Winner for 1979
Salvatore ZofreaThe Water Trap
Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1979
Finalists for 1979
- Judith Alexandrovics - Nostalgia
- Peter Brookes - Grey Tendencies
- H Kenneth Cook - Afternoon Tea
- Done Ken - Australia Day 1980
- Brian Dunlop - Room with a Visitor
- John Firth Smith - Steps to Eden
- Frederick Frizell - Three People on a Couch
- David Hawkes - Deciding Factor
- La Gerche Geoff - Pies, Pasties, Cakes and Sandwiches
- Jerry Liew - Trendy Studio
- Looby Keith - Paint Sculpture with Used Things
- David Ryley Marshall - The Vision of St. Helena
- Ross Mellick - Garment caught in a Thicket
- Idris Murphy - London Flat
- Ken Reinhard - The Riddle and the Queen of Sheba
- John Scurry - Large still life with dog
- Andrew Sibley - Dolls Hospital
- Storrier Tim - Sunset in Cairo
- Thomson Nigel - Bride Attacked by a Shark
- Graeme Townsend - Triangle
- Thomas Vale-Slattery - God-Mill
- Luis Vargas - Emus
- Robert Francis Williams - Regal Figurative Presence
- Salvatore Zofrea - Yesterday Afternoon
- Salvatore Zofrea - The Water Trap
