A young, talented artist from Warialda Public School has been recognised by the University of New England's School of Education and the New England Regional Art Museum.
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For the second year in a row, Lachlan Mayne entered an original, detailed drawing into the competition and was awarded a certificate of distinction.
The artwork, a large sketching of a lion’s head, has not only been admired by his peers, friends and family but also judges at the New England School of Education and Regional Art Museum.
“My two grandmothers, my uncle and my aunt used to draw.
“I decided to draw the lion’s head because it was detailed and I liked it,” he said.
Last year, Lachie drew a picture of a panda and entered it into the same competition. He was awarded first place out of around 500 entries.
“One of my teachers gave me a paper about the competition so I entered my drawing of a panda and yeah, I won.
“I saw a picture of a panda and just looked at it and drew it,” he said.
Although he didn’t win this year, the 11-year-old placed in the top 60 out of around 500.
He said the panda took around two hours for him to complete, while this year’s much larger artwork of the lions head took almost a week.
Lachie has also won awards at the Warialda show for his outstanding art works and said he’d like to enter more into Goondiwindi’s show next year.
“I like to draw anything really, not just animals… Anything that is quite detailed and difficult.”
His favourite piece was one he drew of “an old man with a beard” which he said hangs proudly in the home office out at North Star.
“Dad really likes it too.
“I copied it from a photo and my brother drew one too; it looks pretty cool,” he said.
A talent for art runs in his family, but so does the love of Texas Angus Stud and while Lachie would like to continue making art, he also had another goal.
“When I’m older I want to run Texas Angus Stud but in my free time from the business I’ll make art and sell it.
“I am going to boarding school in two years and I’ll probably learn a lot more about drawing there,” he said.
Warialda Public School principal Dan van Velthuizen said the whole community was proud of the youngster.
“Last year he won the entire competition and it’s pretty special he received that level of recognition again.
“He is talented all-round with art, his class work and with sport; a great rugby player and in our senior cricket team too,” Mr van Velthuizen said.