00:00Parents, siblings and teachers, these are the important life figures featured in the
00:07art of young Australians.
00:09This is my great grandma, she migrated from Lithuania to Australia and she's been around
00:16for a while and I really wanted to capture that.
00:19More than 3,000 artists entered the Young Archie competition this year.
00:24Now 70 finalists have their work hung up at one of the country's biggest galleries.
00:29I think it's really special and we get the most fabulous stories behind the artworks
00:33of what that person means to the artist as well.
00:36Today, four winners stepped on stage, taking home a hamper of new art supplies and $200.
00:43It was a big shock.
00:44Very overwhelmed, I gasped and I looked around and I made sure that it was real before I started walking.
00:48My dad was crying, he never cries.
00:50The youngest recipient, only five years old.
00:53These 70 portraits by young Archie finalists are on display here at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
01:00until the 17th of August, just upstairs from this year's Archibald Prize exhibit.
01:05I just really hope it encourages other young people to get creative and to express themselves through their art.
01:10It's sort of been my only dream for my entire life to just be an artist.
01:14A dream come true for some of Australia's youngest talent.
01:21Let's go.
01:22Let's go and talk.
01:24Let's go and talk.
01:25Let's go and talk.
01:27Let's do this one.
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