Here Comes the Sun

Online

17 May - 17 July 2025

An online exhibition celebrating sunshine in a marine context

President’s foreword

It is with great pleasure that we present for your enjoyment our second online exhibition of the year “Here Comes the Sun”. Our Marine Artists have yet again provided us with an interesting, thought provoking and skilful array of artwork for your enjoyment. They have taken the theme and run with it with their usual flair and creativity. Please email the secretary if you are interested in any of the works. Thank you for viewing the Australian Society of Marine Artists website and watch this space for future offerings.

Don Fogg PASMA, AWI, LSIAD, DipEd.

President

If you would like to enquire after the purchase of an artwork, please contact the Secretary at asma.secretary.contact@gmail.com

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Guest Judge Michael Ferrier

Michael Ferrier has been teaching Visual Art for over 25 years and has held the position of Head of Art at Pembroke School, Adelaide since 2006. He originally trained at the North Adelaide School of Art, before completing a Bachelor of Education in Secondary Art and Design from the University of South Australia, majoring in painting and printmaking. Michael served on the Academic Board of the Adelaide Central School of Art from 2010 – 2015 and has exhibited his own work regularly whilst juggling a busy teaching career. In recent years his artistic practice has focused on ceramics and mixed media sculpture. Michael has a particular interest in Australian First Nations Art in education, and he is an active member of Pembroke’s Reconciliation Action Plan Committee. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, swimming, visiting art galleries, travelling, spending time with his family and his two English Pointer dogs Clara and Mabel. He grew up in the Adelaide seaside suburb of Glenelg and now lives on an acreage in Adelaide’s southern foothills.

Awards

Best in Show

After much deliberation, I have decided to award  Best in Show to Julian Bruere for his painting Captain Portlock Greeting the Dawn.

I admired this work’s technical skill and strong compositional quality. The juxtaposition of the swirling, surging sea; full of texture and movement, contrasts strongly with the softer, warmer haze of the sky and headland in the background, conveying a sense of drama, energy and intrigue. The scene is punctuated by a ship which has survived the storm and is destined for a brighter future.

Highly Commended

Jane Millington Good Things Do Happen

Millington’s ability to render water, especially in the foreground of this seascape, is impressive. There is a quiet stillness to this almost monochromatic painting, and I particularly admire the way the artist relies solely on the beauty and grandeur of the natural world to convey a sense of hope and optimism.

Robert Carter Pamir Port Vic

The skilled draftsmanship in the work is clear. Carter’s ability to build up many layers of paint to capture the warmth of sunlight on his subject once again conveys a great sense of optimism. This is particularly evident in the strong highlights on the ship’s sails and warm hues in the softly rendered sky, which contrast heavily with the vastness of the choppy sea, painted in deep blues, greens and teals.