Texaco puts young artists in the frame

We could be looking at the next Jack Yeats, Francis Bacon, or Robert Ballagh if the quality of this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Compeition was anything to go by.

It certainly inspired the celebrated batik artist and former winner Bernadette Madden, who has described it as “a magical memory” that sowed a seed which encouraged her to develop her talents at a young age.

This year’s overall winner is Marta Turalska, a 17-year-old student from Newcastle West, Co Limerick, who took first prize in the 16-18 age category of this year’s 62nd Texaco Children’s Art Competition — her first time entering.