Winner for 1986
Wendy SharpeBlack sun - morning to night
Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1986
Joint winner
Nigel ThomsonThe State Institution
Winner: Sir John Sulman Prize 1986
Joint winner
Finalists for 1986
- Bob Baker - A reflection on passed moments
- Jane Bennett - Night in Taylor Square
- Kerry Blake - Untitled
- Jonathan Bowden - The Dogs of War
- Simon Devir - Madonna with red hair
- Vera Devir - Mother & Child
- John Doherty - Barnett Lane
- Rex Dupain - Manly
- Linda Floyd - The Fisherman
- Geoff Harvey - Redfern Evening
- Ingrid Haydon - Taylor's Square [sic]
- Rodney G Hixon - Late Sunday afternoon at the Beach
- Robert Hollingworth - Evolution: Warrnambool Wall
- Margaret Johnston - Exercising Benny
- Ronald Mathers - Stupor Mundi
- Karl Mattas - Prelude to Fruit-Incident
- Leslie McIntyre - The Original Hazel
- Noel McKenna - Train Over Elizabeth Street
- John Moran - The Deception
- Kathryn Orton - Eastern Street Triptych
- Geoffrey Proud - Woman in Deckchair
- Ranulfo, - White Desert
- Timothy Schultz - Narcissus
- Wendy Sharpe - Black sun - morning to night
- Eric Smith - Beach Ambience
- John Smith - The Grand Wazoo
- Mark Sutherland - Interior - Woman Watching TV
- Nigel Thomson - The State Institution
- Salvatore Zofrea - Psalm 16 (Night Seasons)
- Salvatore Zofrea - Psalm 17 (Night Seasons)