Archibald Prize winner Richard Lewer is spattered with paint and surrounded by tables piled with half-finished canvases.
After winning Australia's biggest art prize in May, Lewer has taken up a three-month residency at Melbourne's Abbotsford Convent, and is relishing getting to work.
"It's awesome, I'm loving it. Being a good Catholic boy as well, it's nice to come back to the convent," he tells AAP.
