A Galway student has won a top prize in this year’s 72nd Texaco Children’s Art Competition.
In the 16-18 years age category, young artist, Anna Towell (age 18), a student at University of Galway, won second place for her work entitled ‘Sightseeing’.
Her artwork is described by Final Adjudicator – Irish visual artist, curator and educator – Pauline O’Connell, as “a sunlit composition in acrylic.
The subject wears a wide-brimmed hat that shields him; his face is already marked by warmth and light. Anna’s blending of tones is handled with confidence and sensitivity.”
The Texaco Children’s Art Competition is popularly regarded as the longest-running sponsorship in the history of arts sponsoring in Ireland.
The competition has an unbroken history that dates back over seven decades to the very first year in which it was held in 1955.
This year, as has been the case throughout its life, it has been a platform on which young artists from Galway and counties throughout Ireland have had their talents recognised and their creativity commended.
