‘Self-portrait with strawflower’ has been announced as the winner of the 2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize! Established in 2015, the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize is a celebration of contemporary Australian painting. The finalist exhibition brings together a broad range of artists, both established and lesser known, whose varied approaches to the painted medium conveys the breadth and diversity of painting in Australia today. This painting was selected from a total of 38 finalists and the work will be acquired by the Bayside City Council. Visitors to the Bayside Gallery can see the painting on display alongside other finalists until 2 July, 2023.

2023 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize
Bayside Gallery
Brighton, Naarm/Melbourne
Current until 2 July, 2023.

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Image details: ‘Self-portrait with strawflower’, 2023, oil on linen, 58 x 43 cm.