Alan McCulloch AO was the founding Director of the MPRG and a long time art critic for the Herald, and it was under his leadership that the MPRG began developing a specialist collection of Australian prints and drawings.

The focus of the MPRG's works on paper collection is late 19th century through to the present day and artists represented include Nicholas Chevalier, William Strutt, Sidney Nolan, Russell Drysdale, Charles Blackman, Ian Fairweather, Margaret Preston, John Brack and Jenny Watson.

National Works on Paper (NWOP) is one of Australia's most prestigious awards and acquisitive exhibitions. Its role is to support and promote contemporary Australian artists working on or with paper. Acquisitions from NWOP enter the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery's (MPRG) nationally renowned collection of works on paper.

The MPRG would like to thank the exhibition's Principal Sponsor, Beleura - The Tallis Foundation, for their generous support of artists and for contributing towards making NWOP one of Australia's most important exhibitions of works on paper.