Scoil Bhride pupil wins in Texaco Childrens Art Competition

Mae with the portrait of her best friend Ella.

A pupil at Scoil Bhride in Kilcullen has won a top prize in the Texaco Children's Art Competition, writes Brian Byrne.

Mae Cowper-Gray (11), a pupil at Scoil Bhríde, Kilcullen, won first prize in the 9-11 years age category for her pastel and oil crayon portrait entitled ‘Missing Ella (Lockdown Loneliness)’. Her work is described by Final Adjudicator, Professor Declan McGonagle, as “successful in eliciting the sympathy of the viewer — an unusually effective image of a mood for a young artist to convey.”

In addition, three Kildare winners each won Special Merit Awards for artworks that Professor McGonagle said, “demonstrated high levels of skill and imagination.” They were Lorna Fokam (15) from Maynooth Post Primary; Sophie Chew (12) from Presentation Girls School, Maynooth and Ellen Tierney (12) from Caragh National School, Naas.

The Texaco Children’s Art Competition is popularly regarded as the longest-running sponsorship in the history of arts sponsoring in Ireland, with an unbroken history that dates back to the very first Competition held in 1955.

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