Awards

Ray has won over 40 first prize awards including overall winner, (''Champion Exhibit'', ''Best of Show'', Theme Prize'') and hundreds of seconds and commended over the three decades of his professional painting career. Only first and major prizes are listed below. Most prizes have been as a result of local competitions in the Canberra region and South Coast of NSW but also of note is the awarding of a major prize by the ''Australian Artist'' for their national watercolour competition, past Caltex prizes and a John Balmain Life and Portraiture Award. Ray was a finalist in the 2010 and 2012 Cricket Art Prize open to cricketing countries around the world.Of particular interest is the Living and Working on the Land, Horse Racing and Heritage Theme prizes...and not forgetting the ''Brooke Bond" (a tea company that used to be a well known brand in UK) Art Prize for Children in 1959!

2015

First prize watercolour Artists Society of Canberra Spring Exhibition
First prize watercolour Bright Art Show (1000 entries)
First prize watercolour Queanbeyan Leagues Club Art Prize -Queanbeyan Arts Society
First prize watercolour Tumut Art Exhibition
Winner Open Section 'Boorowa Remembers' Anzac theme Art Competition
First prize watercolour Queanbeyan Art Society Exhibition 'Lest We Forget'

2013

first prize - Queanbeyan Council Prize "Aspects of Queanbeyan" - Queanbeyan Arts Society

first prize watercolour - Royal Canberra Show

2012

finalist again in the Cricket Art Prize - open to artists from cricketing countries from around the world
first prize watercolour - Royal Canberra Show
Best in Show - Queanbeyan Leagues Club Exhibition - Queanbeyan Art Society

2011

Peg Minty Prize for Landscape - Artist Society of Canberra annual exhibition
first prize watercolour- Peter Constant Memorial Prize- Goulburn Workers Club Art Prize

''Best of Show'' Arts Society of Canberra spring exhibition
finalist in Cricket Art Prize -travelling exhibition open to cricketing countries

G.O.Kruger Prize - most outstanding in exhibition- Harden Murrinburrah Arts Council

2009

First prize watercolour - Royal Canberra Show

2008

First prizes watercolour - Queanbeyan Art Society for:

November Open Art Comp, Buffet Express Art Comp, Queanbeyan City Council Art Exhibition

2007

runner up for Royal Canberra Show 'Heritage' all media prize

2006

first prize watercolour Artist Society of Canberra

2005

first prize watercolour and second in “Molonglo” theme prize - Artists Society of Canberra
first prize “Living and working on the Land” - Royal Canberra Art Show
watercolour prize - Tumut Art Show

2004

first prize watercolour and first prize exhibition “Heritage” theme - Artists Society of Canberra

first prize watercolour -Tumut Art Show

2003

Champion Exhibit and first prize watercolour - Royal Canberra Art Show
watercolour prize - Artists Society of Canberra

2002

first prize, “Art of Racing” - Queanbeyan Race Course
first prize watercolour - Bega Valley Art Awards
people’s prize - Tuggernong Arts Centre Regional Arts Competition

1999

people’s prize - Montague Art Society Easter Exhibition

1998

finalist in “Australian Artist” national watercolour prize

1997

first prize, “Australian Artist” national watercolour award

1996, 1992

first prize watercolour - Bega Valley Art Award

1991, 1990

first prize watercolour - Caltex Awards

1990

first prize, John Balmain Life and Portraiture Award

awards

Awards

First prize watercolour Artists Society of Canberra Spring Exhibition

First prize watercolour Bright Art Show (1000 entries)

First prize watercolour Queanbeyan Leagues Club Art Prize -Queanbeyan Arts Society

First prize watercolour Tumut Art Exhibition

Winner Open Section 'Boorowa Remembers' Anzac theme Art Competition

First prize watercolour Queanbeyan Art Society Exhibition 'Lest We Forget'

first prize - Queanbeyan Council Prize "Aspects of Queanbeyan" - Queanbeyan Arts Society

first prize watercolour - Royal Canberra Show

finalist again in the Cricket Art Prize - open to artists from cricketing countries from around the world

first prize watercolour - Royal Canberra Show

Best in Show - Queanbeyan Leagues Club Exhibition - Queanbeyan Art Society

Peg Minty Prize for Landscape - Artist Society of Canberra annual exhibition

first prize watercolour- Peter Constant Memorial Prize- Goulburn Workers Club Art Prize

''Best of Show'' Arts Society of Canberra spring exhibition

finalist in Cricket Art Prize -travelling exhibition open to cricketing countries

G.O.Kruger Prize - most outstanding in exhibition- Harden Murrinburrah Arts Council

First prize watercolour - Royal Canberra Show

First prizes watercolour - Queanbeyan Art Society for:

November Open Art Comp, Buffet Express Art Comp, Queanbeyan City Council Art Exhibition

runner up for Royal Canberra Show 'Heritage' all media prize

first prize watercolour Artist Society of Canberra

first prize watercolour and second in “Molonglo” theme prize - Artists Society of Canberra

first prize “Living and working on the Land” - Royal Canberra Art Show

watercolour prize - Tumut Art Show

first prize watercolour and first prize exhibition “Heritage” theme - Artists Society of Canberra

first prize watercolour -Tumut Art Show

Champion Exhibit and first prize watercolour - Royal Canberra Art Show

watercolour prize - Artists Society of Canberra

first prize, “Art of Racing” - Queanbeyan Race Course

first prize watercolour - Bega Valley Art Awards

people’s prize - Tuggernong Arts Centre Regional Arts Competition

people’s prize - Montague Art Society Easter Exhibition

finalist in “Australian Artist” national watercolour prize

first prize, “Australian Artist” national watercolour award

first prize watercolour - Bega Valley Art Award

first prize watercolour - Caltex Awards

first prize, John Balmain Life and Portraiture Award