September 18, 2026 — 9:03pm
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In a year Brisbane Portrait Prize organisers felt was dominated by a theme of belonging, a family-oriented self-portrait has taken top prize.
Renowned Brisbane-based artist Pat Hoffie’s oil painting, titled Family Birthday (QLD) , depicted her father’s 101st birthday at her parents’ Queensland home.
“The fact that they still live independently together has far more to do with how they work as a team than any mysterious gene pool … people at that age are fragile,” Hoffie said.
In the piece, Hoffie sits with her…
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