2009 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art Prize - Watch Arts

Pip DaveyRepresented by Green-Wood Gallery2009 Williamstown Festival Contemporary Art PrizePatrick DelboscPip Davey’simmersive hyperrealwork depictsa land of luxurioustropical vegetationand the sublimeexotic. This pieceis inspired by timespent at the historicHotel Tjampuhanand its’ lush tropicalenvirons. Set atHotel Tjampuhanthe confluence ofOil on linen 2008, 125 x 186cmtwo sacred rivers in$7500Ubud, Bali, the Hotelhas for decades been a haven for artists, writers and Balinese Royalty.Working within the natural world, Davey’s works transform the botanicalinto sensual studies of ambiguity, illusion and wonder.“Blue dog” is from a series ofimagined colourful canines. Itsuggests warmth and affection andexpresses confidence and pleasure.Blue DogWood, enamel paint 200857 x 55 x 40cm$1250Louise DonovanAnna EphraimLooking at the oldmachinery and treesat the farm. I wonderhow old is old?Old MachineryDry point 2008, 110 x 112cm$2000Museum study (SwiftParrot)Acrylic on board 2008, 120 x 90cm$1800Samantha EvertonRepresented by Dickerson GalleryWe findourselves in thesecret gardenof our childhooddreams. Werereality anddreams becomeone, anythingis possible. Theimage depictsa surrealscene whereimagination,fantasy andchild’s playinterconnect togradually replacethe reality ofour world. TheSecret GardenPhotography – Pigment ink on cotton rag2009, 90 x 108cm, $2870decrepit house exposes its secrets as the girl transforms into the animalof her story, rays of moonlight stream through jagged holes torn in thewall, and a living tree sprouts through the floor in the middle of the night.We are drawn in, entranced.Mark FarrellyRepresented by Jackman GalleryPromenadeDigital print, oil paint, shellac on wood 2008, 140 x 60cm$270009