Bluethumb Art Prize 2021 Highlights (So Far!)

Entries to this year's Bluethumb Art Prize are rolling in fast! With artists allowed to enter multiple pieces for the first time ever, this year's prize is even more competitive than before. The quality of the entries is astounding already - and we still have 2 weeks left to go until they close!
Browse some of the highlights from the artworks entered so far and snag a potential winner before anyone else!

Curated by Megan George

Bright yellow, ochre and orange desert landscape featuring Masada. Light blue sky.

Masada

ByJeremy Elkington

135cm (W) x 90cm (H)

Oil
A$5,000
Group of gum trees with the afternoon sunlight shining on them resulting in dramatic light effects.
Sold

Winter's Last Rays

ByHetty Thompson

61cm (W) x 92cm (H)

Oil
A$3,450

Alkuwari 1501-21 (M)

ByRoma Butler

60cm (W) x 110cm (H)

Other Media
A$2,800
Sold

Big Yellow Taxi

ByLeigha White

70cm (W) x 77cm (H)

Oil
A$1,650
Horizontal slightly wavering stripes of earth colours enhanced by thinner dark lines. Calm warm colours evocative of a desert landscape. Rich harmonious colours.

Staying Calm

ByRobyn Kinsela

122cm (W) x 91cm (H)

Oil
A$1,960
An arrangement of gum leaves, gum nuts, thistle branches, and other dried foliage on a black background.
Sold

Thistles and Gum

BySarah Frost

34.5cm (W) x 34.5cm (H)

Acrylic
A$890
A small painting in neutral colours of an arrangement of shapes that form a composition of parent and child engaged in tutoring.
Sold

Tutor

ByJanet Elizabeth Thomas

65.5cm (W) x 43.3cm (H)

Mixed Media
A$390
Moody atmospheric ocean storm squall emotional
Sold

Undertow Abstract Landscape

ByNicole Reed

152.4cm (W) x 101.6cm (H)

Oil
A$2,600
Sold

Dragon Jar

ByLinda Lee

122cm (W) x 122cm (H)

Acrylic
A$1,900
This is a large painting of a naked woman. She is curled up and collapsed inside a cardboard box.

Resignation

ByNicole Frankel

122cm (W) x 122cm (H)

Acrylic
A$1,900

About the Curator

Megan George

Megan is the Content & Creative Manager at Bluethumb, working across our social media, digital marketing and creative production.
Melbourne born and bred, her days at Bluethumb are filled with many coffees, cuddles from the resident canine companions and of course, constantly adding to her burgeoning art collection.

Recent Curations

Surrealist Wall Art

Monochromatic Moments: Greyscale Wall Art

Modern Nostalgia