Awards

1961

• The Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales,’Growth of the Amoeba’ – FINALIST

1962

• The Blake Prize, ‘Parable of the Sower’ – SHORTLISTED, HIGHLY COMMENDED
• Orange Regional Art Prize, Orange Regional Gallery, ‘Parable of the Sower’ – HIGHLY COMMENDED

1963

• The Wynne Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘Night on
  

  Fascination Of Icarus (2010)

  the Pilliga Road’

  

  Ebb and Flow (1998)

• The Sulman Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘The Gossip’ – SHORTLISTED, HIGHLY COMMENDED. Exhibition travelled to the Orange Regional Gallery, Manly Regional Gallery and Hunter’s Hill Gallery, Highly Commended at each venue

1965

• The Sulman Prize, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales,’Polaroid Weird Mob’
• The Wynne Prize,finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘The Cottage’
• Bonython Galleries, Paddington, including Waterfall (4 panels), Ferns and Vines (3 panels), Rockpool and others inspired by the Wollongong rainforest and coast landscapes.

1970

• Wollongong Art Prize, Finalist, Wollongong, NSW, ‘Through a Glass Darkly’, and ‘Steel Heat’,  both HIGHLY COMMENDED (judge Tom Gleghorn)

1971

• Wollongong Art Prize, Finalist, Wollongong, NSW, ‘Captured Sea Myth’, and ‘Cascade’, both HIGHLY COMMENDED (judge James Gleeson)
• The Wynne Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘The Tunnel’
• Roberta Bell and John Winch, Joint Exhibition, Berrima Gallery, Berrima, NSW, ‘Horizon 1′ and ‘God Divided the Light from the Darkness’
• The Pring Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘Twilight under the Bridge’

1972

• The Blake Prize, Finalist, ‘Serpent in the Garden of Eden’. This painting was used to begin an ABC documentary about the Blake Prize, including a special exhibition at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
• Wollongong Art Prize, Finalist, Wollongong, NSW, ‘Cambelago Image’
• Hunters Hill Art Prize, Finalist, Hunters Hill, Sydney, ‘Snowline

1973

• The Blake Prize, Finalist, ‘Miraculous Bird of Medication’
• 50^th Annual Exhibition of the Australian Watercolour Institute, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery (by invitation), Sydney, ‘Twilight under the Bridge’; ‘The Cottage’

1974

• 51st Annual Exhibition of the Australian Watercolour Institute, Farmers Blaxland Gallery, ‘Mangroves’

1975

• The Blake Prize, Finalist, ‘God’s Promise to Noah’

1976

• 53^rd Annual Exhibition of the Australian Watercolour Institute, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, Included by Invitation, ‘Sunday Morning’

1990

• Master Builder’s Award, to The Bell Gallery for ‘Design and Building – Dual Occupancy’
• Housing Industry Australia Award, to The Bell Gallery for ‘Design and Building – Dual Occupancy’

1992

• Southern Highlands Business Award, to The Bell Gallery for ‘Presentation’

1994

• New South Wales Tourism Award, to The Bell Gallery for ‘Input into Cultural Tourism’. This Award represented the culmination of twenty years of dedication to excellence in visual arts and design and the promotion of tourism in Berrima and the Southern Highlands.

1995

• Southern Highlands Business Award, to The Bell Gallery for ‘Public Image’

1998

• Camden Art Prize, Finalist, Camden Civic Centre, NSW, ‘Ebb and Flow’ – HIGHLY COMMENDED

1999

• Southern Highlands Business Award, to The Bell Gallery for ‘Regional Attraction’

2000

• St John’s Cathedral Millennium Window Exhibition, Brisbane, Qld, three panels, drawn to scale – FINALIST, SHORTLISTED

2002

• The Sulman Prize, entry, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘The Splendid Return of the Phoenix‘

• The Sulman Prize, entry, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘The Fascination of Icarus‘

2011

• The Sulman Prize, entry, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘The Encounter – Black and White‘

2013

• The Sulman Prize, entry, Art Gallery of New South Wales, ‘Flashpoint’