Competition Winners – 2026 Fine Art – Individual Competition

Medal Winners

Gold Medal – Laura Ranallo

Silver Medal – Louie Luo

Bronze Medal – Karen Morgenstein

Merit Awards

1st Merit – Abstract – Marianna Armata’s image “Pelling Decal Art”

2nd Merit – Abstract – Steven Olmstead’s image “Zigzag”

3rd Merit – Abstract – Lea O’Shera’s image “Prismatic”

1st Merit – Creative Vision – Laura Ranallo’s image “Becoming Plastic”

2nd Merit – Creative Vision – Laura Ranallo’s image “Cyber Vision”

3rd Merit – Creative Vision – Karen Morgenstern’s image “Steampunk Steam Train”

1st Merit – Landscape – Zhenhuan Zhou’s image “Shanghai Cityscapes”

2nd Merit – Landscape – Jiadong Zhao’s image “New Day Awakening”

3rd Merit – Landscape – Leah Gray’s image “Strike”

1st Merit – Still Life – Louie Luo’s image “Morning Glow”

2nd Merit – Still Life – Linda Treleaven’s image “Garlicc Blooms”

3rd Merit – Still Life –Helen Slaght’s image “Weathered Silence”

Honourable Mention Awards

Honour Award – Marianna Armata

Honour Award – Zhenhuan Zhou

Honour Award – Lesleyanne Ryan

Honour Award – Tom Stewart

Honour Award – Cong Lin

Honour Award – Lea O’Shea

Honour Award – Victoria Low

Honour Award – Jia Chen

Honour Award – Llaesa North

Honour Award – Xuejun Long

Honour Award – Yves Demers-Paris

Honour Award – Anita Teljeur

Honour Award – Leah Gray

Honour Award – Bill Bentley

Honour Award – Kathryn Delany

Honour Award – Kathy Heykoop

Honour Award – Steven Olmstead

Following a period of 3 weeks after the competition’s closing date, you can access the final competition report by logging into the CAPA website and navigating to the ‘Competition Reports’ under the ‘Competitions’ dropdown menu.