2024 Mary Anning Art Prize Winners

1st Prize

Sienna Macleod, Year 1

Procoptodon and Thylacoleo

A Procoptodon has fallen down a hole, a Thylacoleo is waiting in a tree to pounce on the other one.

2nd Prize

Christopher Jacobs, Year 2

Megalania, Procoptodon, Thylacoleo, Diprotodon and Geniornis

These are the megafauna that were found in my region of South Australia, in the south east of the state. Genyornis is sitting on her nest while the other animals go about their day. Thylacoleo is looking for prey from upon a log.

3rd Prize

Isabella Pinchbeck, Year 1

Zygomaturus

I used watercolour paint, texta and pencil to create my artwork. It shows a Zygomaturus that belonged to the now extinct family diprotodontae and became extinct over 45000 years ago. My painting shows it living solitary in the swamp forests and rocky cave.

1st Prize

Lila Goundar, Year 4

Nightfall Over the Lake

Two procoptodons at dusk peacefully eating the lush salt bush, with the dark horizon fading.

2nd Prize

Benjamin Thomas, Year 5

Redlichia rex, Lamp shells, Soft corals, Sea pens, Early jellyfish, Early fish, Anomalocaris briggsi, Sea lilies, Hard corals, Ammonites, Platypterygius longmania, Belemnite

A quick dive into the seas of the past, from the Cambrian to the Cretaceous. Life begins simple with Redlichia, lamp shells, soft corals, sea pens, and jellyfish before evolving, predators arising, and finally Platypterygius arriving, hunting down fish

3rd Prize

Ya Huey Faith Liew, Year 3

Plesiosaur

Look who's on a foodie adventure - a Plesiosaur teaching its adorable baby to hunt for a delicious meal in the tranquil waters.

1st Prize

Anna Cook, Year 8

Anomalocaris

This is an illustration of an Anomalocaris hunting a group of Pikaia, with some jellyfish in the background/foreground. Anomalocaris were the apex predators of the Cambrian period, and Anomalocaris fossils have been found on Kangaroo Island, South Australia

2nd Prize

Taylor England, Year 6

Thylacine

Its just before dust the Thylacine's hunting time. It starts out with its mate scaring a small bird away, while a kangaroo gazes from afar.

3rd Prize

George Trott, Year 6

Murray glossus

The Murray glossus is eating insects and feeding is young.