Art Beyond the Divide 2025 winners

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)