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Talente childre pick up prizes a art disp launch at Paisle Museu
Dozens of youngsters from all over Renfrewshire gathered at Paisley Museum for the launch of an exciting annual exhibition.
Inspired is the annual showcase from nurseries, primary and secondary schools, that aim to show the development of talent from as young as three or four-years-old right up to those in their late teens.
Subject matter at the show ranges from everything from landscapes and portraits to still lives and fantastical works, in fact, all of the subject matter that established artists employ to create the great heritage of world art.
Five-year-old Niamh McKniff, from St Fergus’ Primary, in Paisley, was one of the show’s prizewinners.
She was singled out for her striking portrait of her cat, Jessie.
Niamh said she had been interested in art for some time and does a lot of it at school. “I paint cats and dogs,” she said. “I painted my own cat, Jessie. “She’s four and she’s kind of grey. “She sat still for me to draw her, and it took a long, long, long time.”
Niamh was delighted to be told she had won the prize for her work.
“It felt good, I was excited,” she added.
“I’m going to keep on drawing and painting.”
A wonderful drawing of a zebra won 16-year-old Nathan Shankland an Inspired prize also.
But, the Castlehead High School pupil did not create it from life.
“I used my imagination, but I’ve seen them on television,” he said. “It took me one day to draw. “It was quite difficult .” Swans and ducks are also in Nathan’s repertoire, and he was delighted to have won a prize for his zebra drawing. “It felt good,” he said. Inspired was formally opened by Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, who is chairperson of Renfrewshire Leisure, the body that runs Paisley Museum.
She said the aim of the exhibition is to show how children’s skills develop.
“What I find striking is that you can seen every individual child in the artworks,” she said.
“And even when it comes from the same project it looks different and you can see they’ve worked hard on it. “So well done to everyone. “You put a wee bit of yourselves into it, and that’s brilliant.”
Inspired runs until Sunday, April 15, and admission is free of charge.
What I find striking is you can see every child in the artworks Councillor LisaMarie Hughes