![A drawing of a young boy with brown hair. He looks solemnly to the side, wearing a wine-coloured sports jersey with white collar and stripes on the sleeves](/sites/default/files/styles/content_hero/public/fitzgibbon-gianna-copy.jpg?itok=JFUt6gqs&cache-buster=d330ed0832&coords_hash=c02687b4c3)
Winner 16-18: Gianna Fitzgibbon
Age 16
Portrait of My Baby Brother, 2023
Oil on canvas | Unframed: 36 x 30 cm
‘Flanked by two older and two younger brothers it was difficult for me to fathom how God didn’t answer my prayers when I asked for a sister. My mother put my baby brother Philip in my arms and it wasn’t hard to love him. Oils were used to paint Philip with a pensive expression in vibrant colours to show his bright and mischievous nature.’
Shortlisted works | Ages 16 -18
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Robin Wolfe
Age 17
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Solomon Doyle
Age 17
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Ross McHale
Age 18
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Madia Rahman Kushi
Age 18