The Brigalow Arts Festival is the Banana Shire’s local visual arts awards. Covering a range of media and age groups, this year the awards had a prize kitty of more than $11,000.

This year’s works will be on show at the Banana Shire Regional Art Gallery until November 22. Here are the winning works to keep an eye out for:

Banana Shire Council Acquisition: Kathy Poole, Fire Season, Pastel On Paper

Moore Stephens Accountants Acquisition: Sarah Larsen, Droughts & Whirly Winds, Mixed Media On Canvas

QNP Acquisition: Sandy Scarborough, Magpie Season, Watercolour On Paper

Local Artist Award:
Winner Auda Maclean
Highly Commended: Michele Briggs

Youth Encouragement Award: Charlley Mcquade-hall

Burnie Smith Memorial - Any Medium, Any Theme (Excluding Photography)
First Place: Sybil Rodger, Dark Mountains, Acrylic On Canvas
Second Place: Susan Head, A Beauty Or A Beast: A Gardener's Dilemma, Hand Painted Ink Lino Print And Collage On Paper
Highly Commended: Jane Gray, Our Future, Textile And Thread
& Fran Robinson, Within And Beyond, Hand Embroidery On Canvas

“Seasons” - Any Medium
First Place : Jane Gray, Curtain Of Rain: Wet Season Dreaming, Textile
Second Place: Kassie Warren, Colours Of Spring, Acrylic On Canvas
Highly Commended: Andrea Farrow, Spring Rain, Found Steel Objects
& Sandy Scarborough, Magpie Season, Watercolour On Paper

Three Dimensional Objects
First Place: Nanette Balchin, Pieces Of Infinity, Found Materials, Collaged Papers, Prints, Muslin, Linen, Cotton, Tissue Paper, Inks, Wax, Mono Printed Pages And Cotton Thread
Second Place: Andrea Farrow, Pr-owl-er, Found Steel Objects
Highly Commended: Noel Brady, Clockwork Queen Of Clubs, Recycled Piano Parts, Aluminium And Collage On MDF
& Casandra Pyziakos, Wired For Elegance, Crochet Wire And Fibre

“Happiness Is” - Colour Photography
First Place: Sharon Gallagher, Happiness Is - The Promise Of Rain, Digital Photograph On Canvas
Second Place: Toni O'connor, Sloppy Kisses From Your Best Friend, Digital Photograph On Paper
Highly Commended: Catrina Stevens, Soul Mates, Digital Photograph On Paper
& Amy Holcombe, Muddy Puddles, Digital Photograph On Foam Board

“Happiness Is” - Black & White Photography
First Place: Toni O'connor, Say Cheese!, Digital Photograph On Paper
Second Place: Catrina Stevens, Daddy’s Home, Digital Photograph On Paper
Highly Commended: Nicky Poole, I, Digital Photograph On Paper
& Alecia Mcquade, A Girl Can Never Have Too Many Jewels, Digital Photograph On Paper

Emerging Artist
Winner: Janelle Anderson, Lillies, Oil On Canvas

“Happiness Is” - Colour Photography, Under 18 Years
First Place: Kade Knapman, Mummy & Max, Digital Photograph On Paper
Second Place: Cruz Parmenter, Happiness Is: Having A Brother, Digital Photograph On Paper
Third Place: Kate Grange, Holidays, Digital Photograph On Paper

“Happiness Is” - Black & White Photography, Under 18 Years
First Place: Payton Stevens, Cheese, Digital Photograph On Paper
Second Place: Hannah Rideout, Happiness Is: For Grandmas To Share A Joke, Digital Photograph On Paper
Third Place: Jaxon Parmenter, Happiness Is: Cruz Is Mostly Happy, Digital Photograph On Paper

Youth Art: Year 7-9, Any Medium, Any Theme
First Place: Baoxu Guo, Memory Line, Lino Print And Watercolour On Paper
Second Place: Leah Johnston, Superb Fairy Wrens, Lino Print And Pastel On Paper
Third Place: Tiana Bretag, Suspicious Kangaroo, Paper Collage On Paper

Youth Art:Year 10-12, Any Medium, Any Theme
First Place: Dann Kitt, Giraa Gadhi (Wind Snake) [whip], Ski Cord And Bamboo Handle Textile
Second Place: Arianna Travilla, Voices Beyond Us, Acrylic And Whiteout On Canvas
Third Place: Jiahao Huang, Fish And Turtle, Graphite On Paper