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Darling Portrait Prize 2020 Highly Commended
The In Between examines the female experience beyond the facade of the public self. My paintings draw heavily on my own life as an artist, a friend, a mother, a partner, a daughter and more. I am always ‘on’, always moving, interacting, connecting and ‘smiling’. And then there are the in-between moments – the moments of solitude when I have a second to breathe and sit with my tired self. Sometimes I am happy, sometimes broken, and sometimes just content to sit still in the sunshine and stare at the walls.
The Darling Prize is a new biennial prize for Australian portrait painters, painting Australian sitters. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
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