The photorealist Marcus Beilby won the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize with a painting that also depicts shearers at work, this time in a modern shed using machine shears with overhead gear.
The photorealist Marcus Beilby won the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize with his work "Crutching the ewes". Like "Shearing the Rams", the painting also depicts shearers at work, this time in a modern shed using machine shears with overhead gear.