by Marina Ritchie

We are thrilled to announce that our judges have completed their difficult and thoughtful task, selecting 80 works from 75 artists to be finalists for this year's Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize.

Our heartfelt thanks go out to all entrants for their fabulous entries and the effort that went into their meticulous creation.

All entrants have been notified by email; advising whether or not each work has been selected as a finalist.

Due to the overwhelming number of entrants (a record 480+) our esteemed judges certainly had their work cut out for them, but we can't wait to see our finalists!

Finalists, don't forget to mark your calendars for our invitation-only Opening Night, on 24 March, at the Adelaide Festival Centre, where we'll announce the winners of this year's prize! If you are a finalist, please respond to the emailed invitation that you would have received.

The Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize is a celebration of art, community, your Park Lands, and your inspiration.

Even though only 80 made it to the final, each work of the 480 submitted is an inspiration and valuable.

We are grateful to the amazing art community, for their contribution in making the Art Prize such a success already.

Here is a full list of the 75 artists and their artworks that have become the finalists.

https://parklandsart.com/event_2023/finalists-text-list/

For more information, see www.parklandsart.com or follow the Art Prize on Facebook, or Instagram.

IMAGE CREDITS on this page:

Header pic: (from top left)

• Arna Smith - Protective Layer

• Nicole Clift - Sunken garden

• Alice Mussared - Tuthangga (Park 17)

• Blake Griffiths - Rabid Eradication (Persistent Pestilence)

• Sarah Northcott - Park 27: trees, bunting, agapanthus plants, and view of Karrawirra Parri

• Sophia Guth - Sulphur-Crested Cockatoos of the Parklands

First pic within the article:

• Jane Price - Parklands Olive Branch

• Daryl Austin - Shrouded Monument, Tarntanyangga 2022

• Lloma Mackenzie - Life

• David Braybrooke - Prismatic Spring

• Sarah McDonald - Sentient Beings

• Clare Belfrage - Tree Lines, Pale Green with Dark Green

• Laura Stewart - The strength of Small Things

• Mary Wagstaff - Bonython Park, Tulya Wardli

• Janet Raleigh - Whispering Grandmother

• Sylvia Piddington - Parklands River Red Gum (Eucalyptus Camaldulensis)

• Jacob Foster - Family Gathering

• Nicholas Rutten - Super Nature

SECOND Pic within the article:

• Deb McKay - Grasslands

• Daniel McCulloch - Impressions of The Riverbank Precinct - Adelaide, SA

• Evie Adasal - This is how I feel

• Marisha Matthews - Moreton Bay Fig, Botanic Gardens

• Gishka Van Ree and Johannnus Paulus Gysbert - Winter in the vale gardens on walyu yarta root ground

• Sally Arnold - Appreciation, Victoria Park Wetlands Adelaide

• Sally Heinrich - Iparrityi

• Peter Baka - Strange days and nights

• John Foubister - The nobility of rocks and sticks. Life on the ground

• Patrick Pearson - Natural Exuberance - Coral tree Bark, Adelaide Botanic Garden, Park 11

• Mark Kimber - Eventide 9

• Steph Fuller - Close Orbit