'Hidden Faces' – perhaps not so hidden!

Hidden Faces is an exhibition an exhibition of Victorian artists whose portrait works were rejected by the Archibald.

I have had the honour of being asked to sit for a wonderful artist, Jacqui Grantford, who last year painted Paul Mercurio. You can't imagine how I felt when I saw my face enlarged to 3 metres high by 2 metres wide! I think the work speaks for itself. It was if I could see my whole life flash before me and she was able to capture the essence of me and who I am in that one moment – the gift of a truly great artist I believe.

The exhibition is being held in the magnificent spaces of the Park Hyatt Hotel near St Patrick's Cathedral and is on display until 6 July 2008. Admission to the exhibition is free.

My portrait will be entered into the Archibald Prize in 2009 – and the proceeds from the sale of the portrait will be donated back to the Choir of Hard Knocks.

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