Seems our Chief Minister’s stocks really have taken a tumble. This has appeared on the allclassifieds website:
2x3metre portrait of Jon Stanhope, Chief Minister of A.C.T
Magnificent portrait of Jon STanhope painted for the 2002 Archibald Prize after the bushfires, is up for sale at a vastly reduced price. The painting is worth viewing. It features Jon against a black gloss background, and beautifully coloured, painted by emminent painter, P. van Herk. Orig. hung in the Canb. Centre for 9mths and a Deakin art gallery. Originally $15000; desperate sale $7500