Since 2005, Grow West has been a proud annual sponsor of the Rotary Club of Bacchus Marsh Art Sale and Exhibition and its Grow West Landscape Art Prize. Each year, artists of all levels are invited to enter artwork in any medium that expresses their understanding and appreciation of the work done to protect the precious, yet fragile, environment in the Grow West area.
The following are a collection of 15 art pieces depicting the local landscape.
2019 Winner
Artist: Alison Durham
Medium: Mixed Media
Title: Blue Bird
2018 Winner
Artist: Bernie McRitchie
Medium: Photograph
Title: Owls
View: Photo taken in Bacchus Marsh
2017 Winner
Artist: Dennis Cotter
Medium: Watercolour
Title: Werribee Gorge
View: Werribee Gorge State Park, Pentland Hills
2016 Winner
Artist: Ri Van Veen
Medium: Pottery
Title: Sunset over the Brisbane Ranges
2015 Winner
Artist: Alison Durham
Medium: Mixed Medium
Title: Weed shirts
2014 Winner
Artist: Peter Chaloner
Medium: Photograph
Title: Tree Time
View: Taken from 138 Myers Rd, Pentland Hills looking at W James Whyte Island Reserve
2013 Winner
Artist: Peter Chaloner
Medium: Photograph
Title: Tree Time
View: Taken from 138 Myers Rd, Pentland Hills looking at W James Whyte Island Reserve
2012 Winner
Artist: Brian Nash
Medium: Oil
Title: Rowsley Valley near Bacchus Marsh
View: Rowsley Valley, Cut Hill looking east
2011 Winner
Artist: Colin Palethorpe
Medium: Oil
Title: Parwan Hillside
2010 Winner
Artist: Geoff Paynter
Medium: Acrylic
Title: Revegetation at the Racecourse Reserve
View: Bacchus Marsh Racecourse
2009 Winner
Artist: Sue Stewart
Medium: Oil on hessian
Title: Bald Hill and Swans Road Revegetation beneath Musk Fire Plume
View: Rowsley valley
2008 Winner
Artist: Geoff Paynter
Medium: Watercolour
Title: Tramway Lane to Bald Hill
View: Tramway Lane to Bald Hill, Bacchus Marsh
2007 Winner
Artist: Janice Webster
Medium: Watercolour
Title: The Bluff Rowsley
View: A view showing revegetation on the slopes of ‘The Bluff’ in Glenmore Road Rowsley.
2006 Winner
Artist: Jon Crawley
Medium: Water colour
Title: Landcare Action
2005 Winner
Artist: Janice Webster
Medium: Pastel
Title: Pentland Hills Revegetation
View: A view from Tramway Lane looking south with the table top and escarpment in the background