Harrie Fasher is an Australian artist whose sculptures explore the horse and its relationship to humans on a physical, historical and mythological level. Harrie is an accomplished equestrian athlete giving her the skill and experience required to describe the form and movement of the horse with attention to anatomical accuracy.

James Blackwell's artwork centres on themes of nature, silence, structure and meditation. Utilizing natural materials gathered from the Australian bush and other resources, he reconfigures the materials into grid-like formations often in a 3 dimensional manner with the use of textured and handmade papers as a support.

Encouragement Award - Rochelle Summerfield based on the NSW North Coast won a Windmill Encouragement Award in 2014. She creates images in new and mixed media of sassy women, exploring the female experience in suburbia and the Australian Bush. 

Joint Winner - Karen Stone is a paper artist living in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia. Inspired by flowers, floral pattern and the medium of pulp-paintings, her art practice weaves together fabric, memory and meaning to revisit and reflect upon the past.

Joint Winner - Sally Chicken won the Windmill in 2013 with her application looking for assist in a project with Outback Arts in Coonamble in the central west of NSW. Her art practice explores her my identity as a white female in rural, regional, post-colonial Australia. 

Bradley Hammond gathers bulrushes from river banks to make the reed pens that are integral to his large scale plant drawings. These new works merge natural history and minimalism.

After studying travel and living overseas Nicole returned to her hometown of Bathurst and found herself drawn to the surrounding landscape and its rich cultural history as a theme for her art practice.

Jane Lander is a Hunter based artist with a practice in painting, printmaking and drawing. She describes her interest as universal and personal investigating domestic socio-political injustices and environmental concerns.

Tracey is a Goulburn based visual artist working with a variety of mediums in both 2D and 3D, although the majority of her exhibited work has been sculpture, installations and relief work using fluted cardboard as the medium.

Mic Eales is a sculptor/mixed media artist and an art-based researcher based in Northern NSW. He completed his PhD, Different Voice, Different Perspective: An arts-based and evocative research response to original voice narratives of suicide at Southern Cross University.