THIS is a picture that has won opening artist Liam Benson a $20,000 initial esteem for a 2011 Hazelhurst Art Award.
Entitled A Christian Country, it is a digital imitation featuring a artist clad in physique paint depicting a Australian dwindle and wearing a tiara temperament a title.
From 700 entries, Benson’s work was comparison with 70 other entrants for a exhibition, that was judged by prize-winning artist, Ben Quilty.
Earlier this year, Quilty won a Archibald Prize for his mural of fellow