 In 1897 he was awarded the first Wynne Prize at Sydney for his picture, "The Storm", which was in the same year purchased for the National Gallery of New South Wales.He was elected to the council of the Victorian Artists Society in 1889, and in 1905 held the office of president for a year.His health was deteriorating towards the end of his life but he continued to do a large amount of painting both in oils and in watercolours.