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FOR A LANDSCAPE PAINTING OF TASMANIA
 The winner of the Glover Art Prize 2007: Raymond Arnold for his painting Western Mountain Ecology - the relationship between things rather than the things themselves 
Raymond Arnold, who is one of Australia's most respected painters and printmakers, has lived in Tasmania since the early 1980s and a considerable part of his practice has been devoted to issues of landscape. Arnold's work is included in major collections throughout Australia as well as in France, UK and USA.Recently he has established LARQ (Landscape Art Research Queenstown) on the West Coast of Tasmania. This is an enterprise that will bring artists from around the world to Tasmania to work on landscape related projects. The artist receives $30,000 plus a bronze maquette of John Glover by Peter Corlett. Judges also made two commendations. 
Joanne Mitchelson for her watercolour Deep Reflection, by the pool of Salome, Walls of Jerusalem National Park. Michelson lives in Westbury and has exhibited in Tasmania since 1993 including being shortlisted fort the Island Art Prize during Ten Days on the Island at Stanley in 2001.
 Robyn McKinnon for On a Clear Day. McKinnon who lives in Launceston has been exhibiting since the mid-1970s including Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art in 1990, Hobart Art Prize 1994-95 and Aspects of Tasmanian Art at Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery in 2002. The Judges The Glover 2007 was judged by a distinguished panel consisting of artist John Wolseley who lives and works from Victoria and who has a long association with Tasmanian and its landscape specifically related to Gondwanaland; Craig Judd, who is the Coordinating Curator of Arts at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in Hobart; and Robyn Daw, artist and arts consultant working out of Brisbane who has extensive experience working at the Australian National Gallery and the Queensland Art Gallery as well as lecturing at the University of Tasmania in the 1990s. JUDGES COMMENTS The strength of the Glover Prize for 2007 lies in the diverse range of high-quality works on display. Artists have taken a number of approaches to the subject of landscape: from meticulous transcription based on observation of the world around us, to abstracted and symbolic representations, to quirky and humorous interpretations. A consistent theme in the Glover Prize is the depiction of the unique qualities of the Tasmanian landscape, its ever-changing light, space and atmosphere. That the Glover Prize takes place in Evandale, a small town surrounded by Glover country, helps to emphasise these qualities to the many visitors. Joanna Mitchelson Deep Reflections (COMMENDED) This watercolour shows an astounding attention to detailed light effects that reveal the beauty of the primordial Tasmanian mountain landscape. The artist has keenly observed the landscape of this particular site, evidenced in the seamless transition from foreground to background. This work looks to the heritage of the 'grand tradition' in art. Glover was a watercolourist of note and Michelson shares Glover's passion and has embraced that tradition. Robyn McKinnon On a clear day (COMMENDED) Robyn McKinnon has taken a distinctively individual approach to the landscape of her home town, Launceston. This painting underlines the reality that the majority of people live in an urban environment. This painting recognises this reality. The complex field of ideograms reveals the subtle variation in the urban landscape which often escapes us in our daily life. The urban landscape is a rich subject not often addressed by contemporary artists. Raymond Arnold Western mountain ecology (WINNER) Raymond Arnold has painted stacks of reclaimed Huon pine to create a powerful and revolutionary work. His subject, stacks of wood on a wet day, is given an epic and architectural solidity. This painting invites the viewer to completely rethink landscape and the ordering and flow of the natural world. The work challenges assumptions of the landscape tradition and what constitutes an appropriate subject within the landscape. Instead of the grand gesture and dramatic sweep, this work presents a quiet corner of a timber yard in the west of Tasmania. THE GREG WADDLE PEOPLES' CHOICE WINNER WAS THE ENTRY BY JASON CORDERO OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA Titled "What Lies Below?". Oil on Linen, 41cm x 183cm Cordero has been exhibiting since the mid 1990s and has won a number of prizes including the Heysen Prize for Australian Landscape in 2006. 
Artist's Statement"Transcendent, Immutable, Sublime. Places of rare beauty, of transient effect that catalyse an escape from the corporeal world. It is this the Tasmanian Wilderness provides: a sanctuary to which we take flight, an understanding beyond the horizon. The painting enclosed is a consequence of my own attempts to find that vaporous something, that quiet, that Beauty: a subliminal moment where the corporeal and the celestial converge. Of my travels through the Cradle Mountain/ Lake St Clair Heritage Area, the image is concerned with the hidden, the unknown - the feel of the moment rather than the form through time. Indeed, it is an intensity of emotion that has resulted in the work. Only a moment of intensity can be sufficient cause to result in an attempt to capture that moment - an echo of the unobtainable, the Sublime one so craves." The winner of the Peoples' Choice Award receives a cheque for $3000.00. Michael Warren of Roberts Ltd presented the cheque. The committee wishes to thank the sponsors and the many volunteers who helped to ensure that the exhibition was a resounding success. We also thank all the artists who entered the Prize because the prize is about them and for them. We are already planning for the 2008 John Glover Art Prize, which will be held as usual over the March long weekend 8th to 11th March 2008. Our Principal sponsor is Federal Hotels and Resorts with Launceston Airport as our major sponsor. Our other major sponsor CCD Studios has designed the new Glover logo and corporate image modelling. The team at CCD deserves special mention for the attention to detail and creative input. The other sponsors are Josef Chromy Wines, Tasmanian Perpetual Trustees, Roberts Ltd, The Examiner Newspaper, the Evandale Market and Evandale Antiques, Southern Cross Television and Northern Midlands Council. Glover Prize Finalists 2007 Email: info@johnglover.com.au The John Glover Society Inc. Phone (03) 6391 8981 PO Box 129 EVANDALE TAS 7212 |