A painting of mine tailing ponds in Tasmania’s north-west has won the public vote in this year’s Glover art prize.
Savage Entropy by Hobart-based artist Nicholas Blowers won the People’s Choice Award as well as the Children’s Choice Award.
His painting depicts the landscape at Savage River, where an open-cut iron ore mine was established in 1965.
Blowers’ work was chosen from 42 other finalists.
Glover prize curator Megan Dick said it was a special piece of art.
“Even though it is about the landscape at the end of its life and there are often parts of the landscape that are damaged in his work, there is an underlying beauty about his paintings,” she said.
“Also it’s just very well painted. Technically he’s a very accomplished artist …
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