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Butlins awards first toddler art prize Four-year-old winner William Green's collage reminds judges of GoyaPrize-giving at a new award for contemporary art had to be brought forwardtoday – the overexcitement was visibly rising and the danger of fish/chip/tomato sauce canapes getting dropped all over the place was all too present.The event was the first Butlins toddler art prize where youngsters aged one to four gathered in a fashionable east London gallery for what was, in all likelihood, their first public exhibition. As the artists ran riot, waiting staff offered trays of orange juice and jam tarts.Of course, the overriding reason for today's bash was fun, but Fabienne Nicholas of the Contemporary Art Society, which judged the event, said there was a more serious side to it. "It helps kids to think about their fingerpainting in a different way, and the earlier you can get them being creative, the better."At this age, you can't really pick your next Tracey Emin or Damien Hirst but they're all showing a real excitement about creating something and real originality, which we thought was fantastic. What we have noticed is how many of the kids here come from artistic families – it does make you wonder if it is something genetic."Today was the culmination of a process that began in April when entries were opened. Twelve winners gathered in London, and there were notably no tantrums at an event where they would have been tolerated.The youngest category winner was Milo Milton Lucas, one, from Surrey, whose admittedly fairly randomly structured work had viewers thinking of, perhaps, a very young Willem de Kooning.The overall winner was William Green, left, now five, from Royston, Hertfordshire, who was joined by his grandparents and parents, Jamie and Victoria. His work, a collage made with photographs and sand, began life on a Northumberland beach. "He started making these patterns in the sand," said his mum. "They were really good, and he got quite cross when a boy walked across them. We took photos and that's where the work came from."It certainly impressed the judges. "It is really gorgeous," said Nicholas. "We were astounded by the quality of it.We were sometimes looking at it and thinking of a Goya painting."William seemed pleased by his victory, but clammed up under interrogation from the Guardian. Or perhaps he was taking a Lucian Freud approach to handling the press – treat them with extreme suspicion, say nothing and pray they go away.The exhibition will be open to the public until Friday at Blackall Studios, Shoreditch, east London. PaintingArt and designChildrenMark Brownguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |