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Section Prizes awarded in 2026 Solar Art Prize

Each prizewinner was awarded a voucher for $4,000 solar products or $100 cash alternative.

Climate Change section prize winner

Rachel Scholich

This mixed media piece of art resembles sand on a beach strewn with rubbish.
Trash or Treasure, a mixed media picture made of cuttlefish, drifted rubbish, and oil paint by Rachel Scholich.

People in action who help the environment section prize

or the actions people take to combat climate change

or  portraits of local people who take responsible action for combatting climate change

Monique van Eyk

A head and shoulders portrait of a man with a white moustache and beard wearing a simple cotton shirt and a broad brimmed hat, framed by eucalyptus leaves.
Phillip Boulden, oil painting by Monique van Eyk.

Wild Nature Environment section prize

Althea Holmes

Most of this painting is the white sand of a sand dune. Dead tree tops poke out of the top of the sand and in the distance the sand dune supports grass and more dead plants.
Encroaching Sands #11, acrylic and charcoal painting by Althea Holmes.

The Hanger’s Choice prize

Margaret Thomas

On recycled cardboard which still bears the printed instructions Glass with care This way up, most of the word Bottles, and Please recycle, is painted a head and shoulders portrait of a woman with shoulder length hair wearing glasses and speaking to someone on the left.
Pip’s Passion, a mixed media artwork by Margaret Thomas.