One of the last portraits unpacked ahead of the Archibald Prize exhibition - of actor David Wenham in a Sydney cafe - has won the Packing Room Prize.
A portrait of a pensive David Wenham peering through the window of a Sydney cafe won the $1500 prize which is judged by the Art Gallery of NSW staff who unpack and hang the Archibald entries. Perth artist Tessa MacKay's hyper-real portrait of the Lord of the Rings and Lion actor was one of the last finalists unpacked at the gallery but an instant winner in the eyes of head packer Brett Cuthbertson.
Art Gallery of NSW head packer Brett Cuthbertson poses for a photograph alongside Perth artist Tessa MacKay and her Packing Room prize-winning hyper-real portrait of David Wenham. "It was on the last day, it took all week to get there but as soon as I saw it I knew it was the one," he said.MacKay said the piece was different from her usual portraits because it incorporated reflections and a landscape.
He's thinking.... I could have done more during the Battle of Thermopylae....
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