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Hunter Emerging Art Prize
Finalists and Winners
YEAR:
2026
Category:
Painting
Artist Name:
Catherine Farren-Price
Title:
Free Palestine

Materials:
mixed media- oil paint & collage
Dimensions:
90cm x 90cm
Price
$1,200
About the artwork:
“Free Palestine” captures the heartbreaking reality of war through the eyes of a child. Sitting alone in his bombed bedroom, surrounded by broken toys and rubble, the child presses his fingers into his ears to drown out the sound of destruction around him. The painting speaks to the loss of innocence, the fragility of childhood, and the human cost of conflict, reminding us that behind every war are lives forever changed.
This painting is both a cry of protest and an act of remembrance. It asks the viewer to sit with the human cost of violence and to see beyond politics, focusing instead on the lives, families, and futures caught beneath the rubble.
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