Mullingar students in Texaco Children’s Art competition

Young artists who submitted entries to this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition, including a number from Westmeath, are having their works evaluated as the judging process continues.

In the accompanying photo, adjudicator, Eoin Butler, is admiring two of the entries received from Westmeath this year – a work entitled ‘Skellig Michael And Beehive Huts’ by a pupil from Presentation Senior School, Mullingar (left) and another entitled ‘Wildflower Meadow’ by a pupil from St Colmcille’s National School, Gainstown.

Winners in the seven age categories, including one exclusively for artworks by young artists with special needs, will be announced in mid-April.

Currently in its 69th year, the Texaco Children’s Art Competition is the longest-running art sponsorship in Ireland. First held in 1955, it is hosted by Valero Energy (Ireland) Limited – the company that markets fuel in Ireland under the Texaco brand.