Self-portraitist Jenny Rodgerson has taken home the prestigious Richard Lester Prize for Portraiture at the annual Lester Prize awards night hosted at the WA Museum Boola Bardip.
WA's premier national portraiture prize has secured a $90,000 three-year partnership with Westpac, as its total prize pool and entry numbers top those for the Archibald Prize.
Liam Nunan had never entered an art competition before winning the The Richard Lester Prize for Portraiture 2019 for a painting of his friend Jonny Hawkins on Friday night.
John Langoulant's interests range widely, from building a lyric theatre in Perth to doing business in the Top End, but his main passion is public sector reform.
