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