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Tom Wark

Artist goes from nerve pain to people's champ

Artist Loribelle Spirovski was 'taken over' by the music of didgeridoo player William Barton. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Winning the Archibald Prize People's Choice award is hard enough, but doing it with a painting method you've never tried before adds another level of achievement.

Loribelle Spirovski was forced to abandon the paint brush and take matters into her own hands to develop Thursday's winning portrait of Indigenous composer and didgeridoo player William Barton.

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