Congratulations to the 2025 Art Beyond the Divide award recipients. 

MOST OUTSTANDING IN SHOW
Sponsored by Seymour & District Art Society

• Chris Anderson, Freedom (3D) (first)

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
Sponsored by Sartori's Panel Works

• Julian Bruere, Snow Gums (watercolour)

​ACRYLIC
Sponsored by Seymour and Kilmore Toyota

• Col Brown, No Handouts (first)
• Michelle Slater, Silver Princess (highly commended)

3D
Sponsored by Seymour Veterinary Surgery

• Mary-Ann Alyson Long, Ragazza Ombrello (first)
• Rodney Heath, Extinction (highly commended)

DIGITAL PAINTING
Sponsored by Seymour Agricultural and Pastoral Society and TB Books

• Madison MacDonald-Goalder, Forest Full of Red – Inversion (first)
• Zaden Collings, One (highly commended)

DRAWING
Sponsored by Val and David Corke

• Jeanette Graham, Abbie (first)
• Val Corke, Kangaroo Paws (highly commended)

MIXED MEDIA
Sponsored by Janelle Puppa Real Estate

• Faye Considine, Serenity (first)
• Sam Bruere, Impressions #2 (highly commended)

OIL
Sponsored by Seymour Passenger Services (Seymour Coaches)

• Mary Ellis, On the Turn (first)
• Mary Hyde, Bushland (highly commended)

PASTEL
Sponsored by GMCU (Goulburn Murray Credit Union)

• Lynda Robinson, Nilpena Giant (first)
• Robyn White, Schnauzer 2 (highly commended)

SEYMOUR CHALLENGE
Sponsored by Seymour Youth and Fitness Centre

• Terri MacDonald, Old Courthouse (first)
• Athenie Leckey, Courthouse (in Carre's style) (highly commended)

WATERCOLOUR
Sponsored by Seymour's Picture Framers

• Julian Bruere, Snow Gums (first)
• Maureen Runge, Stormy Sky Kilmore (highly commended

​PHOTOGRAPHY
Sponsored by Giannarelli Quarry and IGA Seymour

• John Rapley, Pleasant Cove (first)
• ​Lee-Anne Carpenter, Melbourne Docklands (highly commended)

We've had a great response, and we're close to full, but we'd love a few more entries in local theme, digital painting, drawing and 3D, so we've extended the deadline across all categories until 11.59pm on Sunday night (2 November).

Categories are:

• oil: oil only paints - traditional, water soluble, alkyd oil
• acrylic: acrylic only paints - acrylic tubes, acrylic pens, acrylic gouache, acrylic inks
• watercolour: only watercolour based - tubes, pans, watercolour crayons, watercolour pens, gouache, watercolour inks, line and wash, watercolour sticks, watercolour pencils 
• pastel: only pastel -  sticks, pencils, soft, oil, pan
• mixed media: any 2 or more mediums as well as fabric, paper, beads, lace, ribbon etc
• digital painting: digital original works where digital tools such as Clip Studio Paint, Photoshop or similar are used to produce a digital painting from scratch or from a scanned, hand drawn base
• 3D: any 3D artwork in any material eg clay, wood, metal
• drawing: drawing with pencil, pen, crayon, charcoal, colour, monochrome, line, shading
• photography: original photograph - processed either traditionally or digitally using recognised photo processing software such as Photoshop or similar. Enhanced photography creating special effects eligible, provided original photograph has been used as base. 
• local theme (any medium) : any medium inspired by The Old Courthouse, Seymour

Emerging and establish artists welcome.