Lewis Miller Self-portrait

‘At least once a year, I will have a go at a self-portrait, like many painters I know,’ says Melbourne-based artist Lewis Miller. ‘This small one seemed to come out all right, so I decided to enter it in this year’s Archibald Prize.’

Making his debut in 1990, Miller has exhibited in the Archibald on 19 occasions. His own face has appeared in six of those paintings from 2000 until now, including in a portrait with artist Allan Mitelman in 2007, so regular visitors to the Archibald will have watched Miller aging gracefully over the years.

In 1998, Lewis won the Archibald with a portrait of Mitelman, and in 2000 he took home the Sporting Portrait Prize – held in conjunction with the Archibald – with a portrait of Aussie Rules legend Ron Barassi.