Art shortlisted

It has been a big month for Kakanui artist Peter Cleverley (55), who has had his painting Fortune Teller shortlisted in the annual Wallace Art Awards.

The awards are among the most lucrative in New Zealand. The winners will be announced at a function in Auckland on September 7.

Mr Cleverley has also been shortlisted for the Fulbright Wallace Arts Trust Award.

He has completed a residency at Weston School, as part of the Artists in Schools programme, and returns to work lecturing at the Otago Polytechnic School of Art, in Dunedin, on Monday.