Winner for 1981
William Delafield CookA French Family
Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1981
Finalists for 1981
- Suzanne Archer - Curtain
- David Aspden - Baai Village
- John Coburn - Tribe
- William Delafield Cook - A French Family
- Maximilian Feuerring - Astarte
- William Kelly - C.P-T: A Narrative
- Geoff La Gerche - Pied Heron at East Alligator River
- Frank Marinelli - Vita Nocturna
- Ross Mellick - Hanging Garment presented from Bamboo Scaffold
- Brenden Murphy - Eros Commanding Jupiter
- Denese Oates - Major Marion
- Neil Taylor - Figure with Eagle
- Ann Thomson - Eclipse
- Wallace Thornton - The Model Draws Herself
- Graeme Townsend - Evolution of the species part 2. If God meant Gorillas to be spring Board divers, he would have made them 275 lbs lighter.
- Brett Whiteley - The Letter (to Anna)
- Brett Whiteley - The Naked Studio
- James Willebrant - Pre-Flight Preparations
- Salvatore Zofrea - The Kimono