LITTLE DARLINGS YOUTH PORTRAIT PRIZE FINALIST 🎨: An Australian, 2021 by Bridget Mei Valentine ARTIST STATEMENT The person in the portrait is Bridget Valentine. That is me. I’m a year 5 primary school student. I like drawing. I also like playing my clarinet. I have two budgies and they like to peck on my ears, hahaha... My mum always says Australia is an amazing country of beautiful people. I think it is the native flora and fauna, Uluru, as old as the Australian continent, traditional owners of country and their culture, and modern multiracial culture that makes Australia a great home for me and others. This is my home and I am proud to be an Australian. Category: 8-11 years 🔎 It wouldn't be a Prize Season if we didn't showcase the spectacular portraits by our Little Darlings. See if you can spot twelve impressive portraits by artists aged 5 to 18 peppered throughout those done by the grown-ups.