Not surprisingly to this blogger Barbara Richards' 2007 painting of husband Ray Richards, (father of the NZ book trade), has been selected for hanging and final judging, for the Adam Portraiture Award and Exhibition 2008 at The New Zealand Portrait Gallery in Wellington.
Shed 11, Queen’s Wharf, Wellington

Opening and prize giving: Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 5.30pm-7.30pm

Guest judge: Dr Lilly Koltun, Director General of the Portrait Gallery of Canada

A selection of the 2008 portraits will later be toured Lopdell House, Auckland, and to the South Island.