marcus wills wins archibald prize

melbourne artist marcus wills has won the 2006 archibald prize, austalia's premier portraiture award. wills won the art prize for his portrait the paul juraszek monolith (after marcus gheeraerts), inspired by allegory of iconoclasm, an etching by flemish engraver, illustrator and painter marcus gheeraerts the elder (1516–1604). the prize is worth $ 35,000.