We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands.

Highly commended

Nicholas Harding Wilpena wattle

oil on linen

172.5 x 172.5 cm

‘Painting is but another word for feeling.’ — John Constable, 1821

Painting something involves the manifestation of a remembered presence, the occupation within and of a space resulting in a subsequent transformation of fact and emotion with physical matter.

— Nicholas Harding, 2016