![](https://img.imageboss.me/edwinacorlette/cover:inside/1000x1000/quality:80/artworks/Wapengo-Lake-Tideline-152-x-122cm-Oil-on-linen-2018.jpg?bossToken=02687aa44a4f2e30172d0b4138b4912a741c74e8c2a2b086067d8f0755b1e6d5)
Congratulations to Julian Meagher who is a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize 2018.
The Paddington Art Prize is a $30,000 National acquisitive prize, awarded annually for a painting inspired by the Australian landscape. The prize encourages the interpretation of the landscape as a significant contemporary genre, its long tradition in Australian painting as a key contributor to our national ethos, and is a positive initiative in private patronage of the arts in Australia.
Of his entry 'Wapengo Lake Tideline', Julian says
I wanted this work to chase the spontaneity and freedom of a watercolour. It was painted at a time of great change just before my son was born. A time of giving in to forces far greater than me, of tides, cycles and connection to country.