Waikato artist Mark Braunias has won the Parkin Drawing Prize for his colourful, large-scale diptych featuring cartoon-like figures. It’s quite joyful,” said arts patron and philanthropist Chris Parkin of Braunias’ work, titled In search of the Saccharine Underground. KEVIN STENT/Stuff Mark Braunias from Kawhia, Waikato, has been announced as the winner of the 2021 Parkin Drawing Prize. READ MORE:* Parkin Drawing Prize winner denies accusation of plagiarism* A4 piece of paper with typed forward slashes wins $25,000 art prize* Nelson artist Michael Dell wins Parkin Drawing Prize“I’m quite shocked,” Kawhia-based Braunias, the brother of writer Steve Braunias, said of his win. A well-known, fulltime contemporary painter, Braunias was the inaugural winner of the James Wallace Art Award in 1992, and a finalist for the Parkin Drawing Prize in 2018.

Source: Stuff August 02, 2021 06:56 UTC