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Cliff Sandler may spend his day as a risk compliance officer at Deloitte but it is an oil painting on wood that has earned him a place on the walls at the professional services firm.

His piece, "Natural Beauty", won judge's choice in Deloitte's Playing With Perspectives internal art competition, but he says he has no plans to quit his job to pursue his artistic passions.

As part of the competition, Deloitte has given over its lobby, which gets 2500 visitors a week, to unsigned artists. 

The internal competition is designed to engage staff and demonstrate a link between creativity and problem solving, Sydney office managing partner Dennis Krallis said. "We want staff to show their other side," he said. It comes hot on the heels of PricewaterhouseCoopers scrapping its dress code to get consultants' creative juices flowing.
 

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