NICHOLAS BLOWERS WINS THE 2024 GLOVER PRIZE FOR LANDSCAPE PAINTING

11 March 2024

Nicholas Blowers' winning entry was chosen from a record breaking 740 entries. 'Lake Bed' celebrates the chaotic beauty in a collapsed, decaying forest on the cracked clay floor of Tasmania's Lake Gordon.

"I find beauty in unconventional places; it's like asking whether a fungal bloom can be as beautiful as a vase of flowers - it can be," he said."And Tasmania I think that is present, because for me it holds so many strange wonders, so many so many forms. Lake Bed is "brutal but also beautiful', and was inspired by the apocalyptic World War I battlefield paintings of Paul Nash.

The judges commended the artist for his technical manipulation of light and tone and his compelling story of the Tasmanian landscape.

Blowers has been a finalist in the Glover Prize eight times, winning highly commended and people's choice categories twice. 

The Glover Prize exhibition is open to the public at Evandale's Falls Park Pavilion, near Launceston, Tasmania, from March 9 to March 17.

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Legacy, Linage and the Market: Honouring Jorna Newberry and the future of Western Desert Art

The team at Nanda\Hobbs is honoured to present a landmark exhibition of works by the late Jorna Newberry, inviting you to join us celebrating the enduring legacy she leaves behind.

To mark the opening, Director, Ralph Hobbs, and Author, Ken McGregor, will lead a keynote discussion surrounded by Newberry’s final body of work—exploring her significance, the current direction of the desert art movement, and what collectors, curators, and art lovers need to know.

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2 May 2025

We’re beyond proud to announce that four of our represented artists have been named finalists in the 2025 Archibald and Wynne Prizes—a massive achievement for Nanda\Hobbs and an extraordinary moment of recognition of these distinctive voices in contemporary Australian art.

Congratulations to Jonathan Dalton, David Fairbairn, Loribelle Spirovski and James Powditch. This year’s selection reflects incredible depth, power, and range—and we are honoured to be alongside our artists on this journey.

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Nanda\Hobbs is thrilled to be exhibiting at Aotearoa Art Fair again this year with a amazing line-up of artists at our two booths—in the galleries and works on paper sections.

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