Virginia Grayson

[3] Grayson's work, in pencil, charcoal and watercolour, was titled No conclusions drawn – self portrait.

Grayson observed that the work reflected her "state of uncertainty" about her artistic output at that time, during which she regularly destroyed her drawings in "fits of frustration".

[3] The Sydney Morning Herald arts writer Louise Schwartzkoff described the portrait as "sombre", where the subject "stares grimly into the distance".

[6] When asked what she would do with the AUS$20,000 money from the Dobell Prize, she responded that she "wouldn't mind getting my ute fixed".

[4] Robert Nelson, writing for The Age, considered Grayson's drawing to be influenced by Alberto Giacometti, and "is curious and inquiring, as if always searching for the place, ratios and weight of her motif".