Doug Moran prize 2022: Graeme Drendel wins $150,000 for portrait of fellow finalist who painted him

Doug Moran national portrait prize 2022 winner Graeme Drendel (right) with fellow artist and subject of his portrait, Lewis Miller (left). Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Graeme Drendel has won Australia’s richest portrait prize for his painting of one of his fellow finalists, the artist Lewis Miller, who was himself nominated for a portrait he had painted of Drendel.

Drendel, a Victorian artist known for his figurative work, was announced as the winner of the $150,000 Doug Moran national portrait prize at a ceremony in Sydney on Wednesday. Drendel and Miller, who are good friends, were both present for the announcement.