Annual Merit Awards

The Annual Merit Awards, open to all Auckland Watercolour Society members, serve as a platform to showcase watercolour works from artists within our group. The event is hosted at the Estuary Arts Centre in Orewa, featuring four main awards along with three merit awards.

The opening night offers an opportunity for networking over drinks and nibbles while celebrating the talent and creativity of our members.

Details

Key Dates

  • Exhibition 28th Sept – 26th Oct 2026

  • Entries close 18th September

  • Delivery 25,26,27th Sept

  • Awards Event Saturday 3rd October 3pm

  • Pick Up 26th October from 2.30- 3pm

  • 2 entries per artist (AWS membership required)

  • $15 per entry

  • Not previously exhibited.

  • Paintings must be painted in the previous 12 months period

  • Simple framing to enhance the painting for sale

  • Please photograph before framing

  •  Gordon Harris Albany has agreed to sponsor 1st, 2nd and 3rd with generous prizes of  $400, $200, $100(Gordon Harris vouchers).

  • Factory Frames will sponsor the Emerging Artist Award $100 Factory Frames Voucher.

  • There are also Merit prizes of $50.

  • Hanging instructions: Please read this if you aren’t familiar with the hanging system used by Estuary Arts. This is the latest information. Read

2026 Winners

SECOND PRIZE
Anna Deacon
Bella                                                                                                                                              
 THIRD PRIZE
Shanoprasad Kunjappan
Parisian Cnr Cafe                                                                                                                   
FIRST PRIZE
Richard Hall
The Quiet Interlude

Thank you also to Gordon Harris and Factory Frames for supporting this awards
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