2026 Kennedy Prize Catalogue

16 | Between Two Notes | Marieka Hambledon | $3950 | Oil on 100% Arches Oil Paper. Palette knife and brush. Framed and mounted.

I made a painting about the electric feeling of anticipation. You breathe in, engulfed by the beauty of the moment, goosebumps on the skin. Painted in oil on paper, hyperrealism is disrupted by palette-knife texture, mirroring the space between stillness and movement.