycled textiles on rug canvas | 54 x 120cm

Jeska Valk
Jellyfish | 2025 | oil on canvas | 155 x 103cm

Darren White
Sunshine | 2025 | acrylic and oil on canvas | 91 x 122cm