You may or may not have seen me mention this in social media over the past couple of weeks as I was preparing the work for the exhibition, but I’m happy to report that my work Signature Field 1 was selected as a finalist in the inaugural Parkin Drawing Prize.

If you would like to see the Parkin Drawing Prize exhibition, it runs from 27 July – 25 August, at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Queens Wharf, Wellington. All artworks on display are for sale.

Congratulations to Monique Jansen from Titirangi (where I also live as it happens), who won the $20,000 cash prize. The announcement was made at the opening of the exhibition on Friday evening. There were about 800 entries for this drawing award, with 120 selected as finalists for the exhibition.

Below is an image of my drawing in the exhibition. It’s acrylic paint pen on 300 gsm paper, 50cm x 70cm.