2025 Kennedy Prize Catalogue

117 | Future Gaze | Liz Gray | $6600 | An oil on canvas work, portraying a solitary woman in a field of grass trees.

This work captures the quiet beauty of gazing peacefully into the future – anticipation balanced between uncertainty and calm confidence. The woman appears serene and stands among grass trees, implying a deep connectedness to Australia’s ancient history. True vision for the future can come only when we are steady in the place where we stand.