The Percivals 2016

Exhibition dates: 6 May to 10 July 2016

Townsville's sustained interest in portraiture is reflective of the genre's enduring popularity around the world. A portrait provides us with not only a physical likeness but also a window in the sitter's life, into their mind and their soul. The voyeur in each of us delights at the opportunity to peek through these windows time and again.

Exhibition materials:

• The Percivals 2016 Publication (Issuu)
• The Percivals 2014 Activity Book (Issuu)
• The Percivals 2016 Activity Sheet (Issuu)

_{Image: The Percivals 2016 Catalogue. Left: Brett Canet-Gibson, The Life of Riley [detail] 2014, digital photographic print, 90 x 60 cm. Right: Tessa McOnie, Untitled [detail] 2016, oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm}

The Percivals 2016 Award Winners

The winners of The Percivals 2016 were:

• Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize: Lisa Adams Revelation 2015
• DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize: Brett Canet-Gibson The Life of Riley 2014
• Townsville 150^th Anniversary Portrait Painting Prize: Barbara Cheshire I Remember 2016
• Townsville 150^th Anniversary Photographic Portrait Prize: Chrissy Maguire Monty and his Man – Pipe, avoiding Box Jellies by standing still 2016
• Townsville City Council People’s Choice Award – Photography: Rosana Kersh The Big Kahuna 2016
• Glencore Percivals People’s Choice Award – Painting: Tess McOnie Untitled 2016
• Percival Animal Portrait Prize: Helen Caldwell Staying Alive 2016

Images in order are:

1. Lisa Adams Revelation 2015, Oil on canvas, 47 x 70 cm. Acquired into the City of Townsville Art Collection. Winner of the Glencore Percival Portrait Painting Prize in The Percivals 2016.
2. Brett Canet-Gibson The Life of Riley 2014, digital photographic print, 90 x 60 cm. Acquired into the City of Townsville Art Collection. Winner of the DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait Prize in The Percivals 2016.
3. Barbara Cheshire I Remember 2016, oil on canvas, 153 x 102 cm. Winner of the Townsville 150^th Anniversary Portrait Painting Prize in The Percivals 2016.
4. Chrissy Maguire Monty and his Man – Pipe, avoiding Box Jellies by standing still 2016, archival fine art paper – photo rag, 21 x 29 cm. Winner of the Townsville 150^th Anniversary Photographic Portrait Prize in The Percivals 2016.
5. Rosana Kersh The Big Kahuna 2016, photographic print, 120 x 80 cm. Winner of the Townsville City Council People’s Choice Award – Photography in The Percivals 2016.
6. Tess McOnie Untitled 2016, oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm. Winner of the Glencore Percivals People’s Choice Award – Painting in The Percivals 2016.
7. Helen Caldwell Staying Alive 2016, watercolour on Waterford 300gsm paper, 54 x 44 cm. Winner of the Percival Animal Portrait Prize in The Percivals 2016.

More Information

For more information visit the main page for The Percivals.