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20th Annual International Children's Painting Competition North American Winners

Natural world and animals on top of a mountain of smog, buildings, and devastated forests.

North American First Place painting by  Prerika Chawla of Fremont, California

Links of animals and plants anchored to the Earth, with the tree link disintigrating.

North American Second Place painting by Cissy Yao of Markham, Ontario

A wolf, dead in a dead forest in winter.

North American Honorable Mention painting by Christine Yu of Fremont, California

Colorful trees with animals, and a border of animals and benefits of nature.

Toronto's Best Winner, Age 10 - 14, by Michelle Kim of Toronto, Ontario

Tree providing a safe home for animals and people.

Toronto's Best Winner, Age 6 - 9, by  Samson Chow of Markham, Ontario

A deer with solar panels and windpower on the left antler, and smoke stacks and fire on the right with tears coming down from the right eye.

Toronto's Best Winner, Honorable Mention, by Jonathan Kwan of  Markham, Ontario