Below is a list of the artists who have won prizes at the annual exhibitions of the Royal Society of Marine Artists since 2013.
We would like to thank the individuals and companies who so generously award these prizes.
To submit your work to future open exhibitions and be in with a chance of winning a prize, find out more about our Call for Entries here.
If you are interested in awarding a prize at Mall Galleries / Federation of British Artists, please contact Alistair Redgrift, Exhibitions Manager at exhibitions@mallgalleries.com.
The Artist Magazine Award
2014: Douglas Gray RSMA, Cromer Point
2016: James Bartholomew RSMA
2017: Natalia Avdeeva ROI
2018: Pete Nance
2019: Brian Fleming ARSMA
2020: Gareth Brown RSMA, Sea Flora V
The Arts Club Charitable Trust Award
2013: Michael Sole, Burton Bradstock No. 6
Baltic Exchange Award
2018: David Atkins, The Sea at Portland Bill
2019: Matthew Draper PS, Nocturne with a Polluted Light (Part VI)
2020: John Walsom ARSMA ROI, Mylor Yacht Harbour, Low Tide
The Charles Pears Award
2013: Deborah Walker RI, North Easterly; Farne Islands
2014: Jamel Akib, Pull
2015: Tony Williams, Ship with Moon
2016: Matthew Draper PS, Nocturne with Reflections, Falmouth Harbour
2017: David Hawthorne, Low Tide
2018: Pete Nance, Reflections, Polperro Harbour
2019: Tony Allain PS, Low Water, Porthleven
2020: Srirangam Mohankumar, Reflections, Pin Mill
The Classic Boat Award
2013: Brian J Jones, Shamrock Powering to Windward
2014: Brian J Jones, Lulworth, Mariquita and Moonbeam
2015: Sheena Bevis-White, Juno
2016: Geoff Hunt PPRSMA
2017: J F Morgan RSMA
2018: Maarten Platje, Racing in the Solent 1926
2019: Tim Hall RSMA, Butterfly, Rose of Argyll, Mousehole
2020: Kevin Clarkson, A Breeze on the Blackwater
The Conway Maritime Press Award
2013: David Howell RSMA, Rain and Barges, Pin Mill
The Derek Gardner ‘Sea & Sky’ Award
2013: Martin Swan RSMA, Passing the Needles, Monday 8th August 1927
2014: Robert Grimson, The Kathleen & May in Mounts Bay
2015: James Williams, Into the Light
2016: J F Morgan RSMA, The Dawn Haul
2017: John Lines RSMA RBSA, Helping Hand
2018: Maarten Platje, The Clippership Sir Lancelot passing South F
2019: Geoffrey Huband RSMA, Chimera
The Kenneth Denton Award
2018: James Bartholomew RSMA, Atlantic Blue 4
2019: Deborah Walker RSMA RI, Sunlight and Shadows
2020: James Bartholomew RSMA, Sun on the Solent
Murray's Commercial Fishing Award
2019: Neil Faulkner RSMA, Offloading, Tenby Harbour
2020: Jenny Morgan RSMA, Hauling the Trawl - Sidewinder Trawlers (First Prize); Alistair Butt RSMA, Banding the Lobsters (Second Prize)
The R K Burt Paper Prize
2013: David Allen RSMA, Sunny Day on The Zattere
2014: John Lines RSMA, River Tees Departure
2015: Margaret Heath RSMA, Winter Sunrise, Lymington Quay
2016: Wendy Borello RSMA
2017: Deborah Walker ARSMA RI, After Silence
2018: Peter Cronin RSMA, Morning Sun
2019: Brian Smith, Unloading
RSMA Award for the Best Small Painting
2019: Benjamin Mowll PRSMA, Dawn Light, Venice
2020: John Lines RSMA, Waiting
The RSMA 35 or Under Award
2016: Natalia Avdeeva ROI, Warm Sands
2017: Natalia Kuptsova, Arrival
The RSMA New Generation Award
2018: Frances Bell RP, Bamburgh Cattle in the Snow
2019: Andrzej Szymczyk, Large Seahorse
2020: Gregory Smith
The Russell & Chapple Prize
2013: Douglas Gray RSMA, Leaving Scarborough
2014: Keith Noble RSMA, Sunset, Rye Harbour
2015: John Lines RSMA, Brisk Day Departure
2016: Bruce Williams, Clouds over the Swale
2017: Alice White, Enteroctopus Dofleini, oil and ink
2018: Claire Paul, Sea near Cancale
2019: Claire Wiltsher, Time Collector VI
The Sea Pictures Gallery Award
2013: Tim Hall, Maritime Festival, Mousehole
2014: Brian A Collins, Sea Trials II
2015: David Nixon, Highrise
2016: Brian Smith, Fighting the Elements
2017: Martin Swan VPRSMA, St Helens Fort
2018: Henrietta Graham, Newlyn Fish Market
2019: Simon Conolly, A Day at the Seaside
The Topbond Marine Award
2016: Mick Dean, Under the Wharf
2017: Tony Feld, Offshore
2018: Tony Feld, Portslade Dock Crane
2019: Tony Williams ARSMA, Swinging a Plate
2020: John Maule-ffinch, The Old Cranes at Bristol Docks
The Winsor & Newton Oil Prize
2013: Rowena Wright RSMA, Gurnard Cardinal Mark
2014: Tony Feld, Fishing Floats – Staithes
2015: Bruce Williams, Breakwater and Neptune
2016: Charles Inge, Tethered Beach Hut
2017: Gillian Roberts, Staithes Roofs
2018: Lucinda Storm, Storm Ahead, Polzeath Beach, Cornwall
2019: Tom Marsh, Early Morning - Hastings Fishing Fleet
2020: Richard Dack RSMA RWA, Hebridean Recollections