Deb Michell-Smith Artist

02/06/2026

🎨 A New Portrait Prize for Narrabri Shire!
I’m excited to see the launch of the inaugural Narrabri Portrait Prize: Local Lives, presented by The Tourist Hotel Narrabri.
Portraiture has a unique ability to tell stories, celebrate character, and capture the people who help shape our communities. This new prize will shine a spotlight on the faces and stories of Narrabri Shire, creating a lasting visual record of the people who live, work and contribute to our region.

As an artist who loves painting people and sharing their stories through portraiture, I’m thrilled to see a new opportunity like this emerge in regional Australia. Supporting local artists, local stories and local people is something worth celebrating.
I encourage artists to consider entering and helping build what I hope becomes a much-loved annual event for Narrabri Shire.

⭐️Who would you paint to represent the spirit of our region?

For entry details and information, visit The Tourist Hotel Narrabri website - link in bio ⬆️
https://www.touristhotelnarrabri.com.au/narrabri-portrait-prize

30/05/2026

RECRUITING NOW! STATION MANAGER | CHRISTMAS CREEK STATION | EAST KIMBERLEY, WA

An exciting opportunity to manage the historic Christmas Creek cattle station. Comprising a mix of diverse and stunning country totalling 160,000 ha, Christmas Creek currently carries 7,500 head of high quality Brahman cattle.

The position offers an excellent opportunity for growth, both professionally and with Christmas Creek’s cattle operations.

An excellent remuneration package is offered, and a great primary school and a new, well-equipped medical centre with a full-time nurse clinician and visiting doctor is located less than a kilometre from the homestead.

https://rfttejobs.com/job/4251/station-manager-christmas-creek-station-fitzroy-crossing-wa/

28/05/2026

Gosh, I’m incredibly honoured to have been selected as a finalist in the 2026 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, presented by Lethbridge Gallery.
It’s very special to have my work included alongside so many talented artists from across Australia in a prize that celebrates diverse interpretations of the Australian landscape.

If you are in Brisbane, the exhibition will be showing at the historic Tattersalls Club from 1–6 June, before moving to Lethbridge Gallery from 9–25 June for public viewing.

I’m very grateful to be part of this wonderful exhibition and excited to share my work with a wider audience. ✨

22/05/2026

07/05/2026

FINAL DAYS TO CATCH WINTON'S ANNUAL ART PRIZE

Don't miss an opportunity to see this year's finalist exhibition of artworks depicting 🤠Outback: A Sense of Place from across Australia!

The 2026 John Villiers Outback Art Prize will come to a close on Sunday afternoon (10 May) so there's still time to catch the show at the Waltzing Matilda Centre's - Outback Regional Gallery.

If you are an artist looking to enter the 2027 prize keep an eye out for our CALL FOR ENTRIES which will open in late 2026.

The John Villiers Outback Art Prize is generously sponsored by The John Villiers Trust, Winton Shire Council and Ros Kavanagh Elders Insurance Central Queensland.

05/05/2026

Wheee it started…. And where it ended

05/05/2026

This is where it started…

And this is where it ended up.

Zinc Smelter
Hobart Tasmania

21/04/2026