Staines Winners in Create & Wait Portrait Competition

24th February 2009

Three pupils at Staines Prep School are the proud winners of the ‘Portraits of People' competition held by online children's gallery Create & Wait.

The Winter competition, which drew entries from junior school pupils from Staines and beyond, was judged by Tess Barnes, a local well-known professional artist whose recent exhibition featured portraits of Carol Vorderman and Jacqueline Wilson. Tess wrote comments for each of the many pieces of work entered and the final winners received a framed version of their work as a prize with a special certificate handwritten and signed by her.

One winner was selected in each year group between 3 and 6. The winners from Staines were Arjan G (age 10) from Year 6 with a self portrait, 8 year old Rohan B from Year 3 and the Year 5 and overall winner Daniel F (age 9) with a colourful self portrait. Dominic W from Cambridge won the Year 4 category with a portrait of his Uncle Chris.

Create & Wait founder Claire Eastaugh, Languages and PSHE co-ordinator at Staines Prep School, started the web gallery in December 2007 because she was inspired by the creativity of the children there, and wanted to give them and pupils from other junior schools the chance to show their work.

“At the moment the greatest participation is still from the Staines Prep pupils, but we’d really welcome new work from schools throughout the local area and beyond, “says Claire. “Being online gives the chance for the whole world to be involved in the fun!”

The winning portraits and others can be seen now on the galleries at www.createandwait.com. The next competition at Create & Wait is 'Dynamic and Deadly Dinosaurs', which is now open to Years 3-6. Entry is free and the work will be judged after the deadline of May 22nd 2009. Details of the competition can be found on the website.

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