North East artist Therese Shanley has won the Lane Cove Art Prize 2025, valued at $15,000.

She took out the prestigious acquisitive award in New South Wales with her painting 'One more cup' (oil on board).

Now in its 60th year, the award again showcased the breadth and diversity of Australian contemporary art, with entries from across Australia shortlisted to 56 finalist works representing an impressive range of painting, drawing, mixed media, and sculpture

The judging panel said Therese's "skilfully rendered" painting's simplicity and directness hinted at a narrative that is not apparent to the viewer.

"Thus, having been drawn in, one is left with a lingering sense of curiosity about the painting which by no means diminishes the enjoyment of viewing," the panel said.

Therese, who is based in Beechworth, was born in Wangaratta in 1975 and grew up as the youngest of nine children on a farm in Myrrhee.

Her love of art and creativity was instilled by her mother and matured when she left Wangaratta to study Fine Art at La Trobe University in Bendigo.

Therese's work is deeply personal, symbolic and often draws on themes of memory, family, and loss.

Her paintings and drawings are visual diaries, blending self portraiture with layered narratives that resonate with warmth and poignancy.