Sophie Cape's wild landscapes take out top prize

10/09/2025 25 min
Sophie Cape's wild landscapes take out top prize

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Some paintings are sealed off from the world: neat, polished, contained.But Sophie Cape's canvases feel porous, weathered by the elements themselves. Not so much painted, as unearthed.Once an elite athlete, Sophie turned to art after devastating injuries.It's a path that has brought her attention and acclaim, including winning this year's Hadley's Art prize, Australia's richest prize for landscape painting.