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My Awesome Australian: Online exhibition

Chris by Deon (8-11 years, VIC)

Drawing, Pastels
Chris
His name is Chris and his artist name’s Valence. He's my uncle and godfather. He is kind and welcoming. He’s funny and makes me laugh. He's a good singer and a talented song maker. He’s good at editing videos and remixing songs. He works for Amazon’s Tiktok social media page and edits the videos on the page. He is known by artists from different countries such as Lena Philipsson from Sweden and The Roop from Lithuania. He cares deeply about his Mum and Dad. He is nice and very kind in lots of ways. Overall my uncle is Awesome!

My Awesome Australian

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