Maxwell has won numerous awards over the years – some of these awards are listed below
- 1971 Victorian Arts Society Applied Chemicals Prize
- 1978 Mt Waverley Prize
- 1980 Mt Waverley Art Prize
- 1982 A.M.E. Bale Travel Scholarship enabling him to live and paint in England
- 1982 Victorian Arts Society Artist of the year
- 1984 Victorian Arts Society Artist of the year
- 1984 Wesley Art Sow First Prize Oil
- 1985 Sherbrooke Art Prize
- 1986 Waverley Multi Arts Prize
- 1986 Rotary Club Warrandyte First Prize Best Oil/Acrylic
- 1986 Rotary Club Warrandyte First Prize
- 1987 Waverley Multi Arts Prize
- 1988 First Priz Warrandyte Art Show
- 1990 Camberwell Rotary Norwich Group Prize
- 1991 Mount Waverley Art Show First Prize Oil
- 1991 Sherbrooke Art Prize
- 1993 Camberwell Rotary Norwich Prize
- 1994 Camberwell Rotary Norwich Prize
- 1998 Camberwell Rotary Art Prize
- 1998 Toorak College
- 1998 Camberwell Rotary Art Prize
- 2000 Dandenong Rotary Best Pastel Prize
- Waverley Multi Arts Prize
- Victorian Artists Society Artist of the Year
- Mt Waverley Prize
- 2001 Camberwell Urban Prize
- 2001 Mount Waverley Art Show Pastel
- 2002 Camberwell Pastel Prize
- 2002 Mount Waverley Art Show First Prize Oil
- 2003 Camberwell Major Oil Prize
- 2003 Ivanhoe Best Pastel Prize
- 2004 Sherbrooke Art society Roberts Award
- 2004 Camberwell Art Show Urban Landscape Prize
- 2004 Victor Harbor Corporate Prize
- 2005 Mount Waverley Art show First Prize Pastel
- 2005 Camberwell Pastel Prize
- 2007 Sherbrooke Streeton Prize
- 2007 Victor Harbor Corporate Prize
- 2009 Victor Harbor Corporate Prize
- 2010 Victor Harbor Corporate Prize
- 2012 Victor Harbor Corporate Prize
- 2012Sir Henry Royce foundation Awards First Prize
- South Australia – Alexandrina Landscape Prize
- 2014 Maritime Award 2014
- 2015 Bright Art Show – main prize 2015
- 2016 Victor Harbor Corporate Prize
