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
  • 1983 Preston Rotary  Best Oil
  •  1983 Mount Evelyn Yarra Valley Arts Exhibition  Second Prize
  • 1984 Victorian Arts Society Artist of the year
  • 1984 Wesley Art Show First Prize Oil
  • 1985 Sherbrooke Art Prize 1986 Rotary Club of Templestowe Highly Commended
  • 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
  • 1989 Rotary Club of Camberwell First Prize 
  • 1990 Camberwell Rotary Norwich Group Prize
  • 1991 Mount Waverley Art Show First Prize Oil1987 Waverley Multi Arts Prize
  • 1994 Rotary Club of Camberwell Art SHow  Highly Commended
  • 1995 Rotary Club of Camberwell  Norwich Award for Australian Landscapes
  • 1995 Rotary Club of Warrandyte Art SHow  Highly Commended 
  • 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  Mount Waverley Art Show Highly Commended
  • 1994 Camberwell Rotary Norwich Prize
  • 1998 Camberwell Rotary Art Prize
  • 1998 Toorak College
  • 1998 Camberwell Rotary Art Prize
  • 1998  Mount Waverley Art Show First Prize Pastel
  • 1999 Kingswood College Art Show  Highly Commended
  • 2000  Mount Waverley Art Show Highly Commended
  • 2000 Dandenong Rotary Best Pastel Prize
  • Waverley Multi Arts Prize
  • Victorian Artists Society Artist of the Year
  • Mt Waverley Art Show – Pastel 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
  • Streeton Roberts McCubbin Awards Highly Commended 
  • 2012 Sir Henry Royce foundation Awards First Prize
  • 2013 Sir Arthur Streeton Award for Best Traditional Austalian Landscape
  • 2014 South Australia – Alexandrina Landscape Prize
  • 2014 Maritime Award 2014
  • 2015 Bright Art Show – main prize 
  • ANL Maritime Art Award Traditional Maritime Art Award
  • 2017 Marysville Art Show Gelbert and Davies Award
  • 2017 Victor Harbor Corporate Prize
  • 2018 McCubbin Award Whitehorse Rotary Art Show
  • 2018 Lionel Gell Art Award Second Prize 
  • 2018 Marysville Art Show – Best in Show
  • 2018 Emerald Art Show – Best in Show
  • Streeton Roberts McCubbin Highly Commended Victor Harbor Second Prize
  • Sir Henry Royce Foundation – Lionel Gell Art Awards – 2nd Prize
  • Victor Harbor Rotary Art Show – Highly Commended
  • 2019 Alexandra Rotary Art Show
  • Grand Prize King Valley Art Show 2019