The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is an annual art award and exhibition inviting artists to submit works in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. Now in its 64th year, there is over $60,000 in prize money to be won across the categories. In 2026, the celebrated Open Award, which is acquisitive to the Campbelltown City Council Art Collection, is valued at $50,000.

Over the years, the Open Award has been awarded to some of Australia’s most respected contemporary artists including Elisabeth Cummings, Suzanne Archer, Marion Borgelt, Raquel Ormella, Justene Williams, Khaled Sabsabi, Tina Havelock Stevens, Kuba Dorabialski, Robert Fielding, Michael Cook, and Angela Tiatia.

The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award coincides with Campbelltown’s annual Festival of Fisher’s Ghost. Held over ten days, the Festival dates back to 1956 and celebrates Australia’s most famous ghost – Frederick Fisher.

Sally is thrilled to announce that “Transit Lane”, 120x150cm, oil on canvas, has been selected as a FINALIST in 2026.

The John Villiers Outback Art Prize is the Outback Regional Gallery’s most anticipated event on their annual calendar – with the prize attracting contemporary depictions of the theme ‘Outback A Sense of Place’ locally and from across the nation. The prize is open to Adult and Emerging Youth Categories and has grown into a leading arts prize. The Outback Regional Gallery is grateful for the continued support of their major sponsor since 2012 – The John Villiers Trust and the legacy of the late John ‘Jack’ Villiers. Jack’s vision – to increase opportunity for people living in far remote regions of Queensland and for young people to access quality opportunities through the arts. Sally is thrilled to announce that her painting “Sheep Dog”, 60x60cm, oil on canvas has been selected as a finalist and received a Highly Commended Award. For more information go to: https://www.experiencewinton.com.au/Waltzing-Matilda-Centre/Outback-Regional-Gallery/John-Villiers-Outback-Art-Prize

Mosman Rowers is delighted to once again host their Art@The Rowers exhibition, now in its fifth year. The theme for this years’ exhibition is Port Jackson – including its bays, beaches, rivers, flora, fauna and the surrounding built environment. We are honoured to have the renowned, award-winning artist Wendy Sharpe, AM as our judge. The exhibition is acquisitive with the first prize winning entry permanently displayed at the Club. Sally is pleased to announce that her painting “Berry’s Bay – Plein Air”, 60x60cm, oil on canvas has been included in this year’s list of finalists. Fore more information go to: https://www.mosmanrowers.com.au/whats-on/artattherowers

Gosford Art Prize was the first major art prize to be held in Gosford and continues to be the most popular art prize on the Central Coast.The Gosford Shire Art Prize began in 1970 as a feature of the first ‘Venetian Carnival’, an arts and tourism event which would become known as the annual ‘Festival of the Waters’ held between 1970 to 1986. In 2000 the Gosford Art Prize shifted house to the Gosford Regional Gallery, operated by the staff of the Gosford City Council and the Central Coast Council (following Council amalgamation in 2016). The Gosford Art Prize has been a fixture of the annual program of the Gallery ever since. Over the last 20 years it has rapidly expanded with an increasing number of entries and prize money. From the 48 paintings originally entered in 1970 the Prize now attracts well over 500 entries each year from around Australia. Sally is proud to announce “Goodspanner”, 120x150cm, has been selected as a FINALIST in 2025 from a record number of entries (1082). For more information go to: https://gosfordregionalgallery.com/page/gosford-art-prize.

The national acquisitive Sunshine Coast National Art Prize is a dynamic visual arts award reflecting outstanding contemporary 2D and new media arts practice in Australia. Since 2006, the exhibition presents the remarkable finalist works by artists from across the country. The artwork awarded with the Major Prize will be acquired into the Sunshine Coast Art Collection. Sally is thrilled to announce that “Bin Night”, 120x150cm, oil on canvas, has been selected as a FINALIST in 2025. For more information on this art prize go to: https://gallery.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/art-prizes/sunshine-coast-art-prize.

The Brisbane Rotary Art Show reappears in all its creative splendour in July. Promoting new, emerging and established artists across a wide range of mediums, the exhibition provides an opportunity for the Brisbane business and art loving communities to access thought provoking and joyful artworks. Sally is thrilled to announce that her piece “The Sheep Yards – Plein Air”, 120x150cm, oil on canvas, has been selected as FINALIST in 2025.

The Doyles Art Award is an annual Australian representational fine art award and exhibition. Hundreds of original artworks are on display in Mudgeeraba, Queensland, for the duration of the exhibition. All adult artwork and some junior artwork is for sale. Categories include Landscape, Still Life, Figurative, All Ability and Juniors. The main category is Landscape in honour of our namesake, d’Arcy Doyle. The Doyles organising team has established an outstanding reputation for promoting new and emerging artists, furthering their careers as they gain valuable exposure through the art exhibition and its promotions. They also offer an exciting opportunity for collectors of fine art to purchase artworks from local and national artists across the timeframe of the exhibition. Sally is thrilled to announced “Cafe Culture”, 100x100cm, oil on canvas, has been selected as a FINALIST in 2025.

“I see pictorial space as an inner landscape for the mind’s eye to roam; so it is not surprising if my paintings evoke the feeling of landscape. (I) know it is a mental projection but it is inherently delightful. While painting, I am issuing an open invitation for these illusions – or allusions – to enter. My conscious mind can be occupied with the making, and the unconscious can come up with its own surprises.” By John Peart. The 2025 Milburn Art Prize for Landscape reflects the evolving nature and aims of BIA to honour Paul Milburn, a much loved and respected tutor who began teaching in 1989 at BIA until his death in 2011. With this in mind we offer a prize of $10,000, along with approximately 5 highly commended awards of $1,000 each, awarded for a 2d artwork addressing the spirit of Paul Milburn’s legacy and John Peart’s musings on landscape as quoted above. Accepted media includes painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media and photography. Sally’s work “Kurrajong With Grader – Plein Air”, 120x150cm, oil on canvas, has been shortlisted as a FINALIST. For more information on this prize please go to: https://www.brisart.org/milburn-art-prize.

Since its inception in 2022, Art @TheRowers has continued to grow and develop each year, providing a platform for talented local artists of the Lower North Shore and Sydney regions to exhibit and sell their work.

Running from March 1st to March 21st, this year’s ‘Coast’ themed exhibition showcases a diverse range of media, from oil and acrylic to pastels, watercolor, sketching, print, and photography. Each piece has been meticulously selected by an expert panel to be judged by the esteemed Australian artist and architect Susan Rothwell. Sally is proud to announce her painting “Up The Coast – Plein Air”, 60x75cm, oil on canvas, has been selected as a FINALIST. Please go to: https://www.mosmanrowers.com.au/art-therowers for more information.

After the success of the inaugural MAP Portrait Prize held in 2022 the biennial MAP Portrait Prize returns to Mudgee Arts Precinct this November. Receiving over 400 entries in 2022 and 84 finalists exhibited, almost half the finalists came from within the Mid-Western Region, representative of the high calibre of artistic talent found in our local community. Furthermore, over 1200 people visited the gallery across its three-month exhibition period, making it one of Mudgee Arts Precinct’s most popular exhibitions. Sally is thrilled to be selected as a SEMI-FINALIST in the 2024 Prize with “ME”, 90x90cm, oil on canvas. For more information on this award go to: https://www.mudgeeartsprecinct.com.au/WHATS-ON/Exhibitions/MAP-Portrait-Prize-2024.