'Best of Show' Local Artists - Local Content Art Prize 2021

Absolutely thrilled to receive ‘Best of Show’ in this years Local Artists - Local Content Art Prize and share the statement from Guest Judge, Sandra Conte - former director of Caloundra Regional Gallery and now producer at EARTh e-mag.

‘I was enamoured by the multi-layering and site -specific nature of this work. This enticing canvas begs us to get up close. Schmidt appears to stage a nod to the kitsch through the chosen colours and her capture of modulated shadow and light. The raised stripping and surfaces appear is if they are embossed, reminiscent of the floor linoleum patterning of the times. Her work is a measure of how we protect or substitute our Queensland built heritage environments and Schmidt’s comment is telling when she states, ‘It was there, the last time I looked’’