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A father is a son’s first hero

An artist has won the Archibald People's Choice Award for the second year running – this time with a portrait of himself as his young son.

11 Sep 2014

Jaimi Dawson

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Vincent Fantauzzo, All that’s good in me (self-portrait as son Luca), (2014), oil on linen, 160 x 260 cm. Image: courtesy of the AGNSW

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Jaimi Dawson

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Jaimi Dawson is a Melbourne-based writer and artist. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism at Monash University.

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