Prize Winning & Highly Commended Entries in
Volcano Art Prize 2024
Many thanks to our sponsor Pictureproducts, all our entrants and the
VAP 2024 Judge, “Skip” and his
assistant Pen Starr!
Note: this list shows the Volcano Art Prize (VAP)
2024 entries, in the approximate order that they
appeared on the website (see the number
preceding each image below) when the VAP 2024
Judge, “Skip”, judged them. Skip’s high
commendations and decisions on the Joint First
Prize winners of the $400 ($200 each) cash prize,
and the winners of the 30 Pictureproducts mugs
from our sponsor , have
been marked on this list.
Due to a glitch in the Facebook Likes buttons on
www.volcanoartprize.com this year, the winner of
the People’s Choice cash prize of $200 will be
announced later this year once entrants have had a
chance to ask their networks to vote (now that the
Thumbs Up logo at the top of feach entry page is
fixed!
1. LID 28131 mug winner!
Artist: Jayesh Verma
Title: The Baryonyx Dinosaur. Lead-Safety Message: Be aware with frauds. Description of
Work: I have made an installation art using scrap materials, of baryonyx dinosaur who was
a carnivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic period.
https://volcanoartprize.com/portfolio-item/the-baryonyx-dinosaur/
2. LID 28132
Artist: Khangai Davaasuren, Age: 7, School Name: Creative Einstein
Title: Tulips and Glass Vase. Lead-Safety Message: “The Tulips… weigh me down [like] a
dozen red lead sinkers around my neck.” Don’t be weighed down by lead! Get a blood lead
test and detox yourself. Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper. Lead-Safety
Message from The Tulips poem by Sylvia Plath.
https://volcanoartprize.com/portfolio-item/tulips-and-glass-vase/
3. LID 28133
Artist: Khangai Davaasuren, Age: 7, School Name: Creative Einstein
Title: Reflecting. Lead-Safety Message: Reflecting on our murky past and our bright future,
I thank The LEAD Group for Australia’s bans on leaded petrol (in 2002) and leaded paint
(in 2021). Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.
https://volcanoartprize.com/portfolio-item/reflecting/
4. LID 28134
Artist: Khangai Davaasuren, Age: 7, School Name: Creative Einstein,
Title: A Drop In The Ocean. Lead-Safety Message: Every molecule of lead that we put in
the air (by burning fossil fuels, making batteries, shooting bullets, sanding lead paint, etc)
is rained down or washed off the land into the sea, making the concentration of lead in
deep sea mud four times more than naturally occurs in the earth’s crust.
Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper. Lead-Safety Message from “Lead in the
Environment” by USGS - United States Geological Survey, 1976
https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0957/report.pdf
https://volcanoartprize.com/portfolio-item/a-drop-in-the-ocean/
5. LID 28135 mug winner!
Artist: Tabitha Ryan, Age: 10, School Name: Creative Einstein
Title: Vases of Tulips. Lead-Safety Message: Life is heavy enough without adding lead.
Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.
https://volcanoartprize.com/portfolio-item/vases-of-tulips/
6. LID 28136
Artist: Nicholas Jeffrey, Age: 10, School Name: Creative Einstein
Title: Celebration of Life. Lead-Safety Message: From the cradle to the grave, let’s celebrate
our healthy aging and ensure our bodies are not taking in or releasing past lead. Request a
blood lead series at your next medical check-up.
Description of Work: Colouring pencils on paper.
https://volcanoartprize.com/portfolio-item/celebration-of-life/