THE WINNER: Agatha Gothe-Snape, by Mitch Cairns. Young Sydney artist Cairns said the portait of his artist partner Snape was ‘composed with love’.

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Ray Hughes, by Jun Chen.

Self-portrait as a clown, by Jessica Ashton.

Aah yeah, that guy (Francis Greenslade) by Phil Meatchem.

Ayako Saito, by Andrew Bonneau.

Self portrait on Friday, by Vincent Namatjira.

Robert Forster.

JC (Jack Charles), by Anh Do.

Lisa Wilkinson, by Peter Smeeth.

Bare Tarragh (Tarragh Cunningham), by Keith Burt.

Self-portrait as new mum, by Vanessa Stockard.

Two sunny boys (Peter and Jeremy Oxley), by Jon Campbell.

The meal (Anthea Bellas), by Prudence Flint.

Simon Chan, by Tony Costa.

Twisting Cain with a brown eye while lacking a constitution for darkness, self-portrait by David Griggs.

John Bell at home, by Loribelle Spirovski.

John Olsen, by Nicholas Harding.

Paul Little, by Julius Killerby.

Homage to Peter Powditch, by Noel Thurgate.

Kungkarankalpa tjukurpa, Seven Sisters Dreaming, a self-portrait, by Tjungkara Ken.

Protagonist, antagonist (Thomas M Wright), by Marcus Wills.

The scent of rain (self-portrait), by Natasha Walsh.

Self-portrait, by Tsering Hannaford.

Heyman (Michelle Heyman), by Kimberley Leutwyler.

Michael Chaney, by Robert Hannaford.

Rupert Myer, by Paul Newton.

Elizabeth St over Hyde Park (Helen Littleton), by Gerard Smith.

Gillian Triggs, by Yvette Coppersmith.

Finished packing (Steve Peters), by Lucy Culliton.

The inner stillness of Eileen Kramer, by Andrew Lloyd Greensmith.

With amulets and their shadows, self-portrait by Kate Beynon.

Self-portrait (ash on me), by Tony Albert.

Untitled (Richard Bell), by Sophia Hewson.

Liz Laverty, by Richard Lewer.

Paul Williams in his studio, by Marc Etherington.

Janet Dawson at the doorway to her studio, by Ashley Frost.

Goodbye, Sir! (John Vallance), by Boys of Sydney Grammar Edgecliff Preparatory School.

Self-portrait, by Robert Malherbe.

John (John Bell), by Jordan Richardson.

Remy QC (Remy van de Wiel) by William H Luke.

The mayor of Bondi (John Macarthur), by Dee Smart.

Lottie and James (James Drinkwater and Lottie Consalvo) by Jonathan Dalton.

Facing the canvas, self-portrait by Madeleine Winch.