2023 Gallipoli Art Prize finalist features Lismore floods
2023 Gallipoli Art Prize finalist Geoff Harvey’s painting “Operation Flood Assist Lismore” | Acrylic on canvas, 1600 x 1200
Two-time winner of the Gallipoli Art Prize Geoff Harvey is a 2023 finalist thanks to his painting “Operation Flood Assist Lismore”, which depicts the Australian Defence Force helping rescue animals in the aftermath of last year’s eastern Australia floods that affected the Clarence Valley including Yamba.
The local 41st Battalion of reserve was first to respond followed by an estimated 4,000 ADF personnel deployed to help. Along with the now famous “tinnie army” of local heroic community volunteers, many residents were saved and peopled rescued from catastrophic circumstances.
The Gallipoli Art Prize is a privately funded prize, auspiced by the Gallipoli Memorial Club in Sydney. It invites artists to respond openly to the broad themes of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage, comradeship, community, peace and freedom as expressed in the Gallipoli Memorial Club Creed.
View all 2023 Gallipoli Art Prize finalist works at www.gallipoliartprize.org.au
“We believe that within the community there exists an obligation for all to preserve the special qualities of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage and comradeship which were personified by the heroes of the Gallipoli Campaign and bequeathed to all humanity as a foundation for perpetual peace and universal freedom.”