A painting featuring the Palace of Westminster drawn by an 8-year-old boy from Ho Chi Minh City on January 30 has just won the first prize at an art contest held by the British Council for its worldwide learners.
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| Song Anh's painting labeled 'Big Bang Clock' |
However the jury, including the council’s director of teaching Anna Searle and Paralympics competitor Susannah Rodgers, awarded the work first place and set it to be displayed around the world.
“It's hard to second guess the judges' thinking, but either they were charmed by the innocent spelling mistake or thought that there was a deeper hidden meaning," Robin Rickard, director of British Council Vietnam commented.
"Next year will see the London 2012 Olympics and in his picture Anh also shows us a winners' podium complete with medal winning athletes. So the “Big Bang” could refer to anything from the starting ceremony to the starters' pistols in each race. So if it was a mistake it was a very good mistake!"
Anh also admitted that he was confused with the Swiss brand of watch of the same name.
The painting has been printed for the front page of the council’s new calendar in their offices in over 100 countries.
Anh will also receive a selection of souvenirs from the London Olympics 2012.
