MANDURAH artist Leon Holmes took out the Bendigo Bank Open Category with Old Coast Drive at the Freedom Art Exhibition launch at Koorliny Arts Centre last week.
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Tich Dixon won Fremantle Ports Best in Show with Hull, while Sheila Benford won the Any Media category for Reflections.
Former Tranby College student Gemma Prentice won the Best Emerging Artist under 25 category with Attachment and the Student Art Prize, presented to a Kwinana Industries Education Partnership participant, went to Kolbe College student Jade Langley for AOIFE.
Judges' acknowledgements went to Nicole Cobb for Charcoal Country and Barbra Thoms for Neck Creek Near Wanaka.
Officially opened by Deputy Premier Roger Cook MLA on January 29, Freedom features 57 artworks by 33 renowned artists who explored their feelings and interpretations of freedom through a range of painting mediums including watercolour, oils, acrylic and multi-media.
Mr Cook praised the centre for reaching out to artists to offer the opportunity to exhibit their work.
"The arts are about who we are. The arts are an expression of a community and it's an expression that unites us," he said.
The exhibition is on display in the Fremantle Ports Exhibition Zone at Koorliny Arts Centre Kwinana from February 6 to 12 between 10am and 4pm, and may also be viewed on the Centre's website.
The exhibition is the first of future exhibitions designed to inspire, define and support local, talented artists while nurturing, educating and providing enjoyment of the arts and culture in the community.
For more information, visit koorliny.com.au or call 9467 7118.
