David Wenham portrait takes out 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.

MacKay said the piece was different from her usual portraits because it incorporated reflections and a landscape."After getting to know David a little bit, I came to realise Sydney is just embedded in who he is.Keith Burt, 'Benjamin Law: happy sad', oil on canvas, 59.5 x 59.5 cm.Carla Fletcher, 'Charge of the Star Goddess )) ', mixed media on linen, 200 x 150 cm.

"My mum's apartment is upstairs so to get David in and out of the building, we've had to take all the doors off the balcony and get the work up and over the balcony," she said.

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