2020
"Figurative/Portrait" Competition Winners
PAINTINGS And DRAWING
CATEGORY
BEST IN SHOW (TIE)
Yochi Yakir-Avin for "A Place Inside"
AND
Carol Gromer for “Diana”
JUDGES CHOICE
Lewis Isaac Testa for "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
GALLERY CHOICE
Miriam Bahrami for "Gabriel Garcia-Marquez"
Social Conscious
Silvia Vassileva for “Black Man”
AND
Debra Condren for “Prayer for a Nonpartisan Highest Good”
First Place
Ashley Verrill for “The Voice“
Second Place
Jim Haller for “Just Some Lady”
Third Place
Larisa Lavrova for “Blue Fire”
Fourth Place
Sidra Hassan-Brown for “Holding”
Fifth Place
Shery Larson for “Fiddler on the Beach”
Additional Winners:
“Reticence” by Eric Allen Carter
“Reflection” by Kateryna Ivonina
“Portrait of Angel Roque” by Elizabeth Reed
“In the Forest” by Desy Kamen
“Dolly Parton” by Lauren Black
“Long Nights Dawn” by Trish
“Florida” by Larissa Barnat
“First Ferry Ride” by Crista Bromley
“Musing” by Dharshana Ratnayake
“Image of Self” by Robert Weiss
“Muse” by Ruslan Vigovsky
“Self Portrait-I Am” by Markenzy Cesar
“Street Fiddler” by Telagio Baptista
“Lagoon” by Natallia Famina
“Muddy Charcoal Portrait” by Joanna Blankenship
“Erica” by Lu Min Mok
“Dreaming About the Garden of Eden” by Ivan Puzanov
“Tom Walst” by Tanya Seleznyova
“Johnny Depp” by Viktoria Goudbeek
“Green” by Caitlin Sweet
“Treasure of the Arctics” by Mira Argunova
PHOTOGRAPHY And DIGITAL ART
CATEGORY
BEST IN SHOW
Juergen Schabel for “Geisha”
JUDGES CHOICE
Laurent Pheulpin for “Ojo 3”
GALLERY CHOICE
Moises Ramos for “Punto de Partida 10”
Social Conscious
Lisa Dolan for “Edward”
Social Conscious
Demetrious Anton for "Living Dream"
First Place
Liv Caro for "Opal Woman"
Second Place
David Rogers for "A Woman"
Third Place
Don Bergland for “Dryads”
Fourth Place
Steven Dwayne Bryk for “Nick 1”
Fifth Place
William Goodwin for “The Painter Off Work”
Additional Winners
“Nonconformity” by Sheri Emerson
“Antiquities” by Kevin Kemp
“Traumende” by Katrin Loy
“Calculating With A Helper” by Marcia Berg Haskell
MIXED MEDIA And THREE DIMENSIONAL CATEGORY
BEST SHOW
Jill Miyabara for "The Drifter"
Judges Choice
Victoria Li for “Portrait of a Woman with Hair Like Fire”
Gallery Choice
Maria Saracino for “Pigtails and Braids”
First Place
Geraldine Simmons for “The Cyclist with a Beard“
Second Place
Natalia Byrdina for “Angel of Life”
Third Place
Hwahyun for "I Need U to Need Me"
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