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Wed 04 Apr 2007Judges hooked as Ennis artist rises to challengeA 17-year-old student from Ennis, Co Clare, won €2,000 for his winning entry in the 53rd Texaco Children's Art Competition.Cillian Boyd usually sketches birds, but this year he traded in the feathers for fins and took top prize for his watercolour painting, Rising Trout.