Nicholas Harding, Julian Meagher and Paul Ryan have all been named as semi-finalists in the 2014 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. The annual prize, in its 26 year, awards $150,000 to an outstanding work of portraiture. The winning work is acquired by the Moran Arts Foundation. "Established by Doug and Greta Moran and Family in 1988 in celebration of Australia?s bicentennial, the Moran Arts Foundation fosters?portraiture skills and?excellence in photography." - Moran Arts Foundation 2014 judges are Edmund Capon AM OBE, director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1978 to 2011 and artist, Lewis Miller. From the semi-finalists, 30 finalists will be named and exhibited at Juniper Hall in Paddington, Sydney from 29 October 2014 to 15 February 2015. The winner will be announced on Tuesday 28 October 2014. Best of luck to all! [caption id="attachment_3178" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Julian Meagher, Straight Into The Sun, 2014, oil on linen, 76 x 51cm[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3179" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Paul Ryan, Noah, 2014, oil on linen[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3177" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Nicholas Harding, Richard Roxburg, 2014, oil on linen, 168 x 76cm[/caption]