PENCIL Mural Wins $200,000 ArtPrize

Adonna Khare winning first place in ArtPrize 2012 and the $200,000 grand prize.A stay-at-home mother has won $200,000 (£124,450) for her huge 40 foot mural done entirely with pencil.Adonna Khare, 32, spent more than three weeks finishing off her mural of animals in the gallery as people came to view the artworks in competition ArtPrize at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Ms Khare of Burbank, California, created the 8x35 foot mural in her garage and said the animals reflected her life and the people in it.