My Perfect Place - A national art competition for children and young people aged up to 18

Winners Gallery

Overall Winner - Elspeth Ann Murray

“My perfect place is a village in Skye called Elgol and I go there for my holidays. It's brilliant because there is lots to see and do. There are hills, a beach and a rocky shire with rock pools. You can see sheep, cows, deer, porpoises, whales, seals, otters and lots of birds. I love it and wish I lived there all the time.”

Best painting - Elspeth Nicol

"My perfect place is Inverness Lodge Garden. I like this place because it is very peaceful and queit and when you go into it you get a snese of calmness. it has old stone walls dotted all over the place. It has a pond and lots of trees and flowers."

Best photograph - Ziggy Macnaughton

"Mull is important to me because Tobamory is there and the sweety shop sells full size chocolate lobsters and you get to see all the houses on the show 'Balamory'. At the campsite beach you get very big crabs."

Best drawing- Zoe Raynor

"My perfect place is a small beach at Dunmure. It is isolated between rock faces making it quiet and a great place to think and let your mind stray from the problems of life. it allowas you to lose yourself. The views are also gret. I love calm places."

Best collage- Mhairi Angela Cannon

"My perfect place is important to me as it symbolises my interests, my likes and my ideal location, London, New York, Los Angeles and Paris."

Highly commended- Emma Louise Rarity

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"My model house is my perfect place because it has got space to relax and party. Each room has it's own identity."

Under 5 Category

Winner - Hattie Tulloch

"This is my Daddy. I climb on his head. This is rock climbing, we go rock climbing together. The green fur is a Makka Pakka House."

Runner Up - Oscar MayTalbot

"In the garden and sliding down hills because the grass comes off the lawn. The grass is fun and the garden's much more fun and there are lots of toys. I like rolling down hills too, running around."

5 - 8 Category

Winner - Elspeth Ann Murray (please see overall winner)

Runner Up - David Weir

"My perfect place is the sea. I go under the sea, i see fish and mantraray. I feel fantastic."

9 - 11 Category

Winner - Eilidh Goldie

"It is a fantasy jungle with fairies living in it. It is my perfect place because it's so calm, peaceful and there is  great magical atmosphere."

Runner Up - Findlay Morrant

"My perfect place is my tyre swing from the old sycamore tree in the our field because it goes high and it is also peaceful and I get a good view of the valley, fields and sunset. it feels safe though because it has soft undergrowth underneath."

12 - 15 Category

Winner - Rowan Stanforth

"This tree house would be my perfect place because it is a place where I can relax on my own and do my own thing. It also helps me get away from my annoying sister and sometimes brother."

Runner Up - Zoe Raynor (please see best drawing)

16 - 18 Category

Winner - Ryan Davidson

"My perfect place is a faculty in which students of secondary schools can hang out with friends or it could also be for people who are studying for highers, with the stress which I have found over the last few years I just believe that this facility can relieve the stress of most people which is why it is important to me."

Joint Runner Up - Andrew Coyle

"I like Blackpool because I like the beach and the fun fair because it is a nice place and I like spending time there."

Joint Runner Up - Andrew Russel

"I went to Paris on holiday last year and thought the Eiffel Tower was amazing."