2021 – Finalist – The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2020 – Finalist – The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2018 – Finalist – The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2017 – Winner – The Doug Moran National Portrait prize, Sydney

2017 – Finalist – The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2017 – Awarded a Fellowship of the National Art School, Sydney

2014 – Archibald Prize (Winner, Packing Room Prize), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2014 – Finalist – The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2012 – Archibald Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2012 – Finalist – The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2011 – Finalist – The Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

2003 – Awarded Doctor of Arts by Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW

1994 – Awarded AM in the Australia Day Honors for services to contemporary Australian Art, Australia

1990 – BHP Commission for International Iron and Steel Institute Conference, Australia

1989 – Appointed a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1984 – Sulman Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1984 – Australian Writers and Art Directors Award, Australia

1979 – Awarded Mining Prize, Perth

1978 – R.M Ansett Hamilton Art Award, Australia

1968 – Sulman Prize (Winner), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

1967 – Sakura Colour Products Prize, Australia