August/September 2021 Edition

The Art of the Portrait

The Portrait Society of America

22nd annual International Portrait Competition


Casey “After the Dance”, charcoal on paper, 59 x 42" (149 x 101 cm)

William F. Draper Grand Prize Winner
Sponsored by: American Art Collector, Jack Richeson & Co., Inc., Portrait Society of America, and Silver Brush Limited
Annie Murphy-Robinson, Carmichael, CA, USA




Self, oil on canvas, 36 x 34" (91 x 86 cm)

First Place Painting
Sponsored by: American Art Collector, Artwork Archive, Natural Pigments, PanPastel Colors, Portrait Society of America, and Silver Brush Limited
Frances Bell Wooler, Northumberland, UK




Midwest Mermaid, aqua resin, 31 x 14 x 14" (78 x 35 x 35 cm)

First Place Sculpture
Sponsored by: Artist’s Magazine, Portrait Society of America, and Synappsys Digital Services, Inc.
Brittany Ryan Laguna Beach, CA, USA




Dad, vine charcoal on paper, 17 x 14" (43 x 35 cm) 

First Place Drawing and People’s Choice Award
Sponsored by: Artwork Archive, Atlantic Papers, International Artist Magazine, Miami International Fine Arts, Portrait Society of America, Silver Brush Limited, and WINDMILL the Revolving Easel
Oliver Sin San Francisco, CA, USA




More Than Material, oil on linen, 44 x 32" (111 x 81 cm)

Second Place
Sponsored by: Airfloat Systems, New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America, Revelite, and Studio of Michael Shane Neal
Ernest Wood Wichita, KS, USA




We are Born of Love, oil, 30 x 24" (76 x 60 cm)

Third Place
Sponsored by: Gamblin Artists Colors, New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America, Rosemary & Co., and Scottsdale Artists’ School
Susan Lyon King, NC, USA




Before They Fly, oil, 25 x 15" (63 x 38 cm)

Fourth Place
Sponsored by: Ampersand Art Supply, New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America, Rosemary & Co., Savoir-Faire, and Winsor & Newton
Olga Krimon Hermosa Beach, CA, USA




Friend, oil, 14 x 11" (35 x 27 cm)

Fifth Place
Sponsored by: Atlantic Papers, Chelsea Classical Fine Art Materials, Golden Artist Colors’ Williamsburg Handmade Oils, Natural Pigments, New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America, and Silver Brush Limited
Fengshi Jin Flushing, NY, USA




Claudia in a Scarf, plaster with oil paint, 20½ x 14½ x 14½" (52 x 36 x 36 cm)

First Honor Award
Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America, Raymar Art, Inc., SourceTek, and Synappsys Digital Services, Inc.
Louise S. Weir Vancouver, BC, Canada




Morning, oil on linen panel, 16 x 12" (40 x 30 cm)

Second Honor Award
Sponsored by: Art in the Mountains, HK Holbein Artists’ Materials, New Wave Fine Art Products, Portrait Society of America, Rosemary & Co., Savoir-Faire
Timothy Rees, Maquoketa, IA, USA


Awards of Exeptional Merit

Olena Babak Hartland, ME, USA
In the Apple Orchard, charcoal and pastel, 19 x 25" (48 x 63 cm)  Sponsored by: Gamblin Artists Colors, Portrait Society of America, Royal Talens, and Studio Incamminati 

Anna Rose Bain Arvada, CO, USA
Child of Spring,  oil on linen, 24 x 12" (60 x 30 cm)  Sponsored by: Masterworks Frames, M. Graham & Co., Portrait Society of America, Silver Brush Limited, and Studio Incamminati 

Julie Bell Allentown, PA, USA
Transcendent Migration: Self Portrait, oil, 30 x 30" (76 x 76 cm)  Sponsored by: Masterworks Frames, Portrait Society of America, RGH Artists’ Oil Paints, and Silver Brush Limited 

Scott Burdick King, NC, USA
“Serenity”, oil, 60 x 30" (152 x 76 cm)  Sponsored by: Blue Ridge Oil Colors, EdgeProGear, and Portrait Society of America

Louis Carr Cary, NC, USA
Sunday Shoes, oil, 33 x 24" (83 x 60 cm)  Sponsored by: Masterworks Frames, Portrait Society of America, Silver Brush Limited, and Strada Easel 

Joseph Daily Vestal, NY, USA
Dr. Robert D. Smink Jr., M.D., oil, 43 x 31" (109 x 78 cm)  Sponsored by: Masterworks Frames, Portrait Society of America, Savoir-Faire, and Silver Brush Limited 

Thomas Caleb Goggans Signal Mountain, TN, USA
The Buffalo Soldier, resin and wood, 22 x 11 x 12" (55 x 27 x 30 cm)  Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America, Silver Brush Limited, and Synappsys Digital Services, Inc. 

Morgan LaPlante Medfield, MA, USA
Daydreaming, oil, 20 x 30" (50 x 76 cm)  Sponsored by: Michael Harding Handmade Artists Oil Colours and Portrait Society of America 

Paul Newton Dural, NSW, Australia
Gina, oil, 32 x 22" (81 x 55 cm)  Sponsored by: Michael Harding Handmade Artists Oil Colours, Portrait Society of America and Savoir-Faire 

Cesar Orrico Madrid, Spain
David, bronze with steel base 21 x 7 x 7" (53 x 17 x 17 cm)  Sponsored by: Blick Art Materials, Portrait Society of America, and Synappsys Digital Services, Inc.

Pavel Sokov Verdun, Quebec, Canada
The Sadhu at the Holy Manikarnika Burning Ghat in Varanasi, oil on linen, 20 x 30" (50 x 76 cm)  Sponsored by: Ampersand Art Supply, Portrait Society of America, and Silver Brush Limited

Stephanie Paige Thomson Brownsburg, IN, USA
Maine Man, oil, 40 x 30" (101 x 76 cm)  Sponsored by: Blick Art Materials, Natural Pigments, and Portrait Society of America

Konstantin Zhulin St. Petersburg, Russia
Mom, oil on canvas, 352/5 x 28½" (89 x 72 cm)   Sponsored by: Portrait Society of America and Silver Brush Limited