Child's painting of a man with a beard, standing outside with trees, flowers and a parrot
Victoria Yan-Rock, Father's Day. © Victoria Yan-Rock. Photo, National Gallery of Ireland.



Victoria Yan-Rock

Age 6

Father’s Day, 2024

Oil pastel on paper 

‘My painting is called Father’s Day. It’s a painting of my dad. It’s a sunny day and Dad is in the garden. He has a parrot on his head. Dad likes to have fun and he is sticking out his tongue in a cheeky way. Dad has red cheeks from the sun and is wearing a necklace of flowers I made him. Dad says he thinks I channelled Picasso when drawing him, but I don’t know what that means.’

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