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
Gianna Fitzgibbon, Portrait of My Baby Brother, 2023

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.’

 

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Shortlisted works | Ages 16 -18