The Kiwi who won a prestigious art award with a photograph of urine samples last night revealed the bizarre secret of his success.
Wellington-based fine arts student Elton Irvine, right, was chosen from 200 entries as the $5000 supreme winner of the Arts Gold awards in Alexandra, Central Otago, on Friday night.
![The winning entry.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/E4NF5V3FVRPDA5Q7I2PWF4I3PQ.jpg?auth=5c901a6955a15f0c92e10e3fa969e03ad3fe7847564bc3d23124bbb902b80406&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
Judges described his shot of urine-filled test tubes, pictured, as "unusually beautiful".
Irvine, 39, said he collected his own urine for six weeks to experiment for the pictures after dreaming up the idea in a pub.