Children's painting of a child with blonde hair with a lollipop, spider and lego bricks stuck amongst it.
Rosie Dwyer, My Hair at the End of the Day. © Rose Dwyer. Photo, National Gallery of Ireland.

Rosie Dwyer

Age 4

My Hair at the End of the Day, 2024

Paint, markers and pencil on paper 

‘I painted my hair all messy. The squiggles are like the knotties in my hair (we call them “naughty knotties!”) and I wanted to put things that can get stuck in it. I painted a lollipop and peas, but I don’t like peas yet, and made some Lego into paint stampers and a spider with a black marker. I have blue eyes. I love purple so my dress is purple.’

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