A love of conservation has brought together the winning artist and subject at this year's Archibald prize. Laura Jones won for her portrait of celebrated author Tim Winton. Her friendship with the man who wrote Cloudstreet has helped put the painter on Cloud Nine.
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00:00 It's a case of fourth time lucky for this year's Archibald winner, Laura Jones.
00:07 As a little girl in Currajong, I dreamed about being an artist. I've been lucky enough to make that dream come true.
00:14 Her portrait of prolific author Tim Winton captures his concern for the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, an issue the pair bonded over.
00:23 He thought he looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders, but he does.
00:27 Today we begin on the reef.
00:30 Winton has been a vocal advocate for the protection of the reef, captured in a documentary released last year.
00:36 He said about Ningaloo that it's a place that could teach us how to get things right if we just pause a moment and listen.
00:42 This year also marks a big win for First Nations artists.
00:46 The gallery received a record number of Indigenous entrants and Aboriginal painters have taken out both the win and Sulman prizes.
00:54 It shows the songs of the seven sisters in the stars, crying.
01:02 Now I am crying, but this time with happiness.
01:09 The Sulman Prize for genre or mural painting was won by Naomi Kantjerani, accepted on her behalf by colleague and fellow finalist Munna Kalyuru.
01:21 All finalists will be on show at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until September.
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