59 works were selected as finalists for STILL from a total of over 750 entries for the Award, which is open to all forms of still life artworks.

The winner of the $30,000 overall prize was Kelly Austin from Hobart, Tasmania. The winner of the People’s Choice prize at the STILL Salon exhibition in Coffs Central – which showcased the entries of 36 regional artists – was Polly Wells of Bellingen.

The $5,000 prize for the 2019 STILL: National Still Life Award’s People’s Choice was won by Ben Fayle from Sawtell. His work ‘Rose, Disbud Chrysanthemum and Dahlia’ is an oil painting depicting flowers frozen in blocks of ice. This alternate view underlines the idea that time passes too quickly and we can appreciate the beauty of each flower for longer by freezing them. 

Included works by:

Phil Alldis, Louise Allerton, Kelly Austin, Sue Bell, Stephen Bird, John Bokor, Sara Bowen, Janine Brody, Kelcie Bryant-Duguid, The Bund Project, Linelle Stepto, Catherine Lane, Fran Callen, Brett Canet-GibsonCarol ChristieChristine Courcier-Jones, Madeleine Cruise, Fiona Currey-Billyard, Michael Cusack, Jo Darvall, Sally Davis, Rachel Doller, Kate Dorrough, Christine Druitt-Preston, Scott Duncan, Helen Earl, Michele Elliot, Ben Fayle, Sharman Feinberg, Robert Fenton, Honor Freeman, Corrie Furner, Salvatore Gerardi, Jane Gerrish, Warwick Gilbert, Myfanwy Gullifer, Andrew Hickinbotham, Sally Hook, Julie Hutchings, Susan Jacobsen, Jane James, Susan Knight, Trevor Mein, Suzanne Knight, Marie Mansfield, Donna Marcus, Nicola Moss, NOT, Victoria Reichelt, Ignacio Rojas, Daniel Sherington, Asahi So, Stephanie Theobald, Gerry Wedd, Greg Weight, Jo White, JP Willis, Amanda Wolf, Christopher Zanko