Bendigo photographer Lauren Starr has taken out the Australia’s richest art prize, the national Bluethumb Art Prize.
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Her piece, titled Midas’ Daughter II – Golden Still Life, features the artist’s six-year-old daughter painted in gold and surrounded by gold-coloured foliage.
The win sees her secure a tidy $160,000.
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It’s the second big win of Starr’s career, after she won the Photography Category Award at the 2021 Bluethumb.
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