00:00Julie Frager's portrait of her friend and fellow artist, Justine Williams, is the winner of this year's Archibald Prize.
00:10The portrait depicts Williams suspended in the air in a cosmic scene wearing costumes and surrounded by props and sculptures from her studio.
00:19The artist says that she was inspired to depict her friend as a powerful and creative figure.
00:25Both artists are based in Brisbane and they say that it's a win for the local scene.
00:30What happens in Brisbane is brilliant. There's so many great artists and lots of great things happening, so we're thrilled to be a part of this.
00:37What we know is basically it can be a fairly Sydney-oriented prize, obviously, at the Archibald New South Wales,
00:45but we're very grateful to have that work that's being done in Queensland acknowledged.
00:50Both of the Wynn and Sulman Prizes for genre and landscape painting this year were awarded to artists inspired by the sky.
00:58Sydney-based artist Jude Ray, who took home the Wynn Prize, says that the sky is a unifying figure
01:05and it inspires people to focus on things bigger than their own individual problems.
01:10It's so elusive. It's very, very, you can't photograph it, but I wanted to try and catch something.
01:20The works will be on display here at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney until the end of August
01:25before they undertake a regional tour through Victoria and New South Wales.
01:29It's very exciting.
01:31You can also watch George P.
01:33It's very exciting.
01:35Do you want to have a beautiful picture here?
01:37You might go to the right side of the Nyestine.
01:39Four years.
01:40It's very nice.
01:41I know you're looking into the right side of the North Wales Academy.
01:43The space is what we're going to be.
01:44You're looking into from the right side of theOULDER.
01:46We're looking into the right side of the Camel.
01:48The Irish Academy of New South Wales.
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