Last Sunday, the 7th Prospect Portrait Prize opened and the gallery filled very quickly with people for the presentation. I hoped I had a chance at the prize but the gallery held some very nice pieces.
I was delighted to win the Packer's Pick( selected by City of Prospect staff ) and Kim Buck a young artist from Adelaide won the Portrait Prize with "Conatus Study" which was a very detailed charcoal study on paper which was beautifully rendered.
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Winner Kim Buck ,Charcoal Study |
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Becoming Pierrot, Winner Packers Pick |
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Opening crowds |
.She won $5000 and I won $500.The judge was Tracy Lock -Weir, Curator of Australian paintings and Sculpture at the Art Gallery of South Australia.
A further Peoples Prize will be announced at the closing and it runs till 15th January 2012.
The exhibition can be viewed at the Prospect Gallery,Thomas street Nailsworth SA
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Fabian Rojas |
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Daniel Connell |
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Judy Rodgers WA |
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James Caffyn VIC |
The Prize for contemporary self-portraits in any medium is held every two years in December through January.