Back in September, a Laois student won a top prize in the 67th Texaco Children’s Art Competition.
In the 6 years and under age category, Kelly Hynes from Clonaslee, won second prize.
The five year old, a pupil at Anne Kelly School of Art, Craft & Design, for her painting entitled ‘Easter Eggs Hunt at Grannys’.
Her work was described by Final Adjudicator, Professor Declan McGonagle as a “soft and delicate use of the watercolour medium”.
Kelly received a ‘highly commended award’ last year and was very happy and excited to have achieved second place this year.
And now she has received a further accolade as her painting has been chosen to illustrate the 2022 Texaco Children’s Art Competition Calendar.
One of 13 selected to illustrate the publication, her piece will appear during the month of April and will be seen in thousands of homes throughout Ireland during the coming year.
Winning second prize in the 6 years and under age category of the 2021 competition, it was one of a number said by a competition adjudicator to illustrate perfectly the outstanding talent, creativity and imagination that many of our young artists possess and the important role schools have in encouraging and inspiring their students through art education.
Calendars are currently available through a select number of Texaco service stations and Texaco branded distributors countrywide and through Texoil, Valero’s own home heating oil division.
