[caption id="attachment_277" align="aligncenter" width="297"] Paul Ryan, Fine Young Cannibal, Portrait of Alexander Pearce, oil on linen, 100 x 100cm, 2012[/caption] Paul Ryan has been selected as a finalist for the 2013 $20,000 Bay of Fires Art Prize. This year?s theme was "Our Island Inheritance". The judges faced a difficult task in reducing the 187 very fine entries to just 30 finalists.? This year's judging panel is Prof. Noel Frankham from UTAS in Hobart, Katie Dyer from the National Art School Gallery in Sydney and Queensland Artist Ann-Maree Reaney. The Exhibition Opening and Prize Presentation will be held at Gallery Parnella in St Helens, Tasmania. The finalists will have their works exhibited for the final judging on the 8th June 2013. Click the image to find out more about the Bay of Fires Art Prize